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SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY
The Students' Association Council (SAC) is the policy-making arm of the SMUSA and provides strategic direction to its
executive arm, the Students’ Association Executive Committee (SA ExCo). As a student government body, it is the
highest office of student leadership in SMU.
SMUSA represents the interests and welfare of the student community and continuously strives to establish
communication channels between students, student leaders and the university administration.
It also provides all-rounded support to all student clubs to increase and enhance the level of student participation in
CCAs. Concurrently, it enacts the guidelines and procedures that govern the entire Association.
The SA ExCo, runs these operations of the SA. ExCo members are elected annually through a campus-wide election
system reflecting the mandate of students to effectuate changes and improvements they wish to see in the current year.
With a myriad of student clubs catering to diverse CCAs in SMU, the need for such clubs to come under the
administrative purview of affiliated governing bodies led to the origination of CCA Constituent Bodies (CBds). School
CBds, on the other hand, were in-charged of taking care of students that were in the respective faculties.
The Presidents of these CBds and members of the SA ExCo make up the SAC. The President of the SA ExCo is also
the concurrent President of the SAC.
Up till date, there are 4 CCA CBds, and 6 School CBds, serving approximately 100 CCAs and 6331 undergraduate
students in SMU.
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009
PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT
MS. RACHEL KOK WEIXIAN
LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, 2007
DEAR STAKEHOLDERS also fully taken over the writing and publication of the SMU
Guide which was once part of a project under the
2009 has been a year of constant engagement and
Students’ Initiative portfolio in the previous year.
communication with the students for the SMU Students’
Association Council (SAC) and the SA ExCo. OPEN HOUSE
The eventful year opened with a change in Group Study For the past few years, there has always been talk about
Room (GSR) policy on the first day of school, which whether SMU students still maintained their edge as
caused an almost instantaneous uproar amongst the outstanding undergraduates, and thus we decided to get
students through various platforms such as Facebook. more involved in attracting both academically and artistic/
sports talented students into SMU through the
Many new issues have surfaced throughout the year, with
participation of clubs in the Open House. This is the first
the lack of module pre-assignment for the Year 1s leading
year that the Students’ Association has been engaged on
to exacerbated BOSS bidding inflation, the lack of classes
such a large scale and this would continue for years to
which led to many students left with few modules to
come.
choose from, the revision of hostel fees which accentuated
the financial woes of many international students, the bad STUDENTS’ SATISFACTION SURVEY
job market which led to worries amongst the general
The Students’ Satisfaction
student population, and many more.
Survey - an initiative started in
The SAC has come together many times to discuss and 2008 to gather student
work together to forward the interest of the students. As a sentiment and identify areas
united council, we managed to tackle many of the issues where the SAC can be involved
that we were once unable to tackle, for example, the in has been rolled out for the
reassignment of modules to the freshmen in the incoming second consecutive year. Tan
AY09/10. Yin Yin (SMUSA Students
Initiative Secretary) and her team
For the ExCo, we have continued the events that SA has
executed this year’s survey, with
created and has traditionally been involved in, from the
a total of 1284 respondents - An
planning to the execution. SMUSA Awards Night, where
extremely high response
we got together once again to appreciate the unsung
compared to the number collated the previous year.
heroes of student life and to celebrate the achievements of
individual students and student groups, Grad Night, The key objectives of the survey were to gather general
Matriculation, SMU Yearbook, The Freshmen Experience student sentiment, identify areas for improvement, educate
(FE) comprising of the Freshmen Teambuilding (FTB) students on existing policies and also to clear
Camp, Convocation, Vivace and Freshmen Bash. We have misconceptions.
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Our tagline was ‘Because together, we can make SMU a SA FINANCE
better place, we just need to know what “better” is.’
Chaired by Avnish Desai (SMUSA Honorary Finance
The survey was another step into encouraging more Secretary) and assisted by Lionel Chow (SMUSA Deputy
open communication between the students and the Finance Secretary), the SAC Finance Committee made
school. We managed to glean much insights and many milestones in the area of the Association’s finance
anecdotes from the survey, which we then proceeded to system. Just quite a while back, the finances were
take concrete action on by developing an action plan. disorganized; but as we took over, things have improved
The survey was also followed by a dialogue session substantially and both Avnish and Lionel were
where we invited members of the senior management determined to continue the 5-year plan that was
down to engage with the students. designed by the previous Finance Secretaries, adding on
new initiatives and ideas that came along the way.
One of the major changes to the SMUSA ExCo we have
welcomed for the coming year was the introduction of To expedite the reimbursement of claims, a new Direct
International Connection (ICON) under our wing. The Giro claims system was introduced at the beginning of
President of ICON would be automatically co-opted into this year where reimbursements would be directly wired
the SMUSA ExCo as the International Students’ to individual students’ bank accounts.
Secretary (ISS). This move was aligned to our vision of
Finance Dialogue Sessions were also incorporated into
“Unity within Diversity and the objectives of fostering
SMU after our union exchange trip to Hong Kong. The
greater integration and harmony between the local and
aim of the dialogue session was to improve the level of
international communities.
transparency during budgeting and to provide a platform
for the different clubs to direct their questions and
Following the steep and sudden increase in the hostel
queries to one another. This form of peer accountability
prices, we discovered the gap that existed for the needs
of the international student community. Hence, the was also meant to instill a sense of prudence and
creation of the new position of the ISS. Apart from the diligence in the budgeting process.
normal duties of an ExCo member, the ISS would be Avnish and Lionel came together with a team of students
focused strategically on the needs of the international from the School of Information Systems working on their
students and look towards the greater integration of the final year project to design an online claims system which
school community. International students form almost would see vast improvements to the efficiency of the
20% of the student population and we recognize that financial claims system. This idea has been endorsed and
they have special needs in this foreign environment. approved by the Office of Finance and would be
Therefore, the creation of this post is symbolic of our implemented in full force in the coming year.
commitment to the advancement and protection of their
MERCHANDISE STORE
interests
During our retreat at the end of last year, we wanted to
ICON would also undertake a new strategic position in do something as an ExCo to increase the sense of
bridging the gap between the local and international belonging of SMU students to our university, and we felt
students by organising events and activities which can that the introduction of a line of merchandise would help
bring SMU students closer together as a whole. to foster an identity unique to SMU students.
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EXAM WELFARE PACKAGE Through the well-known incident of the change in GSR
Top Left
Distribution of Exam Welfare Package
Top Right
Hong Kong Union Exchange
Bottom Left
SAC during
Convocation
Bottom Right
New Club under
SICS - Defence
Arts
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 APPRECIATION and empowerment has been invaluable to all of us
throughout this extraordinary year.
To all the students who have put in their heart and soul
for the events, thank you for your contribution to student 2009 has been a year of many hits and misses, of joy
life, I believe that all of us are here to make a difference
and of pain, of learning and of unlearning. I am grateful
and be a catalyst for change, and you have achieved for the opportunity to step up and serve the student
that. To the friends who have came to our rescue body. No classroom learning can ever replace the
whenever we need help, you are very very much lessons I have learnt this year. I have savored the taste of
cherished and valued, we would not have come this far student leadership, and I have relished the satisfaction of
without you. being able to serve the student body. Fortunately, I
managed to maintain my grades and this proved to me
To my ExCo members, this year has indeed neither been
that we can indeed strike a good balance between our
a long nor arguably short one, and this journey has been
academics and co-curricular activities. I hope this dispels
one filled with bumps and potholes which we have
the notion that we cannot afford to devote too much time
inevitably stumbled over or fell into. But this has also
to CCAs because it might compromise on our grades.
been one of the most extraordinary periods of stretching
and growth for all of us. We have increased in capacity, The Students’ Association has always believed in
gained more wisdom and knowledge, greater physical grooming and empowering leaders to serve the SMU
and metal stamina, and possibly aged more than we community as well as the community at large in the
have ever could in just one year. Daren, Avnish, Lionel, future, and
Lynette, Don, Rachel Yang, Delphine, Alson, Yin Yin and
I have great faith that Sophia Lo, the incoming President
David, thank you for being so patient and forgiving with
would lead the 6th SAC and the 10th SA ExCo to build on
me, I hope that all of you have enjoyed the past year as
the foundation that the past batch of committees have
much as I have. We were a bunch of strangers just barely
laid and bring the Students’ Association and the name of
a year ago, but we have emerged as a team and a group
SMU to greater heights. They have chose to bravely take
of good friends, it has indeed been wonderful serving
up the leadership challenge, and I am confident that they
alongside with all of you.
would be able to rise to the occasion.
To the rest of the SAC, Athena, Nathanael, David, Kelvin,
SMU has changed quite significantly since I entered, and
Kristina, Brandon, Naresh, Benedict, Josh and June,
perhaps we are nowhere near where we once were, but I
thank you for your unwavering support and your
believe that as long as we hold on steadfastly to the
dedication to improving student life. Each and every one
CIRCLE values, conduct ourselves with a spirit of
of you have served as a form of inspiration to me to
excellence and humility; these would continue to
continue running the race with renewed passion. You
distinguish SMU students as outstanding and respected
guys have been fantastic people to work with, and I hope
individuals in society. Outstanding in our achievements,
that as we will continue to serve the school with great
and respected for the principles and values that we stand
passion even as our term of office ends.
for.
Here, I would also like to express my appreciation to
Though many have heard me recite this quote before, I
President Hunter for his unyielding support for and action
would still like to end with this.
on students’ interests and to the rest of the senior
management for their willingness to communicate and “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for
engage the students. action despite our fears.”
To Prof. Low for his understanding and encouragement, Amidst all the fears and uncertainties surrounding us
Bernie (OSL Director) for her passion for the students, now, I believe that SMU students still possesses what it
Yew Tong for the times where he slogged it out with all of takes to make that difference if we choose to take action,
us, Kong Soon for his guidance, and to all at the Office of take the initiative and remain optimistic throughout our
Student life and the other offices whom we have worked journey.
with. Thank you for being there for us, your support, trust
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.”
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VISION
SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009
MISSION
9TH STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE (SA ExCo)
Our vision: “To cultivate an SMU identity that is unique and
irreplaceable, by increasing the relevance of the SA ExCo
through heightened awareness, accessibility and reach,
thereby inculcating a sense of belonging to the Students’
Association.
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SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY
NO MAN’S AN ISLAND.
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7 LIONEL CHOW 3
1 TAN YIN YIN 10
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2 ALSON CHEW 8 RACHEL YANG 4 6 9 10 11
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3 AVNISH DESAI 9 LYNETTE CHUA
4 RACHEL KOK 10 DON LIU
5 DELPHINE HU 11 DAVID CHUA
6 DAREN LI
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SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY
6TH STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION COUNCIL (SAC)
Dear friend,
Thank you.
Thank you for being a part of the SMU Student’s Association (SMUSA), and for
giving us the opportunity to serve and to lead.
I would like to introduce you to a lovely bunch of people, the 6th Students’
Association Council (SAC) and the 10th SMUSA Executive Committee.
Together, we care for and represent the entire student population. We truly believe
that there is a place in SMU for every student, be it in arts, sports, outdoor
activities, special interests, community services, international cultural
representation, and even academic pursuit; that in our own special way, we come
together and form a unique SMU identity that we can be proud of.
Let us make our SMU life purposeful. I found meaning through immersing myself
in school life, through making new friends, through discovering myself. How will
you find yours?
Let us embark on a memorable journey, one that we will cherish in time to come.
Yours sincerely,
Sophia Lo
President, 10th SMU Students' Association Exco
Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Singapore Management University
VISION
6TH STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION COUNCIL
To ignite students’ passion in creating a holistic culture for all SMU students. To
be a credible body that safeguards and champions students’ rights for the
betterment of the school.
