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Catholic Junior College
Catholic Junior College (CJC) is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. Founded in 1975, Catholic Junior College was the third junior college to be established in Singapore. History Plans for a junior college operated by the Catholic mission was first announced by then-Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew at the opening of National Junior College in May 1970, as one of several planned to be set up. Subsequently, the Catholic mission disclosed plans for a fund-raising campaign in June 1970. The college was to occupy about of land along Whitley Road, and to use both English and Chinese to conduct classes. Construction on the college campus was underway by July 1974, and was expected to have a capacity of 1,500 students. CJC took in its first batch of 500 students in January 1975, but as the college campus was not ready, the students initially attended classes at other Catho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north. In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as '' Temasek''; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hai Sing Catholic School
Hai Sing Catholic School (HSC) is a co-educational government-aided Catholic secondary school in Pasir Ris, Singapore. Founded by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) sisters in 1959, it is affiliated to Catholic Junior College. The school has temporarily moved from itpermanent siteto its holding site a15 Pasir Ris Street 21until Dec 2025 (Subjected to further updates). History Hai Sing Girls' High School (1959-1990) Hai Sing Catholic School was founded in 1959 by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) sisters as Hai Sing Girls' High School with 170 students. Lessons were initially conducted at Convent Primary School in Punggol. It was the first girls' high school in Serangoon and the second Catholic one in Singapore. From 1960 to 1961, a three-storey building was constructed at the mile mark of Upper Serangoon, with an office, science laboratories, 18 classrooms and a common room for teachers. In 1972, a new 800-seat school hall was constructed. Six years later, the scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Ang Guat Har
Janet may refer to: Names * Janet (given name) Surname * Charles Janet (1849–1932), French engineer, inventor and biologist, known for the Left Step periodic table * Jules Janet (1861–1945), French psychologist and psychotherapist * Maurice Janet (1888–1983), French mathematician * Paul Janet (1823–1899), French philosopher and writer * Pierre Janet (1859–1947), French psychologist, philosopher and psychotherapist * Roberto Janet (born 1986), Cuban hammer thrower Other uses * Janet, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Janet (airline), a military transport fleet known for servicing the US Air Force "Area 51" facility * JANET, a high-speed network for the UK research and education community * ''Janet'' (album), by Janet Jackson * ''Janet'' (video), a video compilation by Janet Jackson * Janet (song), a 1985 single by Commodores * Janet, a character in the TV series '' The Good Place'' * Hurricane Janet Hurricane Janet was the most powerful tropical cyclone of the 1955 At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Coast GRC
The East Coast Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the eastern area of Singapore. It consists of locations such as East Coast Park, Bedok, Changi (in part), Simei, Siglap, Joo Chiat and Chai Chee.A large portion of Singapore's eastern territorial waters also belongs to the GRC. It is divided into the divisions of Bedok, Changi–Simei, Fengshan, Kampong Chai Chee and Joo Chiat, which are managed by East Coast Town Council. The current Members of Parliament (MPs) are Dinesh Vasu Dash, Jessica Tan, Hazlina Abdul Halim, Tan Kiat How and Edwin Tong from the People's Action Party (PAP). History East Coast GRC was formed in 1997 as a six-member GRC, a merger of the GRCs of Bedok and Eunos. It was downsized from six members to five following the redrawing of divisions into Marine Parade GRC in 2006. Joo Chiat Single Member Constituency was carved out of the GRC in 2001, and was later absorbed by Marine Parade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Tan Soon Neo
Jessica Tan Soon Neo (; born 28 May 1966) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore since 2020. A member of the People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Changi–Simei division of East Coast GRC since 2006. Early life Tan attended Convent of Our Lady of Good Counsel, St. Joseph's Convent and Catholic Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1989 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree with honours in economics and sociology. Career Tan joined IBM Singapore in 1989. In 2002, she was appointed the Director of Networking Services Asia Pacific at IBM Global Services. In July 2008, Tan became the Managing Director of Microsoft Singapore. Since June 2023, she has been an External Director at Mitsui & Co. Political career Tan made her political debut in the 2006 general election when she joined a five-member People's Action Party team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phua Siok Gek Cynthia
Cynthia Phua Siok Gek ( zh, c=潘惜玉, p=Pān Xīyù, born 19 August 1958) is a Singaporean business executive and former politician. She was a Member of Parliament of Aljunied GRC for the Paya Lebar Ward from 25 October 2001 to 19 April 2011. Career Phua was the general manager of NTUC Fairprice Co-operative's real estate business unit and the managing director of estate management company SLF Management Services. She had also served as Chief Executive Officer of Bishan–Toa Payoh Town Council and Chairman of Aljunied Town Council. She was a Member of Parliament of Aljunied GRC (Paya Lebar Ward) who represented the People's Action Party (PAP) from 25 October 2001 to 19 April 2011. In the 2011 general elections, she was part of a team of five candidates which contested the same GRC again. Their team lost the elections to the Workers' Party (WP) team consists of Low Thia Kiang, Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim Sylvia Lim Swee Lian (; born 28 March 1965) is a Singapor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency
The Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in Central and Western Singapore. The five divisions consists: Buona Vista, Telok Blangah, Moulmein-Cairnhill, Tanjong Pagar- Tiong Bahru and Henderson-Dawson managed by Tanjong Pagar Town Council. The current Members of Parliament are Chan Chun Sing, Joan Pereira, Alvin Tan, Rachel Ong and Foo Cexiang from the People's Action Party (PAP). History This GRC came into formation in 1991, when it absorbed the Tiong Bahru GRC, Telok Blangah and Tanjong Pagar Single Member Constituencies (SMC). Since the formation of the GRC, the ward was notable for its repeated walkovers with the last walkover in 2015. In addition in 2011, Tanjong Pagar GRC became the only constituency to be uncontested following the disqualification of a team of independent candidates (led by Ng Teck Siong) as they submitted their nomination papers late. In 2025, the GRC absorbed Dover and Telok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Pereira
Joan Cheng Sim Pereira (born 1967) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Henderson–Dawson division of Tanjong Pagar GRC since 2015. Education Pereira was educated at the Convent of the Holy infant Jesus and Catholic Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Career Pereira had served as the assistant general manager at Temasek Cares, the philanthropic arm of Singaporean state-owned multinational investment firm Temasek Holdings. She was previously the director of Family Life and Active Ageing at the People's Association. Political career In 2015, the People's Action Party (PAP) announced that Pereira would contest in the Tanjong Pagar Group Representation Constituency during the 2015 general election. She now serves as the Member of Parliament for Tanjong Pagar GRC. She was then appointed Deputy Chairp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheryl Chan
Cheryl Chan Wei Ling ( zh, s=陈慧玲, p=Chén Huìlíng; born 1976) is a Singaporean businesswoman and retired politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she had been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Fengshan division of East Coast GRC from 2020 to 2025 and previously Fengshan SMC between 2015 and 2020. Education Chan attended Singapore Chinese Girls' School and Catholic Junior College before graduating from the Nanyang Technological University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Applied Science with honours degree in materials engineering. She subsequently went on to complete a Master of Business Administration degree at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management in 2004. Chan was awarded the Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2016. Career Prior to joining ST Engineering in July 2021, Cheryl was Head of APAC Clean Hydrogen in Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company. In her 14 years with the company, she had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level
The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (or Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level) is a GCE Ordinary Level examination held annually in Singapore and is jointly conducted by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) and the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES). Students are graded in the bands ranging from A to F and each band has a respective grade point, a lower grade point indicates poor performance (e.g. A1 band equates to 1 grade point). The number at the end of each grade corresponds to the grade point that they receive (i.e. A1 = 1, A2 = 2, B3 = 3, B4 = 4, C5 = 5, C6 = 6, D7 = 7 E8 = 8, F9 = 9). To pass an individual O-Level subject, a student must score at least C6 (6 grade points) or above. The highest grade a student can attain is A1 (1 grade point). The Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (GCE O-Level) examination was introduced in 1971. Despite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Patrick's School, Singapore
Saint Patrick's School is a government-aided Roman Catholic De La Salle Brothers, Lasallian all-boys' secondary school located along East Coast Road, Singapore, East Coast Road, Singapore. It is more commonly referred to as St Pat's. Students and old boys, alumni refer to themselves as Patricians or Sons of St. Patrick's. St Patrick's is one of seven Lasallian educational institutions, Lasallian schools in Singapore. It is one of the oldest schools in the East Region of Singapore, and is richly steeped in war history as well as Ireland, Irish and Catholic Church, Roman Catholic heritage. It is affiliated to Catholic Junior College, De La Salle School, St. Joseph's Institution Junior, St Joseph's Institution (Junior), St Stephen's School and St Anthony's Primary School. History Founding and Inception St Patrick's was founded on 16th January 1933 by Bro Stephen Buckley, a De La Salle Brothers, Lasallian brother and missionary hailing from County Cork, County Cork, Ireland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Anthony's Canossian Secondary School
St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School (SACSS) is a government-aided autonomous Catholic girls' secondary school located in Bedok, Singapore. It is part of the Canossian family of Catholic girls' schools in Singapore. The school is well regarded for its dance and drama programmes, which widened students' appreciation of arts as well as cater to the unique needs of students with different artistic talents through the expanded range of programmes. It educates deaf students who do not need to use sign language to communicate. History In August 1879, Father Jose Pedro Santa Anna de Cunha of Saint Joseph's Church started a school for poor parishioners. As a result, the Saint Anna's School with an enrolment of six students opened in Middle Road. In 1886, the school became known as Saint Anthony's Boys' & Girls' School. The boys' and girls' school split 15 years later. The first four Canossian sisters arrived to run the Portuguese Mission school, and there the poor and neglected foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
