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Someone actually speak the truth. But he had to add that most ITEs are overwhelmed by certain races... look up IQ and RACE and you will understand. Facts are facts. No point hiding.
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Pig fuck knows nothing. Try with your degrees tk migrate. You can fuck off. They want bkue coklar workers not white. The problem with ite peopke is they continue to stay in shithole that doesnt value them
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Coming out of a low point, teenager Ng Pei Ying was “desperate” to make something of her life - when a pilot project called ELEVEATE came along, and helped her find a higher calling.
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Adrift and lost, this ITE student was searching for a purpose. She found it in helping others less fortunate, through project ELEVATE - and now, she wants to dedicate her life to doing so.
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24 Feb 2019 06:00AM
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SINGAPORE: She’d just come out of what she calls the lowest point in her life – her upper secondary school years, when she was bullied and isolated to the point that she had to drag herself out of bed in the mornings.
In her first year at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Ng Pei Ying wanted a change for the better.
She even did a web search on “how do you find a purpose”. “If you don’t have a purpose, you wake up not knowing what to do for the day,” said the 17-year-old digital animation student.
“Desperate” to get out of her rut, she attended an introductory talk on a pilot programme called ELEVATE – a service-learning project for ITE students to give back to the community – and decided to give it a try “because all my friends were in it”.
It turned out to be the thing that might well have transformed her life.
The once-withdrawn, insecure teenager who sought solace in her art, is today looking to spend her life helping others – all because of an opportunity that showed her the difference she could make in the lives of the disadvantaged.
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Doing volunteer work with the young and the elderly, such as here at Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home, has helped Pei Ying, 17, set her heart on doing social work as a career. (Visuals: Ruth Smalley & Corine Tiah)
A LONELY, SHY GIRL
Pei Ying grew up a solitary, shy girl. Drawing was her avenue to express herself. And it was to art she turned, when she became a victim of bullying in secondary school.
“They wrote some nasty things on a wall, and it went around the school,” she shared. The scribbles were erased – but then were rewritten by the unknown culprits. The harassment left the Normal (Technical) student “emotionally tired”.
I just wanted to stay in bed.
But home was not a refuge either. “My home life … could be quite rowdy at times,” she said of the clashes that took place.
Drawing centred her somewhat. But eventually, she was driven to distraction. She started skipping her track and field training and was kicked out of the co-curricular activity.
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Pei Ying alone
She had few friends and little motivation in secondary school.
She also began hanging out with an older group outside school. “Most of the time, we just met and went to abandoned buildings,” she said. “I wasn’t focusing on my studies. All I wanted to do was go out.”
Some of her friends would drink, some would buy her things, and it was easy to be lulled into thinking that she finally belonged. But one day, she realised this was a lifestyle she couldn’t afford – and a path she didn’t want to go down.
“Money was one of the obstacles. Secondly, I knew that I didn’t want to do this in the future. I’m pretty sure my friends aren’t going to pay my bills then.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Pei Ying album1
She would hang around abandoned buildings with older friends she met outside school. (Photo: Ng Pei Ying)
‘NEW YEAR, NEW ME’
Pei Ying’s desire for “something different” came as she settled into life at ITE College Central in 2018, where her love of drawing drew her to the digital animation course. She tried to convince herself to “be more cheerful”.
“People don’t know about your past and everything, so why not?” she reasoned. “New year, new me.”
And new opportunities came by way of ELEVATE. It is a project by the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) for ITE students to use the vocational skills they learn in class to meet the community’s needs.
In Pei Ying’s case, she and six friends were assigned to teach drawing and animation to children at Care Corner Student Care Centre, which provides after-school support for children aged seven to 14 who are mostly from low-income families.
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate student care
Pei Ying had four children under her direct care for lessons over six weeks.
“These children might (otherwise) not have the opportunity to go for digital animation courses or even high-level drawing workshops,” said social work associate Lim Hui Ying from AWWA, the organisation coordinating with the ITE and the student care centre.