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Standing (From Left): Low Soon Heng- SMUXtremist President, Chang Yuan Shao, Ken- ACF President; Daniel Lee Boon
Onn, Deputy Finance Secretary, Ernest Cai Kunrong- Information Systems Society President , Pyinnyar Kyaw- International
Students Secretary, Jacob Selvan Muthu- Deputy Events Secretary, Lee Cher Hern- Communications Secretary, Joo Do
Hyung, Michael- Events Secretary, Julius Chen Yifei- Accountancy Society President, Eugene Wee Hui Yuan-SMU Sports
Union President , Png Lee Hong, Brendon - Assets Secretary President, Jack Moy Ting- Business Secretary President, Tien
De Hui, Tommy- IT Solutions Secretary
Sitting (From Left): Law Sui Huei, Emile- Honorary General Secretary, Brenda Loh Chuanling-Economics Society President,
Maria Meta Vania Tanoto- Deputy General Secretary, Claressa Wong Lifang- Student Welfare Secretary, Sarah Swee Ping
Zhen- Honorary Finance Secretary, Sophia Lo Sing Hui- President, Tessa Ang Cheng Ai- Vice President, Jalene Alyssa Seah
Wan Ping-Business Society President, Kwek Hyen Yu- Social Sciences Society President; Irene Ong-Special Interest and
Community Service Sodality President, Sheena Yeoh Shi Yun- Law Society President, Chiam Yan Wen- Student Initiatives
Secretary
EXCO PORTFOLIO REPORTS
Vice-President
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Events Secretary
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AWARDS NIGHT
taken leadership of a couple of events. The first project of them to the SMU culture right from the start, they may be
my portfolio was Awards Night. This was my first time “lost” for the rest of their SMU lives. Being a young
chairing an event. In fact, it was my first time officially university, SMU’s student culture isn’t yet very strongly
chairing a meeting. I was lucky to have Awards Night embedded, so we as student leaders have to put in the
early in my term to familiarize myself with chairing events additional effort to build this culture from the ground.
and meetings. And indeed, it introduced me to the world
The biggest challenge I faced was conceptualizing the
of heading events, which came in very useful for the rest
Freshmen Experience. I had to turn an intangible concept
of my term.
into a tangible product and achieve tangible results.
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This was not an easy feat and it did cause me a few Graduates’ Night
sleepless nights. But after speaking with a few people Yearbook
about it, the three objectives of the Freshmen Experience Matriculation
2009 were finalized, and they were:
Freshmen Teambuilding Camp
1. To inspire freshmen to find their purpose in SMU and Convocation
take ownership of their SMU experience. VIVACE
Freshmen Bash
2. To build relationships among freshmen.
Left
Freshmen Bash
Right
Awards Night
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Honorary Finance Secretary
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Launch of SMUSA-CBD Finance Dialogue Session payment to the various vendors engaged for numerous
activities.
For the first time ever, a series of finance dialogue sessions
were held between the SMUSA, CBd and Club Finance SMUSA Online Claims System
Secretaries in July 2009. The objectives of these sessions
were to (1) bridge the gap between the various parties, (2) Developed based on a concept explored by SMU Special
increase transparency with regards to the budget Interest & Community Service Sodality (SICS), the SMUSA
procedures and standards implemented and (3) provide a Online Claims system was developed in collaboration with
platform for discussion to help improve the finance system OSL and OFIN and with help of a group of SIS students.
as a whole. The sessions were also attended by staff from To be fully implemented in 2010, the system would see the
the Office of Student Life (OSL) and various School admin SMUSA claims system go online and paperless while
offices providing them with a clearer understanding of how clubs and societies will be better able to manage their
the system works and remove any misunderstandings they finances as they have access to various analysis tools and
may have had. information while being able to generate reports at the
click of a button.
Launch of Budget Standards
Overall, the establishment of the numerous initiatives
First developed for the 1st August to 31st Dec 2009 stated above has led to a significant in the number of
budgets to help better allocate resources among the claims that are rejected. In addition, the time taken for
various clubs and societies while taking into consideration claims to be processed from the point of submission by a
the various requirements, the 5 th SMU Students’ club to receiving payment has reduced to an average of
Association Council (SAC) Finance Committee established
about 3.5 weeks and is expected to drop significantly in
and launched budget standards for common requests that the future.
are to be used in future budgeting exercises to ensure
more efficient distribution of our limited budget resources. While there is still room for improvement in our system, I'm
The standards cover areas such as catering for various confident that the system will see significant improvements
size events, attire classification and marketing expenditure. over the next few years and be able to avail ourselves to a
The standards have been placed on the SMUSA website public audit in the near future.
for easier reference and will be expanded and reviewed
periodically to keep up with changing requirements. APPRECIATION
Throughout my term of office, I’ve had the privilege of
Deposit Slots for Clubs and Societies Income,
Sponsorship and Donation cheques serving the SMU student population to the best of my
abilities and would not have been able to do so without
In addition to the AXS the help of the following parties:
system, clubs and
societies are now able to My fellow SMU students: Thank you for voting me in and
deposit their income, giving me the opportunity to serve you all. The vast
sponsorship and knowledge, experience, lessons and opportunities I've
donations into their club gained would not have been possible without your
accounts via deposit slots constant support and encouragement.
established as part of the
main Finance Drop Boxes Lionel Chow, Deputy Finance Secretary and Vice-
set up by OFIN. By Chairman, 5th SAC Finance Committee – Thanks for being
attaching the cheques to so reliable and always being there to help me and ensure
the duly filled deposit that our objectives and goals were fulfilled. Without you, I
form, clubs are able to do not think we would have done half of what we have
deposit the monies achieved. There is nothing that I can say to express my
collected any time in the gratitude to you.
day, reducing the need to
go down to OFIN. My beloved 5th SAC Finance Committee (Lionel, Jayraj,
Rachel, Yacong, Vivien, Jie Ming, Weijing, Amanda, Zi Hin,
Increase in cash advance to S$1000.00 Hazel, Samantha, Irene, Maoyuan, Agnes, Zi Yi and Xin Yi)
- The hard work and dedication you've put in and helping
To address the concern and need for cash advances to to ensure that our objectives and goals were met has
facilitate the payment of Goods and Services that require gained tremendous respect from me. I am sure you all will
payment on delivery, the limit for cash advance requests miss the long meetings and late nights we have put over
has been doubled to $S1,000.00, hence easing the need over the year.
for students to fork out their own savings to make
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 My dear 9th SA ExCo (Rachel K, Daren, Lynette, Don, To my family: Thank you for your understanding and
Lionel, Rachel Y, Alson, David, Yin Yin and Delphine) - support. Your love and encouragement has always kept
Thank you for all the wonderful memories and times we me going till the end.
spent together, both in and outside the SMUSA
environment, especially during our Hong Kong Trip and To the 10th SA ExCo and 6th SAC: I wish you guys all the
our ExCo gatherings. Thanks for also being there for me very best for your term in office and hope that you all are
in times of need and help. Your effort and passion has successful in making a difference in the lives of our fellow
also given me the motivation to work harder. While we go students. While you guys may face numerous obstacles
on with our plans next year, I do hope that there will be and may feel like quitting at times, do remember that
an opportunity for us to work together as a team again. success is only achieved with hard work and pain.
5th SAC CBd Presidents (David, Athena, Nat, Kelvin, To Sarah and Daniel: Lionel and I, together with our
Kristina, Brandon, Naresh, Ben, June and Josh) – It’s predecessors, have done what we could to improve the
been a pleasure working with you guys. Thanks for the system. Do not be afraid to break your limits if you need
lasting friendship and memories and your constant to in order to make a difference.
support and advice.
During my term, my The survey was rolled out in February and total of 1284
portfolio duties included students attempted the survey with 873 completions,
encouraging and accounting for more than 10% of the student population.
supporting student The survey results were presented to the President
initiatives through Howard Hunter, Deputy President Tan Chin Tiong, Provost
mentorship, provision of Rajendra Srivastava, Vice President Mr. Sim Teow Hong,
resources, and and Dean of Students Prof, Low Aik Meng. Copies of the
necessary connections results have also been widely disseminated to various
with the offices. On my offices who have requested for them.
own accord I also
initiated projects that I The results of the survey proved useful in enabling the 9th
believed were beneficial to the student community. Holding SA ExCo to identify and address issues that were pertinent
the portfolio with the most amount of flexibility, I was also to the students, and to work with the offices to effect
able to fill in gaps with the SA ExCo and provide relevant changes. Notable areas that we have worked on
assistance to various other portfolios where necessary. following the survey include the mandatory grade
breakdown for all modules, having a say in the type of
2ND SMU STUDENTS’ SURVEY vendors operating on campus, space issues and so forth.
The Students’ Satisfaction Survey was first initiated and STUDENT DIALOGUE SESSION
conducted by the 8th SA ExCo under the portfolio of the
8th Student Welfare Secretary Ms Christina Tay. This year, I The Student Dialogue Session was held
decided to continue the survey and took up the project on the 13th of March at the Li Ka Shing
under my portfolio. Library to formally release the results of
the 2nd SMU Students’ Survey to the
The objectives of the survey were three-fold: student population, faculty, and staff,
and to provide an avenue for students
1) To collect empirical data on the feedback and to converse directly with members of
sentiments of the student population. Being the majority management.
and key stakeholders of the University, we hold the The discussion panel consisted of President Howard
opinions of the students with highest regard. Hunter, Deputy President Tan Chin Tiong, Provost
Rajendra Srivastava, Vice President Mr. Sim Teow Hong,
2) To tap on the knowledge and creativity of the student and Dean of Students Prof. Low Aik Meng. The various
population in providing solutions to various problems. school Deans or their representatives were also in
attendance along with many members of faculty and staff
3) To educate students of certain school wide policies and from the various offices.
matters and to clear misconceptions, if any.
Following the presentation of the results, we had a fruitful
Responding to feedback from management regarding discussion with many students bringing up various issues
validity issues of the first survey, I gathered a group of that were pertinent to them. The dialogue was a step
students with research methods background to craft the towards narrowing the gap between students, faculty, and
2nd survey with me. Alvin, Isaac, Jacqueline, Daren, and staff and to create synergy that can bring benefit to the
myself crafted a survey that consisted of five categories: SMU Community.
Academic, Facilities, Student Life, SMU Experience, and
Administration/Offices. 4 Faculties also tapped onto our
university-wide survey and included their own questions
for their students in a Schools segment. We also sought
the assistance of Professors Norman Li, Evelyn Au, William
Tov, and Luan Sheng Hua from the School of Social
Sciences, as well as 2 of their Teaching Assistants to vet
the survey.
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 SMU GUIDE It was a successful dialogue session that saw all the
seats being taken up. The international students present
The SMU Guide started off as a
were very interactive and provided much valuable insight
Leadership and Teambuilding
to the SA ExCo which would be taken into consideration
(LTB) project in 2007 which
in future operations.
later became a Student
Initiative under the portfolio of PAINT-A-PILLAR
the 1 st Student Initiatives
Secretary Tey Bi Qin in 2008.
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APPRECIATION
Last but definitely not least, I thank God for the amazing
journey He has given me, and for seeing me through every
step of the way. The experience has been one incredible
blessing.
It has been a good year for the 9th SA ExCo, and I wish the
10th ExCo, especially my successor Yan Wen, a wonderful
term ahead.
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Assets Secretary
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Welfare Secretary
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PUBLIC STUDY AREAS AROUND CAMPUS to the stated regulation. With the National Environment
Agency conducting regular random checks and enforcing
The Office of Facilities Management (OFM) has kindly fixed stricter conformation to the law, OFM felt that it is
permanent study benches around the campus such as necessary to have designated smoking areas so as to
those at the Level 1 of the School of Business in view of prevent students from getting fined. Currently, NUS has a
the lack of study areas in SMU. The number of available smoke-free campus and NTU is smoke free in certain
study areas has increased exponentially over the year. In areas. Initially, 2 areas were designated for smoking.
addition, focus lights as well as electric sockets have been SMUSA proposed to OFM to increase the number of
installed in those areas to provide students with a more designated smoking areas to 5 such that each building
conducive environment for studying. would have one.
