Yo class,

have anyone put on weight after the sumptuous on Friday. I hope no one did, except for Isaac whom all of us wants to see some progress in his weight meter.

Mr Ronald thank the class for the great evening and the lovely card made by Daniel and all of the thoughts written inside. He also thank the class for the present.

I hope everyone did enjoy themselves.

The following are some photos taken using Delene's camera and my phone.
















Lastly, i would like to listen feedbacks from the class so that we could make the next class outing a more pleasant one.

Enjoy your holidays !

June

The School of Business Club will be having our very first Bonding Camp this coming semester holidays. This camp aims to strengthen ties between all School of Business students, as well as allow you to have fun before the 2nd semester starts. Through this camp, you'll get to know more people from the School of Business, which includes the School of Business Management Committee and Sub-Committee members, Year 2 facilitators and of course, your peers!

Details of the camp are as follows:

* Date: 10-12 October 2008 (Friday to Sunday)
* Venue: SP
* $15 (includes shirt, meals, lodging, and FUN!)

CALLING ALL YEAR TWOS!

Interested to facilitate and help out in our camp? Email us your following particulars:

* Name
* Admin No
*Class
* Contact No

RECRUITMENT CLOSES 6TH SEPT 2008!

For enquires, please feel free to contact any of us:
Carrie: 96607494
Alvin: 91775652
Samantha: 81233785

June

HELLO! Take a look at this!

What is YOUR culture? What is YOUR heritage? Is there culture and heritage in old buildings?

Join us for a refreshing and thought-provoking look at the hot debate - Should old buildings stay, or go.

Set in the Old Parliament House, this roving and interactive performance encourages you to think about these questions. Characters from the past, present and the future will come alive right before your eyes as you roam around the Old Parliament House.

Expect a tour of the Old Parliament House upon your arrival and a fun time as you take on the role of a Planning Executive in Singapore's new Ministry of Conservation. Your task is to design a list of rules and regulations for conserving old buildings. From coolies to hoteliers, the characters you meet in the corridors of the Old Parliament House will give you an insight into their lives and their thoughts about conserving or destroying an old building.

Through this experience, you will be encouraged to think about Singapore's history, your own culture, Singapore's future and the part that everyone has to play in shaping it.

Ready to play a part and spend a few hours thinking about our heritage, our old buildings?

Join us at 'Pieces of Me':

Date: 9 Sep 2008 (Tue)
Time: 9.00am OR 12.00 noon (please select one time slot*)
Venue: The Old Parliament (Arts House) - one-way transport provided fromSP (pick up point: outside Convention Centre)
CCA Point: 2

Please email your full name, admission number, contact number, school and preferred time slot* to susanlee@sp.edu.sg. to reserve your seat for the performance.



Meanwhile, all the best for the remaining two papers!
Alicia

For those who are interesetd in the ITP at Universal Studios, please revert to Mr Conrad as soon as possible.

Another job opportunity during F1 period.

STB would like to discuss the possibility of woking with SP on recruiting F1 service ambassadors (preferably in the tourism/hospitality management). Their role would be to provide key F1 and tourist product information for visitors during the F1 period. They would probably be stationed at key tourist touch points such as Orchard/ Marina belt, Clark Quay and Boat Quay etc. We would also like to check on the no of students under the hospitality or tourism management in your poly.

If those who are interested, revert to Mr Conrad as soon as possible as well. If you are interested, let me know so i can email you a sample schedule.

For those who are interested in ITP at China, please let me know by Wednesday, 9pm.

Another Job opportunity for F1.

As Hilton Singapore is involved in the upcoming Singapore F1 race on 26-28 Sept, we would like to seek your help in approaching your students to work with our F&B - Banquet Dept during the F1 week.

This will be a good opportunity for your students to gain their work experience during the F1 event, get to work with other hotel partners for the event and they will be rewarded attractively.

The arrangement should be made between the School (Singapore Polytechnic) and the Hotel (Hilton Singapore). Students are not encourage to apply directly. Attached is the form which you can use for the application. Please feel free to discuss with me what is the best ways we could consolidate this list.

Preferably, we would like the same students to work throughout the whole period from 24 Sept to 29 Sept if not, students should commit at least for the period from 26 Sept to 28 Sept (Race dates).

Upon confirmation of the name list by 20 Aug 2008, students are required to come for an interview and also training before the attachment - dates will be informed at a later stage.

More information as follows:

Dates / Duration of work

24 Sept - 11am to 6pm (Set-up) - 60 students required

25 Sept - 11am to 9pm (Set-up) - 60 students required

26 Sept to 28 Sept - 9am to 12midnight - 120 students required

29 Sept - 9am to 12midnight (Post-event) - 120 Students Required

Remunerations will be at S$10 per hour - Attractive rates for this period only.

For those who are interested, please sms me at 83831209 by 13 August 9pm.

June

A messsage from Ms Chen regarding ITP.

Hi, great new for DTRM students esp 04, 05.

Resort World Sentosa has offered students of SP, NP, NYP and TP ITP opportunities in Universal Studio, Orlando, USA in March 2009.

Some details as follow:

1) Duration: 4 months, early March - July 2009, Thus, for the last month of ITP, these students will be posted to local ITP company for a period of between 4 - 6 weeks. Not necessary to attend classes.
2) Salary: US$7.25 per hr, min 30 hrs - max 40 hrs per wk.
3) Up front estimated costs : Airfare = S$2700, Agent fee + medical insurance = US$800, US visa fee, CNCC fee = S$200.
3) Accommodation = In town, not in hostel. The Agent will source for accommodation for all, students are most likely to stay within close proximity to each other. Cost of accommodation US$150 per week for a 4 bedded apartment.
4) Own transportation from accommodation to work.
5) Selected students will be offered permanent employment opportunity in our IR and will be engaged to help out in the IR's opening in 2009/10.
6) A video conference session will be held in Oct 2008, when term start, there will a live Q&A for students to ask questions


Chen Yen Yin
Lecturer - Tourism and International Business
School of Business
Singapore Polytechnic
Tel: 65-68704806
Fax: 65-67721952

Yo peeps,

projects are finally over. Something worth celebrating. However, we should also not forget there are 3 papers waiting for us to revise.

The following are some of the main exam topics for IHRO in case you missed it.

Main exam topics for IHRO.

• Reservation procedures, over/underbooking
• Front office, cashiering procedures, settlement and foreign exchange
• Housekeeping , laundry servcies
  
• F&B, menu and planning (SHATEC notes)
• Professional bell service and telephone servcies
• Read through the other topics.

The exam format for IHRO are as follows:

• 10 MCQ (20 marks)
  
• 5 Calculations, essay, short questions (50 marks)
• 2 case study (30 marks)

Reminder that there will be optional FMAH and IHRO revision lectures on the 15th August.
Time: 9-11 am
Venue: MLT8

Lastly, the date and venue has been set for our class outing. It will be on the 29th August at Sakura Orchard. Place and time to meet to be confirmed.

All the best for your revision. Study Hard !!!

June