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NYAA DNA To Add Value To Our Partners And Stakeholders

The NYAA introduced Mr Eugene Seah, Managing
Director, Surbana Technologies of Jurong Surbana
Group and an NYAA Gold Award holder (1995
Cohort) to ITE. We want him to help develop a
Continuing Education & Training Programme for
students and adult learners in Built Environment
and Facility Management Technology and CET in
Digitalisation. Mr Seah conducted a presentation
for the senior management of ITE in October 2020
at the ITE Headquarters. Mr Eugene Seah
NYAA Gold Award holder (1995 Cohort)
ITE senior management was impressed with Mr
Seah’s presentation and will study how to work
with Surbana Jurong to create a built-management
programme for students and adult learners. Mr
Seah visited the three ITE Colleges and developed an
integrated system connecting the various schools in
preparation to develop students for the Singapore
Smart Nation initiative through a partnership and
collaboration between ITE and Surbana Jurong.

The World Press Clubs Alliance For Climate 2020

On 23 October 2020, the World Press Clubs
Alliance for Climate held a conference in Brussels,
Belgium, involving 120 press clubs worldwide and
23,000 journalists in 24 Time Zones. In addition, a
documentary highlighting Singapore Climate Actions
and Innovations was shown at the conference.
The documentary featured an interview with Mr
Zakir Hussain, Editor of The Straits Times and Vice-
President of the Singapore Press Club. In addition,
Dr Angela Lee, NYAA Gold Award holder (2002
cohort) and an environmental champion, spoke on
how NYAA helped raise awareness, mitigate climate
change and promote ecological Sustainability
among the youth population in Singapore despite
the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Angela Lee
NYAA Gold Award holder (2002 Cohort)
Mr Patrick Daniel, the former Deputy CEO of
Singapore Press Holdings and President of
Singapore Press Club, did the closing segment of “The NYAA journey has given me a solid
the video interview. Singapore’s documentary was foundation and wide-ranging exposure to
very well received by the global audience and has sustainability. I experienced the different
made Singapore proud. dimensions of sustainability which have
been very beneficial to me in shaping my
perspectives as I journey into a career in
corporate sustainability.

Dr Angela Lee Hui Mien
Senior Director
Group Environmental Sustainability, SingTel
and NYAA Gold Award holder (2002 Cohort)

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