We have received feedback that there are public menaces PRINTING & PHOTOCOPYING
at times disturbing students who wish to study at these
public areas. SMUSA has placed signs in those areas to Currently, all the printing and photocopy machines around
alleviate some problems and we hope that students will the campus have been installed with the new CEPAS (EZ-
also take the initiative to politely ask members of the public LINK) card reader; making it more convenient for students.
to leave should they need to use the area. There are In addition, Seng-city has a staff situated in the Library to
currently more plans to increase the number of study areas assist with general queries and help in areas where
and SMUSA is constantly working with OFM on this. possible. An LCD screen projecting the number of print
jobs in the queue is also available in the Library now.
CARPARKING
SMUSA is currently working with IITS (formerly known as
This has been a year full of complaints regarding the CIT) to introduce double-sided printing and a new font so
carpark from different stakeholders and carpark users. as to save on the toner ink.
Sadly, carpark lots are a limited resource in SMU, and
demand for the carpark has been on the rise. LCD SCREEN ON CONCOURSE
To curb this problem, the carpark fees have been revised SMUSA have seek approval from higher management to
upwards in order to reduce the demand for the carpark place a LCD Screen in the concourse (outside Unimax) to
during peak hours. However, care has been taken to showcase students’ activities as well as upcoming events.
ensure that preferential drivers are still given a edge over We invite all CCAs to submit soft-copies of their marketing
public users. Currently, the rates for preferential holders are posters so that we can help them place it onto the LCD
30% less than the public rates and the hourly rates in SMU Screen and students can be able to view them.
are still cheaper than the other carparks in the vicinity.
SMUSA will continue work with OFM to monitor the VENDING MACHINES
situation.
On behalf of SMUSA, OFM have spoken to the Leasing
CHANGES TO GSR BOOKING POLICIES Business Unit (LBU) to increase the number of vending
machines that provide food/snacks for students around
During the beginning of the calendar year, OFM introduced the campus. This was in response to feedback that there
a new policy in which GSRs can be booked by multiple are no vendors in school that provide food late in the night
users. This would solve the problem of students hogging when students have to stay back late in school for
the entire GSR to themselves at the expense of other projects. Sandwich machines and other snack machines
project groups. However, students were unhappy as the have been brought in to cater to the needs of the
system was cumbersome and impractical. Hence, SMUSA students. However, should there be a lack of demand for
approached OFM to make changes to the policy. such machines, the service would be discontinued.
Currently, the policy being implemented is that where one
student is needed to book the GSR while another needs to APPRECIATION
confirm the booking. Based on statistics, the demand of Thank you friends and fellow schoolmates for the
GSR has since dropped and students who truly need the encouragement, support and the opportunity to serve you
GSRs find it much easier to book GSRs as there are in 2009. My heartfelt gratitude for all administrators who
enough to go around for projects. have supported and appreciated our efforts. Last but not
least, I would like to say a big Thank You to my dearest
DESIGNATED SMOKING AREAS
ExCo, for all your help and the sacrifices you made for the
There is a new law prohibiting smoking within 5m of school.
covered buildings and being an educational institution,
I wish the 10th SMUSA ExCo a great year ahead and may
SMU have assigned designated smoking areas according
you carve your own legacy.
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USERVOICE As we proceed on to the new year, I look forward to more
http://feedback.smusa.sg and more exciting new IT initiatives as we try to become
the most IT-savvy Student Body in Singapore.
This is a brand new initiative to allow students to directly
write suggestions that they'd like to see changed in SMU,
be it the service of the staff at Koufu, or the way certain
modules are being marked. Just post a suggestion, and
get your friends to vote on it!
APPRECIATION
SMU BIZCOM
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SMUSA-BIZCOM CCA SCHOLARSHIP AND SMU-
BIZCOM STUDENT LIFE AWARD
Started by our Bizcom predecessor, Mr Roy Chia, the
SMUSA-Bizcom CCA scholarship was set up to recognize
students who have contributed greatly to make SMU
student life a more vibrant one. Each year, Bizcom will
commit S$5000.00 from the money generated from our
initiatives toward this cause. To leverage on the success of
the scholarship, the current Bizcom 9th ExCo decided to
channel more funds back to needy students and
subsequently set up the SMUSA-Bizcom Student Life
Award at S$500 each per semester for 3 deserving
students. The establishment of SMUSA-Bizcom Student
Life Award was spearheaded by outgoing Bizcom Finance
Secretary, Cheryl Chian (Year 3) and Bizcom Programs
Director, Dennet Yap (Year 3). I am pleased to announce
that all Bizcom members are proud of the scholarship and
award and hoped that it will encourage more students to
contribute to make our school life a better one!
FUTURE OUTLOOK
APPRECIATION
The past year has been a challenging one with many ups
and down; which have enriched my experiences and allow
me to meet some really good friends. The 9th ExCo has
come a long way to uphold the constitution and pave the
way for the incoming 10th ExCo. I would like to thank
everyone for this wonderful and fruitful journey. They
include Rachel Kok, Daren Li, David Chua, Avnish Desai,
Lionel, Don Liu, Rachel Yang, Lynette Chua, Hu Shing, Tan
Yin Yin, Wong Weiting, Lim Jieying, Sam Kevin Go, Cheryl
Chian, Lee Jun Kiat, Chua Ming Lin, Sherilyn Tan, Candice
Luo, Grace Tan, Gan Shu Min, Priya SHANDHINI, Oliver
Chan, Dennet Yap, Julie Lo and Chan Jue Ling. I would
also like to acknowledge OSL, LBU, OFM and OAA for
their constant guidance and understanding. Special thanks
to Professor Low, Bernie, Wong Yew Tong and Tan Kong
Soon for overlooking SMUSA and Bizcom during the past
year.
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Director, Business Committee (Bizcom)
MR. ALSON CHEW MING YONG
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 2007
PERSONAL MESSAGE This year has been an excellent year for SMU Bizcom
where we almost tripled last year profits, standing at about
It has been a challenging year for the 9thExCo, having to
$45,000.00 (FY 2009). On top of that, the committee have
make certain drastic improvements to the Bizcom
increased its welfare initiatives and even introduced the
structure and trying out new initiatives not carried out
annual Xmas party to bring together past and current
before. There were rough patches and times when some
batches of Bizcom members.
felt drained. Nevertheless, I am proud of the Bizcom 9th
ExCo as a whole, for without their consistent support and FINANCIAL INFORMATION
commitment, Bizcom would not have achieved so much Profits
within a short one year period. As quoted from one
Bizcom member “Though sometimes things suck, savor Through our various operations and strategic sponsorship
the moments as best you can cos you may end up collaboration with OCBC, we managed to rake in a
missing them” To the incoming 10th ExCo: It may be combined profit of about S$45,000.00 for Financial Year
difficult, but when you look back at the things you have 2009.
done, it is not the $ that put a smile on your face, but the Expenses
friendship and little moments you shared with your ExCo
mates that you will remember. Bizcom is a self-sufficient committee and do not receive
any funding from SMUSA or the SMU administration. Our
On the event/bazaar front, we are particularly blessed with expenses are closely monitored by the SMUSA Finance
capable leaders among the team that led to one of the Secretary and deducted from our reserves to fund our
most successful bazaar (bazAAR!) held in SMU. I must initiatives. Bizcom members are always reminded to be
also thank Gan Shu Min for her leadership in organizing prudent in our spending.
the 1st SMU Valentine’s Day Party at Treehouse. For the
UniVantage team, they had also made a breakthrough in Financial Control and Supervision
expanding the merchant database and holding the 1st We practiced strict financial control and prudence. In each
SMU UniVanzaar, providing students with exclusive initiative that we intend to carry out, we maintained a profit
privileges. Moreover, on the financial front, Bizcom have target model of 3:1. As such, we have always considered
also established a new SMUSA-Bizcom Student Life each project carefully before taking it up. A budget will be
Award for needy students seeking financial assistance. drawn up for each project taken on to make sure
There are many opportunities available in Bizcom and I am expenditure can be tracked by the Bizcom Director,
sure the incoming 10th ExCo would be able to bring the Honorary General Secretary and Finance Director. Any final
committee to greater heights. approval of claims is made by the SMUSA Finance
PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW Secretary to provide an independent review on the amount
spent by Bizcom.
SMU Bizcom is the financing arm of the SMU Students’
Association (SMUSA) and the largest sub-committee OPERATIONS
under SMUSA. Through its initiatives and activities, Bizcom Like any other CCA, we have our assets and limitations. I
is committed to generating profits that aims to facilitate believe that Bizcom’s greatest asset is our knowledge. Not
student life activities in SMU. The long term vision of SMU only do we have the means to earn money, but we also
Bizcom is to develop an organization that actively know how to do it well. However, the problem is when
promotes entrepreneurship within SMU, while on the other there is a transition to a new ExCo. There is a lack of a
hand, foster and strengthen friendship among its proper procedure and documentation of transferring this
members. SMU Bizcom consists of the following entities: knowledge, which could be a potential problem that could
• Events Management hamper the work of the new ExCo especially if old ExCo
members go on exchange on the following school term.
• Bazaar Management The 9th ExCo has tried to implement a grace period, where
• Uni-Vantage (SMU Student Privilege Card) the old ExCo works hand-in-hand with the new ExCo so
that they will be well adjusted to their roles before their
• External Corporation Relations
term officially starts.
• Push Cart Management
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lack of manpower. During the planning phase of an
Initiatives
event, Bizcom normally does well in this aspect.
However, when it comes to the actual event, we find 1. SMUSA-Bizcom CCA Scholarship
ourselves lacking manpower. This makes it difficult to run 2. SMUSA-Bizcom Student Life Awards
an event well and is only done so through the sacrifices
of Bizcom’s more committed members. In order to 3. SMU Tee Drive (Look out for our new design in
alleviate this problem, we have tried our best to 2010!)
incentivize Bizcom members to help out during events 4. Tri-University Meet up with NUS and SIM
through welfare and by giving them more meaningful
roles. Events
In terms of material assets, Bizcom has a storeroom 1. Valentine’s Day Party at Treehouse
shared with SMUSA. Although previously very messy and
almost impossible to go in to, we have managed to clean
up the storeroom and make it easier for people to find
things with the help of our friends in SMUSA. Another key
material asset is the pushcarts. These pushcarts are
leased out to both students and outside vendors, making
it a key source of revenue. Dealing with the leasing of
these pushcarts takes a lot of effort and cooperation with
school offices like LBU and OFM. Hence, it is vital to
maintain good relations with these offices.
UNIVANTAGE (UV)
Growing from a mere 20 merchants in 2007, UniVantage
has burgeoned to incorporate more than 100 by
2009.We have established our very own lifestyle
magazine, written and edited by our very own
students.Besides being a marketing platform, we have 3. Participated in the Seventeen Queen of Queens
also delved into the events sector to build relationships competition
with our students and merchants.Looking ahead, we
UniVantage
hope to foster a greater bond with the SMU population
and become a significant part of the SMU identity. 1. Increased in merchant database by 50%
UniVantage almost doubled our merchant count from 60 2. Univanzaar 2009
into 2007-08 to 110 in 2008-09, extending our discount
scheme into blog shops and nearby favorite cafes. It Bazaar Committee
broke out of its heritage this year by bringing students a 1. Larger scale bazaars with carnival feel
lifestyle magazine that was written, edited and designed
by dedicated students. While piecing the magazine 2. Attracted high profile sponsors such as OCBC,
together, they also had a great time hanging out at the Starhub and AIA.
places they featured such as Ah Chew Desserts and
Push Cart Management
Mad Jack Cafe. The first ever UniVanzaar was also
unveiled strategically in September with fun-filled 1. Increased rental rates for Pushcash@SMU
programs that bridged merchants and students, studded
with a spectrum of vendors offering fashion, food and
fun.
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FUTURE OUTLOOK experiences, creativity, interpersonal and communication
skills. Great opportunities definitely lie for students who
For 2010, the main plan would be to consolidate the
are interested to join Bizcom.
major successes of the 9th ExCo and to build on them.