But first, Pei Ying had her own hurdle – a lack of self-assurance – to overcome.
“When I first saw her in the programme, she was very quiet,” recalled student care officer Jonathan Toh, who provides counselling services for ITE students. “She didn’t have that much confidence to complete certain tasks that were given.”
She also didn’t make the best first impression on Ms Lim at the orientation briefing for the ELEVATE students. “She came with coloured hair, and she had coloured contact lenses on, so it wasn’t really following the school rules,” recounted Ms Lim.
I was thinking to myself, ‘Hmm, is she one of the more difficult students?’
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate lab class 2
The classes included sessions at ITE College Central's digital animation lab.
STEPPING UP TO LEAD
One thing Pei Ying had going for her, however, was her desire to learn and give of her best.
She studiously brushed up on the animation she’d been taught. “I didn’t want to go there and teach them something I didn’t understand myself,” she said of the four students under her direct charge.
The once-introverted, impatient teenager was shaping up to be a caring and encouraging mentor under ELEVATE. “She’d also really look out for her friends,” said Ms Lim.
If she felt that they were being left out, she’d try again and again to interact with and engage (them).
“She wasn’t what you’d think of a 17-year-old student. She was very mature, very responsible.”
In fact, added Mr Toh, “during the whole process, she rose to become the group leader”.
WATCH: How Pei Ying's life changed (6:48)
Then, there were the excitable children to test Pei Ying’s mettle. “They were very active and kept roaming around,” the teenager recounted.
“They forced me to be patient because I couldn’t flare up at them no matter what … I had to accommodate them because they wanted to learn.”
The children got to draw and animate Pac-Man, Spiderman and other things they liked. Aleeya Humairah Thong described Pei Ying’s instructions as “very clear”. Inspired, the 12-year-old declared: “I want to become a drawing and animation artist.”
One achievement Pei Ying remembers, was getting one particularly shy girl to open up to her. The girl didn’t know what to draw, and “I just kept asking her questions”, said Pei Ying.
“In the end, she drew a hospital – because she wanted to be a nurse – and little cats at the bottom.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate digi animation
A playful sample of what the children learnt to do.
‘IT REACHES DEEP INTO YOUR HEART’
For Pei Ying, the experience may well have altered the course of her life. She has now set her sights on becoming a social worker.
That fire was lit when the ITE students got to do community service as part of an ELEVATE camp – in her case, singing for the elderly, which she “genuinely enjoyed”. “It just felt right,” she said.
Having a goal to work towards has made her a better student – one who now sits in front of the teacher, instead of at the back of the class as she used to.
Her friend Erman Tan says she’s more vocal as well. “In Year One, she was very lost in (her) studies. When she didn’t know how to do stuff, she wouldn’t ask questions. Now, she opens up to ask.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate lab class 3
Pei Ying with schoolmates who signed up for ELEVATE, all found it rewarding helping the children learn digital animation.
Indeed, Pei Ying overcome one of her biggest fears – public speaking – when she had to share her ELEVATE story at the programme’s graduation ceremony after its June-to-November run. She delivered it in front of some 180 students across the three ITE colleges, as well as VIPs, beneficiaries, and the programme’s funders – Temasek Foundation Cares, Lorinet Foundation, Quantedge Foundation and Trafigura Foundation.
Though her stint in ELEVATE is over, Pei Ying continues to do volunteer work through balloon sculpting, one of ITE College Central's co-curricular activities. She recently visited a kidney dialysis centre and an old folks’ home, sparking smiles and laughter from beneficiaries with her balloon creations.
“I’d describe (charity work) in one word: Fulfilling,” she said.
It reaches deep inside your heart.
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Pei Ying old folks
A PLATFORM TO SHINE
To Mr Toh, the change in the quiet girl he first saw has been impressive. “She might have had the potential, but it’s just that she hadn’t had the platform to shine,” he said.
“I always tell students, ‘What you learn in the ITE, you can bring out and showcase to the community.
It isn’t just something for earning a living, but something (with which) you can make an impact.
