Hi everyone!

HAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR TICKETS?

Major Event 2015: Brothers is happening in less than a week's time! We've had our last full dress rehearsal last Sunday, and having gone through the script and plot countless of times, I am still very awed by the performances put up by all the performers - be it the dances, the songs, the acting and the props. It has been a long but definitely meaningful and enjoyable journey for so many of us (since October last year!) and I'm sure this show is one not to be missed, and would worth every single ounce of your time! Come on down to the Great Hall at Imperial College this Saturday, 28 Feb and join us on this amazing evening culminating the effort put together by more than 100 passionate and dedicated individuals :)

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) follows about 2 weeks after Major Event on 18 March. I would strongly encourage all members to attend this meeting. During AGM, the incumbent committee will be sharing and reviewing the events and activities planned for you in the past year, as well as presenting the financial statement to you. As a stakeholder, you have the right to know how the society has been managed as well as to exercise your choice in deciding the incoming committee for the next academic year. To make an informed decision, it is imperative for you to be present and hear what each candidate has to offer for the society. Hope to see you there!

On another note, if you feel like you haven't been exercising much recently, and want to get into the competitive spirit, check out more details of the annual Who Boleh competition between us and Imperial's Malaysian and Thailand society below! There are exciting prizes to be won too!

We have also concluded our annual Chinese New Year dinner at New World Chinese Restaurant last Monday. Check out the photos taken on that heartwarming evening in the album of our Facebook page HERE! Don't forget to like them and tag your friends too!

Lastly, the Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU) will be organising a charity run for Singapore's Community Chest at Hyde Park on 28 March, and everyone is welcomed to participate! More details will be released at a later date. However, you might want to save this date before making holiday plans during the Easter break, and do your part for the less fortunate back home.

Have a great week ahead and hope to see you this Saturday evening!

Your faithful secretary,
Weihao Lim

The annual Major Event of ICSS is finally here again! This year, Major Event will be in the form of a production, titled ‘Brothers'. Here are the details of the production:

Date: 28 February, Saturday
Time: 7pm
Venue: The Great Hall, Imperial College London

£9 early bird tickets have been sold out! However, you can still purchase tickets at a price of £10 each from Leon. You may contact him via his email at vice_president@ic-singsoc.net or mobile number at +44 7543896798

You can also buy a large cup of Biju Bubble Tea at an additional price of £3, which is discounted from the original price of £3.95. The details about the available flavours are on the Major Event 2015 Facebook page HERE. Check out the page often for updates and do remember to LIKE! You could also watch the beautiful trailer HERE.

We are glad to have the support of our sponsors: SG50, Prima Taste, Overseas Singaporean Unit, Contact Singapore and Public Service Division (Prime Minister's Office), for their support without which 'Brothers' would not exist.

Thank you and hope to see you on 28 February!

With love,
Jia Hui

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) as well as the 33rd Executive Committee elections will take place soon!

The Annual General Meeting is always an exciting event on the ICSS calendar, where the incumbent Executive Committee will review with the members what the Society has achieved thus far and also go through our financial statements.

The election of the 33rd Executive Committee will also take place on that day, where members will have a say in electing new leaders for the Society. With changes in Union Election Guidelines, we will be adopting a new system of elections this year. It is an exciting and efficient change, so we hope to have as many of you guys down for it! 

I will be sending out an email to all members regarding the procedure for nominations as well as voting in due time.

I would like to encourage all member to think about taking up a position as an Executive Commitee in ICSS. Other than enriching your own experience, you are able to do so for your fellow Singaporeans around you. As much as we create a home away from home, we need fresh ideas and innovations too. Please do not hesitate to speak to an existing Exco member regarding their particular jobscope! 

The details are as follows:

Date: 18 March, Wednesday
Time: 1 - 8pm
Venue: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Building, LT408

Do block out this date in your calendar and join us on this day! Lunch and dinner will be provided too!

With love,
Clive

Training off season and not finding any motivation to push yourself? Fret not, Who Boleh is back and bigger this time! Featuring not 2, but 3 societies facing off each other to claim bragging rights for their society. This year, Imperial College Singapore Society will face off Imperial College Malaysian Society and Imperial College Thai Society in 3 fast-paced games.

Date: 21 March, Saturday
Time: 9am-2pm
Games: DotA (5-a-side)
            Football (7-a-side, 4 reserves)
            Captains Ball (7-a-side, 4 reserves)
Venue: RSM (DotA)
            Hyde Park (Football and Captains Ball)

There will be fantastic prizes to be won and more importantly winners will be able to call themselves the best amongst the 3 societies. What’s more, lunch will be provided for all participants so there’s no reason not to sign up! Simply sign up HERE.

Mixed teams consisting of members for ICSS/ICMS/ICTS are welcomed to join as well. For further queries, please contact sportsofficer@ic-singsoc.net. We hope you will represent ICSS in showing who the best society in Imperial is!

Best Regards

Poh Yu Quan
Sports Officer

Happy Chinese New Year everybody!

The Year of The Goat/Ram/Sheep has arrived and is in full swing! Just last Monday, over 100 members of the ICSS family got together to celebrate the coming of the Chinese New Year with a very special Reunion Dinner at New World Restaurant. Everyone took part in the customary Lo Hei and had a chance to showcase their singing talents at the karaoke! A few lucky people even walked away with gift vouchers from the lucky draw!

We would like to once again extend our thanks to Mr Zach Tan of Infocomm Investments for very kindly sponsoring the Yusheng and subsidising the dinner alongside ICSS.

Managing more than S$200 million, Infocomm Investments builds and invests in startup companies in Singapore and globally. They accelerate the development of these young companies in their formative phase, and invest further as they move towards growth and expansion. Partnering leading startup accelerators globally, they scale up accelerator programmes in Singapore to build a strong pipeline of high quality startups ready to gun for global scale. Their main interests lie in: Technology, Software, Internet and everything in between. Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd is a wholly owned venture capital arm of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.

For more information, please visit the website HERE.

We hope that the dinner was an enjoyable one for all; here's wishing everyone the best in the upcoming year! 新年行大运!

Your friendly Event Officer,
Lincoln Ang

1) SG50 (28th) March for Charity

The Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU) will be organinizing a Charity Run/Walk on 28 March, Saturday . This event will be held at Hyde Park, really near us! Proceeds from the sign-up fees goes to Community Chest back home, an excellent way for us to do our part for the needy back in Singapore from London!

I would like to encourage one and all to save the date for this event, to try to keep your Easter holidays back a day or 2! This event is held in conjuction with the Nation's SG50 initiative too.

With love
Clive

2) Environmental & Water Technologies PhD Scholarship
The Environment and Water Industry Programme Office (EWI) would like to inform you of a PhD scholarship opportunity in the area of environmental and water technologies. The scholarship is awarded by Singapore’s National Research Foundation and is open to all nationalities. More information on the scholarship can be found in HERE.

For further enquiries about the scholarship, please email the EWI at PUB_EWI@pub.gov.sg or visit the website HERE.

3) Imperial Malaysia Society's Annual Production, Malaysia Night
A story where a corrupt company's regime is shaken by a revolution. Find out more HERE.

Where to find tickets? Place your orders for the 7 March performance through ICSS HERE. We will contact you on how to collect the tickets at a later date. First few sign ups will receive the early bird price of £8.

4) Imperial Thailand Society's Production (in Thai)
Check out the collaboration between Imperial and UAL HERE.