Before expanding to new frontiers, it is imperative for the Chua Minglin - Bizcom 9th UniVantage Director
10th ExCo to first continue the legacy of previous ExCos. Bizcom provides a fun-filled experience working with
Such legacies include maintaining the SMUSA-Bizcom peers to events you can call your own. Besides play, it
scholarships and the newly set-up SMUSA-Bizcom offers simulations of real business dealings with marketing
student-life awards, as well as producing an even better executives, where we have to put our negotiation and
Freshmen Bash. The UniVantage team would also be persuasion skills to practice. It is a place where you build
continue on the UniVantage publication and the great friendships and find out if you love or hate them as
UniVanzaar, which have been major successes in raising colleagues. Have fun your term and all the best!
awareness of the privileges students are entitled to under
the privilege card scheme. At the same time, the 10th Sherilyn Tan - Bizcom 9th UniVantage Vice Director
ExCo would continue Bizcom’s strides with a proposed My past year as the vice director of UniVantage had been
co-ordination with the Open House committee for a a very enjoyable and enriching experience. From the time I
bazaar during that day, as well as creating a major bazaar stepped into UV in year 1 till today, i've seen how UV has
which would inject a carnival-like atmosphere in SMU for a grew in terms of the number of merchants in the SMU
few days. Similarly, UniVantage have already begun work privilege card scheme, and at the same time, the quality of
on sourcing for bigger and better merchants for students. t h e m e rc h a n t s . T h e v a r i o u s i n i t i a t i v e s b y m y
This is very much helped by our improving marketing ExCo, particularly UniVanzaar 2009, had helped to
facilities, such as the publication and a proposal to display increase awareness of UV, and had also aided in bridging
UniVantage discounts 3-D in glass displays. Hopefully, this stronger ties between our merchants and the SMU body.
can benefit the SMU community as a whole in the future. It had been a very fruitful year for us, and all these would
WORKPLANS 2010 not have been possible without the support from each
and every committee member in Bizcom. I would hereby
Events/Bazaar Workplan
like to use this opportunity to thank my committee for all
Mystic Mall Bazaar the hard work and for the fun times we've shared
Designing of a New SMU T shirt together. Finally, I would like to wish the incoming 10th
Bizcom executive committee all the best in
Mini Bazaar (organized by Bizcom subcomm) – bringing bizcom to greater heights :)
during Open House (6-7th March)
Priya SHANDHINI – Bizcom 9th Events/Bazaar
Big Bazaar – Week 11 Friday, Saturday Director
Freshmen Bash The past year has been an eventful one with the events/
UniVantage Workplan bazaar committee organizing bigger and more exciting
events and bazaars. Bizcom's hallmark event of the year,
2nd Edition of publications
Espionage- Freshmen Bash 09- was also a huge
3rd Edition of publications success . The 9th ExCo's passion and dedication in
UniVanzaar creating a vibrant student life has been crucial to this
success. I believe that the new ExCo will have the same
MESSAGES FROM THE 9TH BIZCOM ExCo passion to carry Bizcom to greater heights!
Gan Shu Min – Bizcom 9th UniVantage Marketing
SMU's tenth year marks Bizcom's tenth year as well and
Director
we believe that the new events/bazaar committee will
Firstly, I would like to wish the newly formed Bizcom mark this occasion with creative and exciting events and
ExCo, Senior Business Executives and all Bizcom bazaars. We look forward to seeing the new ExCo in
members a good year ahead. I trust that with their help, action and we believe that their passion, and the
Bizcom can contribute even further to SMU student life. experience that they have gained through organizing
UniVantage, being an arm of Bizcom, has been securing Bizcom events, will serve them well in their positions.
great privileges for SMU students, staff and alumni. We
hope to bring to SMU even better privileges soon.
UniVantage also provides abundant marketing avenues
(emailers, noticeboard, posters, events etc.) for
companies to market themselves within the SMU
community. My experiences as UniVantage Marketing
Director have allowed me to expand my event planning
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Sam Kevin Go – Bizcom 9th Operations Director I am glad to be part of this amazing family. :)
As the Operations Director of the 9th ExCo, I have faced
many challenges during the past year. Bizcom is a CCA Grace Tan – Bizcom 9th UniVantage Sales Director
focused on organizing events for the benefit of student
Being a Sales Manager in Bizcom for the past year has
life. However, doing so requires a lot of capital, human
made me grown as an individual. Besides polishing some
and financial resources. Bizcom has constantly strived to
interpersonal skills through numerous contacts with
come up with the best events with such limited resources
merchants, I also gained perspectives as merchants
and I believe that we have done a very good job. Each
sometimes relate to me about their personal experiences.
member of Bizcom has sacrificed something to ensure
Certain meetings with merchants had been eventful, be it
the success of our events. Despite some rough times,
in a good or unfortunate, but nonetheless, they were
everyone still manages to pull through in the end. For
great experiences. I would not change any aspects of my
this, I believe I was very fortunate to have worked with
experience as a Sales Manager if I were to be one again.
some of the most talented and hardworking people I’ve
ever met. Thank you everyone for making my stay in
Lim Jieying - Bizcom 9th Human Resource Director
Bizcom such a wonderful experience.
Being part of the 9th ExCo has been a stressful yet joyful
Lee Junkiat – Bizcom 9th IT Solutions Director experience. I will never forget how manpower and
Besides being a year 2 student pursuing a double degree logistical work always seem never-ending because
in Business Management and Economics, Jun Kiat is Bizcom simply has too many events/activities. However
also the creative director of his own company, Reactive the entire process was a satisfying one seeing the
Design. With his knowledge and experience in the field of success of our bazaars, freshmen bash and not
advertising, Jun Kiat has made use of his expertise to forgetting our very first SMU tee. Our team has made
contribute to Bizcom and provided support in the many mistakes, but we have also learnt from them and
enhancement of its key events. bonded well. And I trust that the 10th ExCo will be a good
team and will do a better job in bringing Bizcom to
th
Chan Jueling – Bizcom 9 Events/Bazaar Director greater heights.
Being a sponsorship director in Bizcom has widen my Oliver Chan – Bizcom 9th Events/Bazaar Vice
horizon and learning experience. The constant need to Director
interact with external clients and negotiating the terms to
The economy took a downturn this year which adversely
ensure a win-win situation for both parties is a definitely a
challenging task for me. This financial year, I'm glad to affected our operations. However, perseverance and
have the support of my team members, who have all sheer determination brought us thus far, allowing us to
performed exceedingly well. I look forward to the future achieve greater heights for our bazaars and Freshmen
events organized by Bizcom. Bash. The success of Bizcom in bringing student life to
the student population would not have been possible if
Julie Lo – Bizcom 9 Events/Bazaar Marketing not for the efforts put in by every committee member and
th
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Chairperson, Asset Management Committee (AMC)
MS. RACHEL YANG QIMIN
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2007
ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE of Information System, CCA Office area, store beside
OSL/ opposite Koufu, Treehouse Café which was
The AMC is one of the standing committees of the SMU formerly the Student Lounge, SMUSA Lunchtalk Room
Students’ Association. This committee consists of the as well as the Student Recreation Centre which is
Asset Secretaries of each non-school Constituent Body currently operated by the Screme management.
residing in the Students’ Association Council as well as
the Assets Secretary of the SMU Students’ Association In addition, the Asset Management Committee also
who will automatically be appointed as Chairperson of administers the following facilities for the CCAs and clubs
the Committee. The committee does not consist of for the smooth running of their operations. They are the
school Constituent Bodies as they hold minimal assets built-in cabinets, metal cabinets, and CCA mailboxes.
and have no representative to sit on the committee. They The provision of this service is crucial for the smooth-
are however given the option to sit in the committee if the running of the clubs as they often require storage spaces
Students’ Association Council deems it necessary. for their logistics. Lastly, the Asset Management
Committee has also allocated four meeting rooms for the
The committee was formerly under the Honorary General various non-school Constituent Bodies namely the Arts
Secretary but the responsibility now falls under the and Cultural Fraternity, SMU Sports Union, SMUXtremists
Assets Secretary since its inception under the 7th SA and Special Interests and Community Service Sodality.
ExCo.
Provision of logistical support to clubs and events
The Assets Management Committee is responsible but
The provision of logistical support is a big part of the
not limited to the following duties as governed by the
Asset Management Committee as we have to support
Constitution:
the running of clubs and events on a daily basis. During
peak periods, we attend to an average of 10 loan
1. Ensure accountability for Constituent Body-owned
requests daily from various clubs and interest groups.
and Club-owned assets through biannual auditing;
Off-peak periods, we attend to an average of 4 loan
2. Serve as a liaison between all Constituent Bodies
requests daily. Some of the regular items requested by
and Clubs and the Office of Student Life in matters
these clubs are long table, chairs and easels.
pertaining to logistics;
3. Facilitate and guide representatives of the
RENOVATION OF CCA OFFICE
Constituent Bodies to oversee the temporary loaning
of assets owned by their respective Management The CCA Office area was found to be underutilized and
Committees; fast becoming a dumping ground for items left over from
4. Provide logistical support to University events, where events. As such, there were many discussions with Office
applicable; and of Student Life, Office of Campus Development, Office of
5. Perform such other functions as may be directed by Facilities Management and the Asset Management
the Executive Committee. Committee Discussions for the major revamp.
VARIOUS AREAS OF OPERATION OF THE The renovation of the CCA Room allows for a publishing
COMMITTEE house with specialized equipments, more space for
maneuver, more storage space for non-school
Maintaining of assets and facilities of the
Constituent Bodies, bicycle cages for students who cycle
Association
to school and less clutter to promote a litter-free
The Asset Management Committee maintains assets as environment.
well as various facilities in SMU for the Association’s use.
During our term, we conducted random checks on these
assets to ensure that all of these assets are accounted
for and are in good condition. Some of the facilities that
are under the care of the Asset Management Committee
are the storage area located at the basement of School
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It was announced to the non-school Clubs and
Constituent Bodies in the earlier part of Academic Year
2009/10 Term 1 that the CCA Office area would be
undergoing a major renovation under the supervision of
Office of Student Life and the Asset Management
Committee. However, due to unforeseen circumstances,
the renovation has yet to start. The Asset Management
Committee is pushing for it to go through in the coming
term as it will solve many of the problems we currently face
such as the lack of storage space.
FUTURE OUTLOOK
With the constant growth of the Association, the Asset
Management Committee has planned for the acquisition of
more assets to ease the current demand for logistics. In
addition, the Committee is also looking at various ways to
provide new storage facilities for the clubs to store their
logistics.
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Chairperson, Awards Night Committee
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Bottom
Professor Low Aik Meng and the OSL Team
Top
Bizcom Members acting as bunnies
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Chairperson, Matriculation Committee
The location this year was the same as the previous year,
and we were assigned to the 3rd level of the School of
Accountancy (SOA). Our space for camp exhibitions was
thus, tightly constrained. Keeping in mind the fire safety
exits, we assigned the school CBDs to be on the inside
corridor, while the CCA CBDs to be on the corridor
beside the escalator. To ensure fairness, spaces were
allocated by randomly drawing lots. Considering the
directional flow of the crowd was also essential. It was
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Chairperson, Freshmen Team Building Camp (FTB)
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Committee
MS. TRACY TAN MEI LING
LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, 2007
The world may be our The following charts reflect the feedback from the
campus but amidst our freshmen 2009 with regards to the camp. In all, FTB
learning, we need to set 2009 was a resounding success.
apart the truth from the
smoke and mirrors. Thus, FTB helped you to understand student life and SMU
values?
our theme for FTB 2009: Real/Lies.
Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent
For the entire month of July, an estimated 1700 freshmen
gathered at OBS East Coast Park to undergo the rite of 9% 1% 7%
passage that is part of every SMU student’s experience.
Under the umbrella of Freshmen Experience, in which
every freshmen will be introduced to SMU in a series of
exciting events, FTB provided the first platform for
freshmen to truly discover what it really means to be 38%
branded SMU.