That is the idea behind ELEVATE, which started in 2017 and was conceived to “nurture compassion in students to serve the community”, said NCSS director (Service Planning and Standards) Chan Whee Peng.
For example, ITE College West worked with YMCA, and ITE College East with Touch Community Services, to have students volunteer their skills to the elderly – such as by repairing and servicing wheelchairs, or doing simple home-fixes for them. The students were paired with groups such as the Lions Befrienders and Kampong Senang.
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Cycling Without Age
Under ELEVATE, automotive student Aravindhran Ganasan (top left) was among several assigned to Cycling Without Age to assist the elderly.
Ricky Saputra Ng, a student in mechanical technology, said that meeting old folks who kept a positive attitude despite living alone inspired him. “Usually, I view life negatively. I’ve been failing academically, and ever since my grandma passed away, I’ve felt even more depressed,” he said.
He now tries to be more responsible by showing up on time for class. “Last time I wouldn’t even show up,” he chuckled.
A FUTURE WITH MORE CHOICES
Mr Chan added that if the programme’s “good progress” continues, “we hope to see ELEVATE replicated as an established model in the ITE colleges and made available to more students”.
Its impact may well extend beyond the ITE students. Care Corner senior teacher Quaraisha Roslan shared that her charges were “fascinated” and “impressed” by the ITE College Central campus and the classes they attended.
“They even told me, ‘When I grow up, and I can go to the ITE, I’d want to go, and I’d want to join this digital animation course,’” said the ITE alumna.
That was quite satisfying for Pei Ying to hear. “Other than skills, I think we’re passing them hope. It’s like we’re giving them more choices for what they want to do in future.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate class
ELEVATE gets ITE students to apply the skills they learnt in class for community work; but it also appears to have inspired some of the young beneficiaries with choices for their future.
There is every reason for them – and her – to aim high, believes Mr Toh, who graduated from ITE with a certificate in office skills nearly two decades ago.
“Maybe 10 years down the road, she could be my colleague (or) fellow practitioner in the field,” he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised.”
This story by CNA Insider was done in partnership with Gov.sg.
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‘We’re passing them hope’: The ITE student who found her purpose uplifting others
Coming out of a low point, teenager Ng Pei Ying was “desperate” to make something of her life - when a pilot project called ELEVEATE came along, and helped her find a higher calling.
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Adrift and lost, this ITE student was searching for a purpose. She found it in helping others less fortunate, through project ELEVATE - and now, she wants to dedicate her life to doing so.
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By Derrick A Paulo, Ruth Smalley and Corine Tiah
24 Feb 2019 06:00AM
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SINGAPORE: She’d just come out of what she calls the lowest point in her life – her upper secondary school years, when she was bullied and isolated to the point that she had to drag herself out of bed in the mornings.
In her first year at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Ng Pei Ying wanted a change for the better.
She even did a web search on “how do you find a purpose”. “If you don’t have a purpose, you wake up not knowing what to do for the day,” said the 17-year-old digital animation student.
“Desperate” to get out of her rut, she attended an introductory talk on a pilot programme called ELEVATE – a service-learning project for ITE students to give back to the community – and decided to give it a try “because all my friends were in it”.
It turned out to be the thing that might well have transformed her life.
The once-withdrawn, insecure teenager who sought solace in her art, is today looking to spend her life helping others – all because of an opportunity that showed her the difference she could make in the lives of the disadvantaged.
Advertisement
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Lee Ah Mooi
Doing volunteer work with the young and the elderly, such as here at Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home, has helped Pei Ying, 17, set her heart on doing social work as a career. (Visuals: Ruth Smalley & Corine Tiah)
A LONELY, SHY GIRL
Pei Ying grew up a solitary, shy girl. Drawing was her avenue to express herself. And it was to art she turned, when she became a victim of bullying in secondary school.
“They wrote some nasty things on a wall, and it went around the school,” she shared. The scribbles were erased – but then were rewritten by the unknown culprits. The harassment left the Normal (Technical) student “emotionally tired”.
