The September Social

Dear Oxbridge Members, Alumni and Friends,

Join us for an afternoon of informal mingling as we send this year’s freshers off on their journey up to Cambridge!  Whether you are a first year, a current student or a Cantab alumni, this is an excellent opportunity for you to catch up with old friends and make new ones.

This year we’ve invited Mr Vikram Nair, the newly-minted MP for Sembawang GRC, who read Law at Trinity to offer a few words of advice to the incoming freshers.  Vikram is also a lawyer at Norton Rose, specialising in international arbitration

Please sign up by going to this site.

Date: 17 Sept 2011 (Sat)
Time: 2.30pm-5pm
Venue: University Lounge, Level 6, SMU Administration Building, 81 Victoria Street, Singapore 188065
Contact: cambridgesocietysg@gmail.com

The event is free for freshmen entering Cambridge as well as members of the Oxbridge Society.  Non-members will be able to attend for a nominal fee of $5 to offset costs while alumni who wish to become members on the spot can pay $15 to join the Society (usual annual fees are $30). Please pay by cash at the door.

Wine, soft drinks and light finger snacks will be provided.

We are very grateful for the generous support of Prof Arnoud de Meyer, President of SMU and previously Director of the Judge Business School in Cambridge as well as Dr Stanley Lai, President of the Oxford and Cambridge Society.

The Evening Soiree

Dear Oxbridge Members, Alumni and Friends,

Dr Melanie Chew and her husband Tony are graciously opening their beautiful home for a charity fund-raising musical soiree to which you are warmly invited; featuring boy soprano Matthew Supramaniam, violinist Ang Shao-Wen and Classical guitarist Dr Robert Liew.

Evening programme:
5.00PM Champagne and Strawberries
6.00PM Musical Soiree

Musical highlights to include much-loved soprano solos: Ave Maria (Bach Gounod), Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck), Irish ballad Danny Boy; Venezuelan Folk Songs (Antonio Lauro) and Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francesco Tarrega)for Maestro guitar, some ensemble arrangements and surprise violin virtuoso solos.

This will be followed by a light buffet dinner.

Date:
Sunday, 28 August 2011

Venue:
6B Cluny Park
Singapore 259615 (off Cluny Park Road, near the French Embassy)

Charitable objectives/donations: Mr Tony Chew and Dr Melanie Chew are generously sponsoring the food and beverage and as such there will be no charge. Guests are however invited to give generously to support EQUATE which is a sheltered workshop located in the National Equestrian Park, which gives vocational and on-the-job training for 30 adults diagnosed with low IQ (50-70).  This follows the great success of EQUAL (Equine-assisted Learning for At Risk Kids) which provides horse therapy for youngsters 14 – 16 who have dropped out of school or are in danger of doing so, which has 160 kids enrolled.

Only limited seats are available. To book your place, please email Dr Melanie Chew (email: mchew@pacific.net.sg) or Paul Supramaniam (email: paul@lawasia.com).

Alumni Reception with Vice-Chancellor 2011 Photos

Dear Oxbridge Members, Alumni and Friends,

The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore had a special evening with the

Vice-Chancellor of  the University of Oxford, Professor Andrew Hamilton.

We are grateful to Professor Andrew Hamilton and all the guests for gracing the event and making it a success. Below are some of the photographs taken during the event.

We look forward to seeing you in our future events.

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