45%
In those memorable three days and two nights, with and
in the spirit of self-discovery and a sense of adventure,
freshmen learnt about true teamwork through a series of
creative problem solving activities, designed to challenge Are my facilitators able to make me understand the
participants to step out of their comfort zone. These importance of teamwork?
challenges also allowed us to introduce powerfully the Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent
essence of our SMU Circle values of Commitment, 1%
Integrity, Responsibility, Collegiality, Leadership and 1%
Excellence. As Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “The 20%
ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he
42%
stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Aptly put,
as leaders of tomorrow must realize and extol the
tangible and inimitable qualities of great leader in order to
shape a better age.
For the people who made FTB 2009 possible, tirelessly 11%
working behind and on the scenes- our steadfast
organizing committee-main and sub-committees, our
die-hard senior facilitators and dedicated facilitators- the
journey has been epic-worthy. To witness the joy and
exuberance of the freshmen at the end of the journey
made the all-consuming efforts of planning and running
FTB 2009 throughout the entire summer, braving even
the perils of H1N1, worth it.
89%
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Student Producer (Informal), Convocation Committee
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Chairperson, VIVACE Committee
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Managing Director, Publications Committee
Established in 2007, The Blue and Gold is a fully student- CCAs. This section features events, information and
run publication of the Singapore Management University interesting reflections from students involved in various
Students’ Association (SMUSA) and falls under the CCAs in SMU.
auspices of the Publications Committee of SMUSA.
In our efforts to provide factual information to students, we
2009 has been an eventful year for The Blue and Gold engaged several offices in the school administration.
since the Publications Committee started the magazine in Through these engagements, we were allowed to put
2007. together informative articles that benefit students and
allow them to make informed decisions when they read
The Blue and Gold was published four times in 2009 - The Blue and Gold.
January, March, August and October. The ExCo of the
Publications Committee also developed a new tagline – We also started an online blog in a bid to engage students
“Because you need to know” – for the magazine. A small beyond the magazine. The blog is an added avenue for
advertising campaign and larger scale marketing blitz was students to write about issues that are close to their
launched to promote the magazine and its relevance to hearts. Selected articles also make it to the print version.
students.
In terms of resources, we started a main recruitment drive
Our print ads were developed through the active during VIVACE and subsequent recruitment opportunities
participation of students. As part of the ads, an open call via email. We have promoted two editors to senior editors
for students to model in our ads was launched. This open and have in office four new editors – mostly year 1 and 2
call garnered close to 50 applicants. The final 12 (Olivia students. The current structure of The Blue and Gold is
Cheryl Low May Ling, Paresh Dhote, Kingley Lim Boon now in review and several new positions, to fill up our
Yang, Wu Yue Yue, May, Chong Xin Yi, Clinton Zheng support functions, will be created as the quality and
Guangrong, Bryan Ng Chung Jin, Alvin Lim Tingquan, standards of writing and content improve.
Audrey Lim Ruixuan, Lv Xi, Daryl Pan Zhengxiang and
Tiffany Chia Yuting) from various schools across SMU The Blue and Gold also seeks news tips, feedback and
made it to print eventually. We would like to thank them for opinions on school-related affairs.
their dedication and support towards this marketing blitz.
We believe that we should be the most important source
In addition to the print advertisements as part of the of student-related news in SMU. We ended 2009 on a
marketing blitz, we also reinforced our identity as a strong note – with more focus on marketing, greater levels
SMUSA publication by the use of collaterals. Three of participation from the student body, and an
different versions of postcards – Because we value your improvement in the quality of articles. We are optimistic of
viewpoints, Because we are the student’s voice and even more improvements come 2010
Because we give facts and figures – were produced and
distributed to the school population via our newsstands
located at all schools within SMU.
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Chairperson, Elections Committee
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CONSTITUENT BODY REPORTS (CCA)
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President, Arts & Cultural Fraternity (ACF)
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Arts Camp 2009 was entitled “Rev” which was a short members had previously participated in Arts Camp 2008.
form for adjectives describing the Arts Community such as Amongst those who have taken up Organising Committee
“revitalising”, experiencing a “revelation” amongst many roles, many have also taken up leadership roles in their
others. This year, Arts Camp, a 3 day and 2 night affair respective ACF CCAs. I am certain that subsequent this
held on campus, featured and were not just limited to the year’s participants would in turn step up to fulfil roles in
following activities: future Arts Camp Organising Committees.
Night games around art venues around SMU, in This year, ‘Eve 2009’ once again fashioned itself as
an effort to expose the freshman to the vibrant art cocktail event aimed to allow ACF members to bond and
community socialize with each other; to appreciate and award ACF
Overall arching storyline which linked the clubs for their performances and achievements; as well as
marketing concept together with the activities of for freshmen to discover what ACF is all about. The main
the camp objective this time around was to concentrate on the
element of appreciation – to articulate to ACF members
how we as a MC have really appreciated their support and
cooperation in ACF affairs, and also for us to show
appreciation for all clubs, especially because some non-
performing clubs are not regularly given constant and
obvious affirmation. Therefore, we decided to further
incorporate an awards segment to show our appreciation.
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areas that we can help at the management level.
Cluster System
Website
In the effort to publicise and provide a platform for ACF SMU Chinese Orchestra (SMUCO) started off with a small
group of 30 members strong of Chinese Music
clubs and ACF to feature events like performances,
enthusiasts. The absence of Chinese instrumental music in
workshops and exhibitions that ACF clubs have to offer,
SMU’s vibrant arts culture sparked off this group of
the Marketing Manager and the Events Manager
students’ passionate desire to set up a Chinese orchestra
introduced a monthly newsletter, which was designed by in SMU at the end of year 2008. SMUCO has been
our External Relations Manager. The newsletter was sent established as an official CCA since August 2009 and is
as a mass email to the school population as well as currently under the baton of Mr. Quek Ling Kiong,
featured on the ACF website. It included monthly events, associate conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra
in the form of a calendar and also featured two clubs every and conductor of Singapore Youth Chinese Orchestra.
month. This initiative was an excellent method of informing SMUCO is on its way to be a full-fledged orchestra. SMU
SMU about the happenings form the arts community and Chinese Orchestra strives to be a unique orchestra and to
also providing them with information on how they could be achieve musical excellence in the settings of SMU’s vibrant
a part in the array of activities that were available. I hope culture.
that the future Management Committees would continue
with this initiative and could also consider involving the Growth
wider arts district, by introducing a variety of arts events
The total ACF membership now stands at a count of
from around the island like The Esplanade and The
2,288 members (accurate as of December 2009), a
Singapore Arts Museum. 40.88% increase over figures in 2008. The increasing
ACF Buddy System number of ACF clubs and widening efforts by both the
ACF management committee and the ACF clubs to
We have also implemented a buddy system within us. promote the championing of passion, vibrancy and vivacity
Based on our predecessors’ experiences, it was in the arts and culture could possibly explain the welcome
challenging to continue regular operations if anyone within increase in membership.
their MC were unavailable. Therefore, within our term,
every MC member had a buddy tied to him/her. For
example, our Marketing Manager was tied to our External
Relations Manager, which also proved to be a good
combination because they had something common in their
duties. Except in our term of office, our Assets Manager
was tied to our Honorary Financial Secretary, 2
operational-heavy roles which did not work out as good as
we though. This buddy system was suggested to be
carried on to the incoming MC; except with our
experience, we also suggested to bring in a Deputy
Financial Secretary to help lighten the workload.
1. Ballare
Ballare, a standard Latin ballroom club originally part of
Caderas Latinas, made its debut performance during
Caderas Latinas’ social dancing night, wowing audience
with the beauty and grace of the Waltz. The club went on
to impress with its waltz performance at Caderas Latinas’
Bailamos, sparking an interest in standard ballroom among
the school population. Having turned independent, Ballare
is seeking to put up its first large scale event, gl’Amour, in
early 2010. The club has also garnered much attention
from the local standard ballroom scene, having taken part Feel It, Love It, Flaunt It!
in several competitions and winning numerous awards.
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President, Special Interest and Community
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SICS Webste Course
Right
Presidential Summit
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Participation in Club Activities
One of the primary goals that SICS aims to achieve this
year was to better understand the functions of the various
CCA clubs as well as to play both an active and supportive
role as a constituent body.
NEW INITIATIVES
SICS Marketing Newsletter
In order to increase the amount of participation in SICS
events from the SMU community, the marketing
department came up with the SICS marketing newsletter,
updating the community of upcoming events happening
within the month. The newsletter allows clubs to better
publicize their events and also raise the awareness of SICS
as a constituent body. It has also serve as an avenue to
better utilization of email quotas.
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 1. Defense Arts (formerly known as KAPAP)
Defense Arts teaches modern day defense strategy
using an original combat system of defensive tactics,
hand-to-hand combat and self-defense methods.
2. Barworks
3. Caretalyst
FUTURE OUTLOOK
Looking forward, SICS will continue to strive towards
excellence and enhance the vibrancy of SMU student life
with its diverse mixture of interest groups. I am confident
that our sodality will be able to achieve greater heights
under the leadership of the new team. On behalf of the
2nd SICS Management Committee, I wish the new
management committee every success in bringing out
the best in our constituent clubs.
Left
SICS
Appreciation
Night
Right
FUGUE
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President, SMUXtremists (SMUX)
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 NiteBike 09 and the accountability of the funds allocated to the
purchase of assets.
For its 2009 asset tally in Sep 2009, SMUX has achieved
a zero discrepancy and 100 percent compliance rate with
regards to all assets and procedures for our CBD.
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SMUX was also the first and only CBD thus far to have Online Water Proficiency Certificates (WPC)
sent representative student bloggers to contribute entries
to the SMU Open House Blog. As part of the recruitment The new regulation at SMU requires all members to
possess a valid swimming certificate or the SMU
exercise, a live blog is posted online to feature student life
and experiences. SMUX contributed a significant number endorsed WPC in order to participate in any water
of entries by enthusiastic members, eager to share their activities. SMUX has collaborated with OSL to move
adventurous escapades. these records online for key appointment holders in the
affected clubs to access. This has significantly decreased
Also, SMUX developed the first ever coordinated formal the response time for event administration in terms of
wear for important occasions. The signature orange ties safety issues.
(for men) and orange flower corsets (for women) made
their debut on Convocation Day when a troop of Xtremist
representatives wore them with pride on suits and shirts
for the ceremony.
A standardized
platform for both
SMUX and its
partners to develop
partnerships
p r o g r e s s i v e l y,
enabling members
to explore more new
activities
Improved control
and accountability
for both SMUX
members and
partners
The Xtreme Rewards Program helps partners to easily
identify SMUX members through the use of the
Membership Sticker that is affixed to the SMU
Matriculation card, giving partners the identity of
members at one quick glance.
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY- SMUX EVENTS APPENDIX Gunung Datuk
WIDE EVENTS 17 to 18 January 2009
SMUX Biking Team Events Gunung Angsi
SMU Open House
22 to 23 February 2009
SMUX played an active role as a CBd Bike-a-Laxaton 2009
Mount Rinjani
17 January 2009
in this year’s first student life display
Tour De Singapore 2009 29 April to 6 May 2009
during Open house. Many of our
members came to show their 24 February 2009 Gunung Chamah & Gunung Ulu
support and to explain to potential OCBC Cycle Singapore 2009 Sepat
freshmen about what they could 22 February 2009 25 July to 1August 2009
expect in terms of adventure from Kukup Sri Mahkota Waterfalls Trek
SMU. 9 to 10 May 2009 5 to 6 August 2009
Altius I, Kuala Lumpur - Gunung Irau Trek
Patrons Day Singapore Expedition 5 to 7 October 2009
SMUX Operations Directors were 5 to 11 August 2009 Gunung Yong Yap
responsible for getting a large group Altius II, Penang - Kuala Lumpur 11 to 15 December 2009
of SMUX Members to participate in Singapore Expedition Singapore’s Women’s Everest
the various games and fringe 2 to 9 December 2009 Team Talk
activities to show support for school Wednesdays with Kenneth (WWK)
activities and to interact with other SMUX Diving Team Events
members of the SMU community.