I just wanted to stay in bed.
But home was not a refuge either. “My home life … could be quite rowdy at times,” she said of the clashes that took place.
Drawing centred her somewhat. But eventually, she was driven to distraction. She started skipping her track and field training and was kicked out of the co-curricular activity.
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Pei Ying alone
She had few friends and little motivation in secondary school.
She also began hanging out with an older group outside school. “Most of the time, we just met and went to abandoned buildings,” she said. “I wasn’t focusing on my studies. All I wanted to do was go out.”
Some of her friends would drink, some would buy her things, and it was easy to be lulled into thinking that she finally belonged. But one day, she realised this was a lifestyle she couldn’t afford – and a path she didn’t want to go down.
“Money was one of the obstacles. Secondly, I knew that I didn’t want to do this in the future. I’m pretty sure my friends aren’t going to pay my bills then.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Pei Ying album1
She would hang around abandoned buildings with older friends she met outside school. (Photo: Ng Pei Ying)
‘NEW YEAR, NEW ME’
Pei Ying’s desire for “something different” came as she settled into life at ITE College Central in 2018, where her love of drawing drew her to the digital animation course. She tried to convince herself to “be more cheerful”.
“People don’t know about your past and everything, so why not?” she reasoned. “New year, new me.”
And new opportunities came by way of ELEVATE. It is a project by the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) for ITE students to use the vocational skills they learn in class to meet the community’s needs.
In Pei Ying’s case, she and six friends were assigned to teach drawing and animation to children at Care Corner Student Care Centre, which provides after-school support for children aged seven to 14 who are mostly from low-income families.
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate student care
Pei Ying had four children under her direct care for lessons over six weeks.
“These children might (otherwise) not have the opportunity to go for digital animation courses or even high-level drawing workshops,” said social work associate Lim Hui Ying from AWWA, the organisation coordinating with the ITE and the student care centre.
But first, Pei Ying had her own hurdle – a lack of self-assurance – to overcome.
“When I first saw her in the programme, she was very quiet,” recalled student care officer Jonathan Toh, who provides counselling services for ITE students. “She didn’t have that much confidence to complete certain tasks that were given.”
She also didn’t make the best first impression on Ms Lim at the orientation briefing for the ELEVATE students. “She came with coloured hair, and she had coloured contact lenses on, so it wasn’t really following the school rules,” recounted Ms Lim.
I was thinking to myself, ‘Hmm, is she one of the more difficult students?’
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate lab class 2
The classes included sessions at ITE College Central's digital animation lab.
STEPPING UP TO LEAD
One thing Pei Ying had going for her, however, was her desire to learn and give of her best.
She studiously brushed up on the animation she’d been taught. “I didn’t want to go there and teach them something I didn’t understand myself,” she said of the four students under her direct charge.
The once-introverted, impatient teenager was shaping up to be a caring and encouraging mentor under ELEVATE. “She’d also really look out for her friends,” said Ms Lim.
If she felt that they were being left out, she’d try again and again to interact with and engage (them).
“She wasn’t what you’d think of a 17-year-old student. She was very mature, very responsible.”
In fact, added Mr Toh, “during the whole process, she rose to become the group leader”.
WATCH: How Pei Ying's life changed (6:48)
Then, there were the excitable children to test Pei Ying’s mettle. “They were very active and kept roaming around,” the teenager recounted.
“They forced me to be patient because I couldn’t flare up at them no matter what … I had to accommodate them because they wanted to learn.”
The children got to draw and animate Pac-Man, Spiderman and other things they liked. Aleeya Humairah Thong described Pei Ying’s instructions as “very clear”. Inspired, the 12-year-old declared: “I want to become a drawing and animation artist.”
One achievement Pei Ying remembers, was getting one particularly shy girl to open up to her. The girl didn’t know what to draw, and “I just kept asking her questions”, said Pei Ying.
“In the end, she drew a hospital – because she wanted to be a nurse – and little cats at the bottom.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate digi animation
A playful sample of what the children learnt to do.