Underwater Hockey Open SMUX Skating Team Events
CCA Day (Vivace) Season Dive
Beginner & Advanced Skating
13 to 15 March 2009
SMUX has always put up elaborate Clinics
Asia Dive Expo
displays for Vivace and this year was Skate Day
23 to 26 April 2009
no exception. SMUX turned its 20 March 2009
Reef Alert
allocated space into a Adventure Journey to the East
wonderland with displays and photos 1 to 3 May 2009 13 June 2009
all around. Complete with people on Saving Oceanus Introduction to Urban
jumping jacks and a tent set up to 24 to 28 August 2009 18 September 2009
collect member sign ups. Summer Dive
Road to Batam
31 July to 4 August 2009
6 to 16 December 2009
Dean of Students Tri-Challenge Back to School Dive
4 to 6 September 2009
SMUX sent two teams to participate SMUX XSeed Team Events
Mid Term Dive
in the Tri-Challenge and we achieved
a 1st Runner Up and a 2nd Runner Up 9 to 11 October 2009 XSeed Horseriding Camp
in 2 categories thanks to our strong End of Year Trip December 2008
riders from Biking and other strong 10 to 14 December 2009 Lasertag Game
swimmers from kayaking and diving. January 2009
SMUX Kayaking Team Events First XSeed Combined Camp
PA R T I C I PAT I O N I N I N T E R - March 2009
UNIVERSITY COOPERATIONS Speed and Splash
Horseride @ Pasir Pelangi
25 to 27 March 2009
Adjam 2009 May 2009
Bay Escapade
Second XSeed Combined Camp
Adjam is an annual event organized 19 September 2009 June 2009
b y t h e a d v e n t u re a r m s o f 4 Punggol Picnic
Introducing Jumping Jacks
universities. SMU, NUS, NTU and 8 to 9 October 2009
July 2009
SIM. This event was created to foster PEE (Post Exam Expedition)
Lasertag @ Macritchie
better inter-university relations. The 7 to 8 December 2009
Sept 2009
organization of this event is rotated Canoe Polo Clinic
Jumping Jacks
once every year. This year it would be 3 October 2009
Sept 2009
done by NTU with the assistance Kayaking Courses
with manpower from other 3rd XSeed Combined Camp
universities including SMU. December 2009
SMUX Trekking Team Events Horseride @ Horse City
Sept 2009
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President, SMU Sports Union (SSU)
Relations between sports clubs and the 5th Management Waikiki 2009
Committee have also improved tremendously thanks to proved to be
the transparent open door policy that my fellow committee the biggest
members and I have opted to implement. The club buddy and most
system that was first implemented by the 4th Management e x c i t i n g
Committee has also become an effective way to reach out installment of
to the huge number of student athletes in SMU. t h e S S U ’s
flagship event
These vast improvements would not have been made to date. Held at
possible had it not been for the tremendous amount of S e n t o s a ’s
hard work, perseverance, blood, sweat and tears of every Siloso Beach
single one of my committee members. Together we for the first time, Waikiki 2009 drew in a total crowd of
struggled through hours of meetings, pre-event and post- almost 1200 participants who were there to soak in the
event packing and moving of logistics, and not to forget sun and participate in the various competitive beach
the actual events themselves. Not to forget, we also had games. There was also the introduction of the first ever
an amazing year of joy and laughter together, and it will Waikiki Sundown After Party, where local bands such as
always be a year that I will look back on with fond The Great Spy Experiment performed for participants who
memories. I thank all of you sincerely from the bottom of stayed behind after the conclusion of the day activities.
my heart for being a fantastic committee to work with, and The annual Waikiki pageant saw the crowning of Mr
I would like to tell you all that I could not have pulled Nicholas Foo as Mr Waikiki 2009 and Ms Krystle Khoo as
through the year without all your help. Ms Waikiki 2009.
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Sports Leaders Camp 3. SSU Corporate Communications also introduced the
first-ever SSU Sponsorship Proposal template for
The annual Sports Leaders Camp was held once again
clubs seeking sponsorship for their events. The
at NACLI, and the leaders from SSU’s 41 sports clubs
purpose of the sponsorship template is to aid clubs
came together for a 2D1N retreat to get to know each
when they approach companies for sponsorship.
other, find out more about the SSU 5 MC’s new policies
th
This initiative will hopefully allow clubs to obtain
and to discuss any problems they were facing. Sports
sponsorship more easily to help in the running of
leaders interacted amongst themselves and with the 5th
their events.
MC through dialogue sessions and small discussion
group sessions. Clubs were required to send a minimum
of 2 members for the camp. The camp ended on a high
with the sports leaders enjoying a sumptuous BBQ
dinner on the final evening of the camp.
Sports Camp
SSU’s Sports Camp 2009 “Skamp!” was the longest and
most activity-packed sports camp ever held. Registration
for “Skamp!” was fully subscribed, with some unlucky
freshmen being placed on a waiting list. More than half of
SSU’s sports clubs also had a part to play in the camp
program, and largely contributed to the huge success of
the camp. Participants of “Skamp!” were introduced to a
smorgasbord of sports throughout the 4 days, and they
also took part in the first-ever 2-day Amazing Race
segment of the camp, which saw participants racing
around Singapore to complete sports-related tasks. The
Amazing Race culminated in a celebration dinner held for
all the participants and helpers, where they were treated
to performances by the facilitators and a sumptuous
dinner.
Sports Fiesta
The final event on the SSU events calendar for 2009,
Sports Fiesta continued to provide SMU students the
chance to participate in various sporting activities such
as soccer, floorball, handball and dodgeball, as well as
fringe games at the campus green. The theme for Sports
Fiesta 2009 was Texas Hold’em Right There, and the
competitive games enjoyed the usual overwhelming
response.
NEW INITIATIVES
1. Introduction of outreach program for sports clubs to
approach talented athletes from junior colleges and
polytechnics. With the help of OSL and OUA, these
athletes will be assessed and if deemed suitable,
they will be granted admissions interviews to pave
the way for their application to SMU.
Top
Ashley Liew, President Aquathlon doing another
2. The SSU monthly newsletter was introduced by SSU personal best
Corporate Communications, with the purpose of
highlighting achievements and raising the profile of
sports clubs in SMU. Clubs are encouraged to
continue to use the newsletter as an avenue to
Bottom
inform SMU students of their club’s activities as well Floorball at Waikiki
as to help raise awareness.
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President, SMU Accounting Society (ASOC)
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Sporting a total of 300 student participants from the three local
universities and we are looking to organize a larger camp
Our athletes has done
in the following year. Such collaboration with NUS and
the Accounting cohort
NTU is a stepping stone to future Singapore Tri-University
proud by consistently
exchanges.
coming in as
champions or first
Other Events
runners up for inter-
faculty sporting Asoc Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner where
e v e n t s . H o w e v e r, we ushered in the New Year with students,
what is more alumni, professors and staff from Dean’s Office.
important and noteworthy is the fact that we are now
reaching out to more accounting students. Emailers are
now sent to the entire school when we are looking for
students to represent Asoc at these competitions and we
are seeing greater participation rate from across all four
levels of the school. With greater awareness of our
athletes’ achievements amongst the student population,
we are also seeing greater support for Team Asoc.
Creative Solutions
Asoc shifted its official homepage to http://
asoc.smusa.sg in July 2009. The new site featured a Asoc Gala Dinner – “1 After Four” which which
more elaborated description of Asoc’s very own events signified the brand new chapter in life the
and activities and act as a gateway to communicate and graduates will be embarking on, as well as their
interact with the students. The website was used for the coming together as one after four memorable
very first time in the MC Elections to better inform the years in SMU. It was held at Dempsey’s Oosh
voters. Moreover, a bidding survey and academic section which provided an excellent setting for a casual
was added to assist students in making an informed and interactive cocktail event, accompanied with
choice when choosing and bidding for their modules. In live musical performances, good food, wine and
addition, our very own accounting student, Roy Quek beer. Our graduates mingled freely with friends
conducted a Smartphone workshop. and faculty with whom they have spent much of
the last three to four years with.
EVENTS
Asoc Camp – Absolut’U this year took on the
The focus of events this year is to establish a more theme of Superheroes and Villains, with the
familial relationship amongst the students of School of various orientation groups taking on names
Accountancy, and lay the foundations of a stronger Asoc ranging from Daredevil to Big Bad Wolf. Despite
identity. Annual events were organized with the objectives the threats of the H1N1 virus, necessary safety
of providing casual settings for the students to interact precautions were taken by the camp committee
among themselves and also with members of the faculty, to ensure a safe and enjoyable start to the SMU
and to provide a platform for students to relax and have journey for the many Accountancy freshmen.
fun during the school term with food and games. Asoc Day 2009 took on a casual and familial
Members of the NTU and NUS student clubs were also picnic setting to relive the very first Asoc Day
invited to some of the events to foster stronger ties and which was held at a quadrangle at SMU’s Bukit
cooperation among the three universities. The Asoc Timah campus.
events organized throughout the year are:
The Tri-University Camp – Bizioacctiv3
FUTURE OUTLOOK
T h e Tr i U n i v e r s i t y e v e n t w a s
I am happy to say that the newly elected 6th MC
revamped this year into a camp
members are enthusiastic and dedicated directors.
format, drawing accounting and
Judging by the new initiatives and revamps that are
business students from NUS, NTU as
coming up in the new year, I believe that the newly
well as SMU. Held in SMU, the camp
elected Sixth Management Committee will continue to
saw a subscription rate of 1.5 times
serve and bring Asoc to greater heights.
the number of vacancies. There were
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President, SMU Business Society (BONDUE)
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EVENTS
Especially to my dear ExCo members, I thank you for
your kind patience and tolerance of me throughout this Bondue Bash
entire journey. Trust me when I say more often than not, I
Bondue Bash is one of the flagship events in the Bondue
draw inspiration and strength from each and everyone of
social calendar. Usually organized as a welcome back-to-
you when the going gets too tough. Thank you for just
school party, the Safari-themed Bash this year was held
being there, and thank you on behalf of the student body
at Zouk, and it was quite a smashing success. Entitled
for your selfless contributions and sacrifices of time and
“Caged Inhibitions”, the Bash also included a student
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Bondue Fondue High Tea Party
A very new event
introduced this year
was the Bondue
F o n d u e H i g h Te a
Party. Inspired by the
underlying concept
which prompted the
name Bondue, this
Fondue High Tea party
was one indulgent and
leisurely affair with
heavily subsidized
rates for business
Bondue Freshmen Camp undergraduates. It
was a great time for
Ask around and you’ll
students to take time
find out that the Bondue
off their busy schedules for a relaxing catch-up session
Freshmen Camp is one
with friends over extravagant food, relaxing music and their
of the most popular
choices of luxury: dark, white or milk.
camps on campus.
Always oversubscribed Appreciation Night 2009
and organized
Last but not least, the Bondue year ended with
exclusively for incoming
Appreciation Night 2009. This casual dinner affair was
business freshmen, the
essentially organized with the primary purpose of
Camp provides
expressing Bondue’s gratitude to all those who have
freshmen the
helped out on the various sub-committees for the different
opportunity to start their university lives with a huge bang!
events and initiatives organized throughout the year.
This year was no different - fully sold out within just a week
of opening, the Camp was held over 3 days (2 different
INITIATIVES
runs). It was certainly an unforgettable experience for our
freshmen as they were initiated into our Business family. Know-Thy-Major Talks
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to ensure that the rights of the business students are
always protected.
The Dean’s Tea, which essentially functions as a
feedback and brainstorming session where both faculty
I wish the 6th Executive Committee all the best in their
and student leaders gather to address and deal with any
future endeavors, and all our members a fruitful year
concerns raised by business students. Issues that have
ahead.
been discussed ranged from the lack of a rigorous
enough curriculum to the waning interests of students in
non-academic activities.
Welfare
Welfare Package
FUTURE OUTLOOK
There is no doubt that Bondue is now in a transitional
stage. While I am greatly heartened by the willingness of
my peers to take up the leadership mantle and start the
various new business clubs, the challenge therein lies for
the succeeding Bondue president and her team to
renegotiate Bondue’s identity in light of these new clubs.
What the functions of Bondue should be have to be re-
thought and discussed at great length for the coming
new year.
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President, SMU Economics Society (OIKOS)
EVENTS
Intermezzo 2009
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Academic Talk
The Academic Talk was a new initiative introduced by the
6th Executive Committee in conjunction with the SMU
School of Economics Office. Conducted once every
semester, the talk serves the purpose of bringing the real
business world closer to students, addressing academic
related issues such as career prospects as well as
discussions on current economic affairs. Guest speakers
made up of industrial professionals, SMU graduates and
professors will be invited to share their views and
experiences with students.
CNY Initiative
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President, SMU Information Systems Society (SISS)
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Academic Reference Committee (ARC) SISS.SG
With the growing concerns regarding academics in the At the start of our office term, we realized the difficulties
student body on issues such as BOSS bidding and in maintaining a close contact with our students via the
course tailoring, it is often that students feel left out and usual means such as emails. As such, as a key
not consulted for changes that would impact them the achievement this year, we have decided to revamp the
most. As such, to deal with this problem at its grassroots website to transcend from just an information source into
level, SISS initiated a new Academic Reference a get together portal where SIS students can find new
Committee (ARC), formed by 8 students from every internships or job openings made avail by alumni or
batch nominated by their diverse background to provide industry partners.
our Deans and Faculties a first hand account on their
concerns in a twice per term meeting.
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President, SMU Law Society (The BAR)
1. At the forefront, all members of the Society who had Back to School Taboo Competition
assisted in the various departments in their activities Lawlypop – Law Day
and made the community a richer one. 2. Academic initiatives
2. The School of Law Office for their continuous support, Collin & Ng Partners dialogue
especially, Law Suo Times
Our faculty advisor Professor Basil Bitas, Book Sale
A/P Locknie Hsu in dealing with academic matters Prison Tours
Mr Tan Teck Kiang, Ms Yen Lee, Ms Serena Yue, Exchange / LSM dialogues
and other supporting staff
3. Other initiatives
3. The Management Committee members who served
Shout-it-out Law School survey
beside me – for the hard work, passion for the Society,
tolerance for each other, perseverance through the Exam Welfare
difficulties, and dedication through the many long 4. Sub-club activities and achievements
meetings 5. Other milestones
4. Committee Members of the Law Sports Club,
International Relations Club, Pro-Bono Club, and Moot EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Court Club.
Kicking off the calendar year was “Assault & Flattery”, the
Law School’s first ever production at the Raffles Hotel
To all members of the Society, the life and the shape of the
Jubilee Hall in January. Fully written, produced, directed,
community will always depend on you. Law School must
and acted by law students, it was received with great
be more than the library, the seminars, class participation
enthusiasm and was a roaring success, hitting almost full-
and our assignments, and I encourage all of you to take a
house sales for both nights. All profits from the event were
stake in moulding this community to how you want it to be
donated to Club Rainbow, a non-profit organization for
like. Do continue to celebrate your identity as a law
disabled children. Following its enthusiastic reception last
student, and work towards your ideal university life.
year, the next major event organized was Lawlympics, a
sporting competition for members to pit their sporting
To the 2nd Management Committee, thank you for putting
finesse against each other in law-themed games such as
up with the long hours. Through the many meetings and
“Obiter floorball”.
operations, you have sacrificed much to serve the larger
community. The world will always be full of people who
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at the Museum”, a chill-out-and-relax party held at the
The Pro-Acad Department also pioneered and organized a
premises of Red Dot Museum, with free drinks and free
physical book sale, providing a reliable and convenient
food to mark the end of another academic year and the
platform for members to buy and sell their textbooks at the
final exams.
start of every term. The department was also instrumental
in clarifying many academic doubts regarding pupilage,
Come summer, the events, marketing, and sponsorship
syllabus, and exchange scholarship and funding issues.
committee worked full throttle in planning Outlaw 2009, a
mafia-themed freshmen orientation camp. The three day
Others
two night camp saw participants plunged into a myriad of
activities such as Fright Night, a Murder-Mystery, and Midway through the year, members were asked to take
Amazing Race. part in “Shout-It-Out”, a detailed survey regarding almost
all aspects of the Society, including the activities it held,
The last major event academic and module queries, as well as the general
organized was Lawlypop, impression of the Society and grounds for further
otherwise known as Law improvements. Results for the survey were submitted to
Day, a talentime competition the relevant authorities to push for the changes asked for,
where members showcased such as the time length given for projects and
their singing, dancing, and assignments.
performing talents in an
attempt to clinch top prizes. During the final exams, “Exam Welfare” was also given out
Dinner and drinks were in the form of snacks and drinks provided to tide members
provided, and all members through the night as they revised their work.
were encouraged to come
down to celebrate their identity as a law student and SUB-CLUB ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS
support their friends taking part in the event. The year saw the four sub-clubs, namely, the SMU Law
Sports Counsels (LSC, also known as the Law Sports
INITIATIVES Club), the Pro-Bono Club, the Moot Court Club, and the
International Relations Club (IRC), further develop and play
This year, the Professional and Academic Department took
a more active role in enriching the lives of the members.
on a more active role in the Society by providing avenues
for members to explore their academic options, as well as
To encourage the sporting culture of the Society, the LSC
to learn more about the legal fraternity. With the upcoming held “Law School PE” sessions, where members came
Law Study Mission (“LSM”) and first batch of students down to play traditional “PE” games such as Captain’s
going on Exchange, a dialogue session with the SOL office
Ball. Through the LSC, members were also encouraged to
was set up to facilitate any clarifications of any doubts. To take part in the many competitions organized in SMU, and
reflect the sentiment of the Society, a survey was also set
the Society saw healthy participation in events such as the
up to indicate top preferences of locations for the LSM. A inter-school Dragon Boat competition, Run-About, Waikiki,
FAQ was designed to attempt to address any further Tug-of-War, and Get Wet. Outside of SMU, the Society
inquiries following the dialogue sessions. Academic-wise,
has done well in its participation in the Law Fraternity
the department has also put forward a number of Games, and I am pleased to share that in the recent Rajah
suggestions regarding course syllabus and administration
& Tann Soccer Tournament, the SMU Law Team came in
with feedback from the Society. 2nd, beating our counterparts in NUS to reach the finals
only to bow out to the experienced and well-trained Rajah
Law-Sup Times
& Tann team.
The Law-Sup Times is an online newsletter released twice
every term, with a compilation of the latest news and The Pro-Bono Club stepped up its activities this year as
interesting information from the legal fraternity, allowing well, providing a channel for members to give back to
members to be constantly updated with recent events and society by assisting lawyers in Pro-Bono activities. This
legal news. To further aid members to be in touch with the year, the club was active in the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme,
legal fraternity, dialogue sessions with Collin Ng & Partners the Community Legal Clinics, Pro-Bono office attachments
were organized to allow members to meet up with with the Legal Aid Bureau (Law Society of Singapore). This
practicing lawyers to gain a practical insight of working life. year, the club has also started preparing for their
Prison tours were also organized at the beginning of every “Heartlands Talk”, an event which aims to educate locals
term, where members could visit prison sites in Singapore about their legal rights and how the legal system can
to learn more about how they operate and the life of assist them (pending approval).
inmates.
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With the introduction of another batch of students, the from organizations such as AWARE and MURUAH
Moot Court Club saw more society members being Singapore.
involved in the mooting scene. With the faculty assisting
much in the training and forming of teams, four teams Internally, the Society has improved its manner of
were formed to take part in international competitions recognizing the contributions and CCA records of its
throughout AY2009-2010. It is with great pride that I share members in an efficient and systematic manner as well.
that the SMU team came in second in a recent mooting Important changes and amendments were made to the
competition held in Vietnam! Constitution as well.
Moving into its third year, the Society will further evolve to
Marketing Department was also involved in coming up becoming a full-fledged one hosting four full years of
with the Law Magazine and the Society’s website. students. With the incorporation of the Juris Doctorate
Following the successful reception of The Law students, the community and needs of the Society will be
Underground last year, the 2nd edition of the magazine increasingly varied and diverse. Furthermore, with the
moved online this year, in line with the initial developments Society’s members moving into their 3rd and 4th year soon,
for the Law Society’s website started this year. older members will demand different things from the
younger members, and it will be the 3rd Management
The Public Relations Department has achieved much this Committee’s challenge to ensure that the society
year as well. Apart from establishing cordial relationships continues to remain relevant to every law student in SMU.
with the many law firms and legal bodies, the department
has gone on to secure event partnerships with a number There is so much that the Society can further achieve. A
of firms, ensuring future sponsorships for the major events bright future lies ahead, so long as its members continue
of the Society (Lawlympics, Law Camp, Law Day). to believe in it, support it, and contribute to the community.
It has been an extremely fulfilling, learning and challenging
During the year, the Society also year for the Society this year, and above all, I pray that the
partnered with the “No-to-rape” Society has become a more fun and loving, more
campaign, co-organizing a discussion professional, and a more identified community. I wish the
as to whether the defence against 3rd Management Committee all the best in its future
marital rape in the Penal Code should endeavors, and all members, a fruitful and enjoyable year
be abolished. Members of the table ahead.
included Ex-NMP Siew Kum Hong,
NUS Professor Chan Wing Cheong, and representatives
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INITIATIVES Welfare
Socscistan Lastly, welfare for students was further expanded upon,
with more welfare events and initiatives being carried out
Furthermore, in line with creating more opportunities for
this year. From our ‘angbao’ collaboration with
our students, two new publications were started under
Economics Society during Chinese New Year, to the
the auspices of the Society as well as the school’s
annual April Fool’s ‘package’, to exam welfare for both
administration. “Socscistan”, which serves as the
terms, we sought to create the sense of family the
school’s newsletter and as well as a showpiece for our
Society has always embodied.
students’ experiences within the school, has reached its
2nd issue at the end of our term, and is set for another PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY-WIDE EVENTS
issue within the next ExCo’s term.
Our year-on-year commitment to the various sporting
The Quill events within the university continued within our term,
“The Quill”, also a new publication under SSSS, is a with representatives from our Society participating in
student academic journal which featured the best events like the DOS Tri-Challenge, to Dragonboat to Le
student-written term papers under the different social Basi. Talks with the school have also been initiated about
science majors within our school. It has published a sponsoring jerseys for the teams, and should conclude in
single issue but is awaiting further clearances with the time for the next ExCo’s term, when school funding
school for further development and evolution next year. becomes available for such needs.
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FUTURE OUTLOOK
As our term draws to a close, we hope that the next ExCo
draws upon the lessons of our present committee, and
committees past, to further build on the Society so that it
forever places one foot in front of the other. As such,
beginning in our term, we will start an annual archive of all
the lessons the committee has learnt, and pass it on to the
next committee so that mistakes made would not be
repeated. The continuing vision of this committee, “Striving “It’s all about...
for excellence and pursuing opportunities as a cohesive
community”, has been passed on and will hopefully be a Opportunities”
strong and ever-present feature for every committee
henceforth.
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REGISTER OF SA LEADERS
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SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
5TH COUNCIL 9TH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STUDENTS’ SURVEY TEAM
Member Finance IC
SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Brandon Chen Jun Hao Jonathan Koh Wen Jie
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
Programs IC
Claire Monica Wong Yun Yi
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SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009 SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Resource Secretary Head SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
FRESHMEN EXPERIENCE YIP Sok Wan VIVACE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE
Resource Secretary Assistant Chairperson
Chairperson Khine Su Mon Sarah Leong
Lynette CHUA Ai Tian
Logistics IC Vice-Chair
Joan Chen
Vice-Chairperson Choo Jianhao
Adhyan ARIZKI Secretary
Logistics 2IC
Caroline Goh
Steering Heads Yvonne Tan Yi Wen
Tan Mei Ling Tracy Finance IC
Sarah Swee Ping Zhen Finance Head Liew Min Shan
Don Liu Zhongjie Rachel Therese Yiu Xin Yi
Rachel Yang Qimin Finance 2IC
Lim Jun Jie Publicity/Marketing Head Nina Lee
Cheong Cui Wen Berton TAN Jian Yang
Marketing IC
Leong Lifen Sarah
Audrey Soh
Joan Chen Shiqi
S Priya Shandhini Marketing 2IC
SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Goh Siau Ling
Marketing Heads CONVOCATION COMMITTEE
KHOO Qian Yu Operations IC
Sarah Chong Producers Kervin Chong
Chloe Loh Kaiqing Don Liu Zhong Jie
Lavinia Cheng Rachel Yang Qimin Operations 2IC
Berton TAN Jian Yang Siah Hwei Ting
Denise Teo Wei Lin Directors
Logistics IC
Cheow Yidian Cheong Cui Wen Sam Go
Audrey Soh Xue Ling Lim Jun Jie
Goh Siau Ling Logistics 2IC
Julie Lo Ruli Marketing Manager Stellicia Sim
Denise Teo Wei Lin
Lee Jun Kiat
Programmes IC
Programs Manager Esther Tan
Ong Tzy Yiin
SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Programmes 2IC
FRESHMEN TEAMBUILDING Assistant Marketing Managers Vivian Yew Shi Hui
CAMP COMMITTEE Cheow Yidian
Myo Thy Ya Kyaw HR and Welfare IC
Nguyen Viet Linh
Chairperson Aaralyn Tong
TAN Mei Ling
Assistant Program Managers Sponsorship IC
Jacinda Sng Jia Hui
Vice-Chairperson Sherlyn Chua
Sandy See Peri Yan
Sarah SWEE Ping Zhen Tessa Ang Cheng Ai Sponsorship 2IC
Ng Jie Ying
Programs Heads
SIA Jianyang
LOH Kaiqing (Chloe)
Manpower Head
Sugumaran Devaraja
Manpower 2IC
Vaybhav Kumar Sharma
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SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Finance Secretary, Business Chloe Sng
ASSET MANAGEMENT Society
COMMITTEE Zhang Yacong SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
MATRICULATION COMMITTEE
Chairperson Finance Secretary, Economics
Rachel Yang Qimin Society Chairperson
Lim Zi Hin Delphine Hu Shing
Logistics Manager, SMUXtremists
Lester Lim Finance Secretary, Law Society
Vice-Chairperson
Tay Jie Ming
Ng Jie Ying
Logistics Manager, SMU Sports
Union Finance Secretary, SMU
Sheryl Baey Information Systems Society Operations IC
Lee Weijing Thiri May
Logistics Manager, SMU Sports
Union Finance Secretary, Social Science
2nd Matriculation Window IC
Thashalan Raveendran Society
Ting Mei Chen
Amanda Gwa Wei Ling
Logistics Manager, Special
Interest & Community Service Finance Manager, SMU Sports Logistics ICs
Sodality Union Tan Chay En Joanne
Jonathan Tan Lee Xin Yi Pamela Wong Jia Qi
Sales Executives
Events/Bazaar Vice-Director
Koh Sin Ee
Oliver Chan
Ang Hee
Melanie Wong
Events/Bazaar Marketing Director SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Julie Lo BIZCOM UNIVANZAAR Sponsorship Directors
COMMITTEE
Gan Shu Min
Events/Bazaar Sponsorship Kelvin Goh Hong Wei
Chairperson
Director
Chua Ming Lin
Chan Jueling Sponsorship Executives
Xie Miao Lan
Vice-Chairperson
Events/Bazaar Programs Director Reenee Sophia Martin Ngo
Sherilyn Tan Ying Ting
Dennet Yap
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SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
ARTS & CULTURAL FRATERNITY SPECIAL INTERESTS & SMUXTREMISTS 8TH CREW
5TH MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE COMMUNITY SERVICE SODALITY
2ND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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SMU SPORTS UNION ACCOUNTING SOCIETY 5TH BUSINESS SOCIETY 5TH
TH
5 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION SMU STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
Publications Director
Ernest Cai Kunrong
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SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIETY 5TH
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Brandon Chen
Vice-President
Ephraim Lin
Vithiyah Kumar
Amanda Gwa
Events Director
Liu Ruixiang
Eugene Yan
David Koh
Assets Director
Joanne Chan
Marketing Director
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FINANCIAL REPORT
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STATEMENT BY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee of the SMU Students’ Association (SMUSA) presents to their members the following
Consolidated Income Statement for the financial period of 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.
We, the undersigned, being SMUSA Executive Committee Officers, do hereby state that in our opinion,
A) The Statement of Income and Expenditure, together with the notes thereto, set out on pages 87-88 of this
annual report are drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs and the results of activities of
the Association as at the above stated financial period
Prepared by:
_______________________
Mr. Avnish Ashvin Desai
Honorary Finance Secretary,
9th SMUSA Exco
______________________
Mr. Lionel Chow Kok Yew
Deputy Finance Secretary,
9th SMUSA Exco
___________________
Ms. Rachel Kok Weixian
President,
9th SMUSA Exco
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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009
767,209 704,315
Other Income
Club Collections/Incidental Profits 236,525 302,923
Donations/Sponsorships 135,353 43,183
OSL/School Admin Additional Funding IV 60,419 11,650
CCA Day Voucher Collections V 8,252 5,565
440,549 363,322
Expenditure VI
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009
The Singapore Management University Students’ Association (the Association) was formed in the Republic of
Singapore in 2000 by the pioneer batch of students of the Singapore Management University. The
Association has has its office at No. 80 Stamford Road, Basement 1 – SMUSA Student CCA Offices, School
of Information Systems, Singapore 178902.
The principal objectives of the Association are to promote and safeguard the interests of the members of the
Association; to uphold and respect the dignity and equality of every member of the Association without
regard to religion, race, or politics; and to promote welfare, social, cultural educational, and sporting activities
to the members of the Association.
The principal activity of the Association is to provide support to the various member Constituent Bodies
(CBd) and member Co-Curricular Activities Groups (CCA), encouraging their endeavors in enhancing student
life and participation in co-curricular activities in enhancing student life and participation in co-curricular
activities.There have been no significant changes in the nature of these activities during the year.
2. Basis of preparation
These notes form an integral part and should be read in conjunction with the accompanying Statement of
Income and Expenditure.
The unaudited Statement of Income and Expenditure was prepared by the 9th SMUSA Executive
Committee’s Honorary Finance Secretary, Mr Avnish Desai, and Deputy Finance Secretary, Mr Lionel Chow
with guidance from Office of Finance on the use of the SAP system.
The SMUSA Executive Committee is satisfied that the SAP records reflect a true and fair representation of
the state of accounts for the Association.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009
NOTE 1
Allocated funds are recognized when the University makes a transfer of an approved amount to the Association.
Allocated funds comprise an approved amount granted to the Association by the University, ad hoc funding by the Office
of Student Life to specific activity groups or particular events and prize money won for activity group participation in
events organized University-wide.
Other revenue comprises revenues received from sponsorships, collections for activity group events held and services
rendered by the activity groups, in accordance with their respective declared principal activities. Other revenue is
recognized on receipt basis.
NOTE 2
The Students's Association Council increased the support of the total budget issued throughout the year by tapping into
the Association's reserves. This was done in recognition of the increased intake and additional clubs introduced into
the various constituent bodies to the association.
The abovementioned also includes the Council's recognition of the additional support needed by clubs in the period
between 1st August to 31st December 2009 in preparation of the various activities organized for SMU's 10th Anniversary
Celebrations, particularly SMU Arts Festival 2010
NOTE 3
The creation of the Club Reserves Account was to continue to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of the clubs, as well
as allowing them to provide for their long term plans. Some of these include international competition participation and
fixed asset purchases. Clubs which are able to accumulate more reserves are also encouraged to utilise them for their
own budgets to enable other less endowed clubs to have more money through the budget distribution.
NOTE 4
OSL / School Admin Additional Funding includes additional funding to clubs by the Office of Student Life as well as the 6
School General Offices under the various outreach programs such as Sports/Arts Excellence Programmes and/or in
support of selected club organised initiatives.
NOTE 5
CCA Day vouchers were incentives given to clubs by the Office of Student Life on the basis of popularity amongst the
freshmen population.
SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009
NOTE 6
Expenditure is recognized at cost. Expenditure types listed below have been broken further into the following
categories of expenses, consistent with the guidelines issued by the Honorary Finance Secretary of the Association:
For the detailed breakdown for each expenditure type, please refer to the Appendix provided.
NOTE 7
Participation in SMU Events includes registration fees for club participation in school events. Some of these include
Runabout, Sports Fiesta, Waikiki. It also includes expenses for CCA Day, Patron's Day etc.
NOTE 8
Surpluses for the year are allocated to Club Reserves and Unspent Budget pulled back to the SAC on a semi-annual
basis. This is carried out with accordance to the guidelines in the Reserves policy. Taking into account the surplus as
at 31st December 2009, it would bring the cumulative amount of available funds belong ing to the Association (SAC
Reserves) and its members (Club Reserves) to $611,693.91.
SMUSA ANNUAL REPORT 2009
APPENDIX TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009
Administrative Operations
2009 2008
$ $
Assets Maintenance and Repair 1,841 18,556
Assets purchases < $100 2,563 4,002
Assets purchases >= $100 and <= $500 4,989 11,822
Assets purchases > $500 3,707 29,265
Attire 3,524 15,061
Coaching Fees - -
Facilities Booking/Payment to External 900 2,375
Organisations
Gifts/Prizes/Awards 517 1,545
Publicity 12,001 24,251
Stationery 5,215 6,646
Food & Beverages 3,179 4,936
Transport 980 839
General Expenses 18,257 17,877
Total Expenditure 57,674 137,176
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Singapore Management University Students’ Association
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 9th Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on
Friday, 29 January 2009 at 7.00pm at the Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, School of Accountancy
Building, Singapore Management University for the purpose of transacting the following
businesses:
To receive and, if approved, to adopt the Singapore Management University Students’ Association
(SMUSA) Annual Report and Unaudited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31
December 2009.
- To reappoint the SMUSA Assurance & Advisory Team as Internal Auditors of the SMUSA and to
authorize the SMUSA via the proxy of the Office of Student Life to fix their remuneration
- To transact any other business which may normally be dealt with at an Annual General Meeting
Notes:
Any full-time matriculated student of Singapore Management University is a member of the Association,
and is entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting of the Association, and is entitled to
appoint one proxy to attend and vote in his/her place. The proxy will need to be a member of the
Association.
1. The instrument appointing a proxy must be deposited at the registered office of the Association at SMU
Students’ Association, 80 Stamford Road, School of Information Systems, Singapore 178902 not less
than 48 hours before the time appointed for the Annual General Meeting.
2. The instrument appointing a proxy must be under the hand of the appointer in writing.
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Proxy Form
Singapore Management University Students’ Association
*Please indicate your vote “For” or “Against” with a “√” within the box provided.
If the Form of Proxy contains no indication as to how the proxy should vote in relation to each
resolution, the proxy will vote as the proxy deems fit or abstain from voting.
As witness my hand
1. Any full-time matriculated student of Singapore Management University is a member of the Association, and is
entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting of the Association, and is allowed to use this proxy form
as an instrument to vote in his absence.
2. The instrument appointing a proxy must be deposited at the registered office of the Association at SMU
Students’ Association, 80 Stamford Road, School of Information Systems, Singapore 178902 not less than 48
hours before the time appointed for the Annual General Meeting.
3. The instrument appointing a proxy must be under the hand of the appointer in writing.
4. The Association shall be entitled to reject this instrument of proxy if it is incomplete, improperly completed or
illegible or where the true intentions of the appointer are not ascertainable from the instructions of the appointer
specified in the instrument appointing a proxy.
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SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
80 STAMFORD ROAD
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SINGAPORE 178902
smusa@smu.edu.sg
www.smusa.sg
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