‘IT REACHES DEEP INTO YOUR HEART’
For Pei Ying, the experience may well have altered the course of her life. She has now set her sights on becoming a social worker.
That fire was lit when the ITE students got to do community service as part of an ELEVATE camp – in her case, singing for the elderly, which she “genuinely enjoyed”. “It just felt right,” she said.
Having a goal to work towards has made her a better student – one who now sits in front of the teacher, instead of at the back of the class as she used to.
Her friend Erman Tan says she’s more vocal as well. “In Year One, she was very lost in (her) studies. When she didn’t know how to do stuff, she wouldn’t ask questions. Now, she opens up to ask.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate lab class 3
Pei Ying with schoolmates who signed up for ELEVATE, all found it rewarding helping the children learn digital animation.
Indeed, Pei Ying overcome one of her biggest fears – public speaking – when she had to share her ELEVATE story at the programme’s graduation ceremony after its June-to-November run. She delivered it in front of some 180 students across the three ITE colleges, as well as VIPs, beneficiaries, and the programme’s funders – Temasek Foundation Cares, Lorinet Foundation, Quantedge Foundation and Trafigura Foundation.
Though her stint in ELEVATE is over, Pei Ying continues to do volunteer work through balloon sculpting, one of ITE College Central's co-curricular activities. She recently visited a kidney dialysis centre and an old folks’ home, sparking smiles and laughter from beneficiaries with her balloon creations.
“I’d describe (charity work) in one word: Fulfilling,” she said.
It reaches deep inside your heart.
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Pei Ying old folks
A PLATFORM TO SHINE
To Mr Toh, the change in the quiet girl he first saw has been impressive. “She might have had the potential, but it’s just that she hadn’t had the platform to shine,” he said.
“I always tell students, ‘What you learn in the ITE, you can bring out and showcase to the community.
It isn’t just something for earning a living, but something (with which) you can make an impact.
That is the idea behind ELEVATE, which started in 2017 and was conceived to “nurture compassion in students to serve the community”, said NCSS director (Service Planning and Standards) Chan Whee Peng.
For example, ITE College West worked with YMCA, and ITE College East with Touch Community Services, to have students volunteer their skills to the elderly – such as by repairing and servicing wheelchairs, or doing simple home-fixes for them. The students were paired with groups such as the Lions Befrienders and Kampong Senang.
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate Cycling Without Age
Under ELEVATE, automotive student Aravindhran Ganasan (top left) was among several assigned to Cycling Without Age to assist the elderly.
Ricky Saputra Ng, a student in mechanical technology, said that meeting old folks who kept a positive attitude despite living alone inspired him. “Usually, I view life negatively. I’ve been failing academically, and ever since my grandma passed away, I’ve felt even more depressed,” he said.
He now tries to be more responsible by showing up on time for class. “Last time I wouldn’t even show up,” he chuckled.
A FUTURE WITH MORE CHOICES
Mr Chan added that if the programme’s “good progress” continues, “we hope to see ELEVATE replicated as an established model in the ITE colleges and made available to more students”.
Its impact may well extend beyond the ITE students. Care Corner senior teacher Quaraisha Roslan shared that her charges were “fascinated” and “impressed” by the ITE College Central campus and the classes they attended.
“They even told me, ‘When I grow up, and I can go to the ITE, I’d want to go, and I’d want to join this digital animation course,’” said the ITE alumna.
That was quite satisfying for Pei Ying to hear. “Other than skills, I think we’re passing them hope. It’s like we’re giving them more choices for what they want to do in future.”
image: data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==
MCI ITE Elevate class
ELEVATE gets ITE students to apply the skills they learnt in class for community work; but it also appears to have inspired some of the young beneficiaries with choices for their future.
There is every reason for them – and her – to aim high, believes Mr Toh, who graduated from ITE with a certificate in office skills nearly two decades ago.
“Maybe 10 years down the road, she could be my colleague (or) fellow practitioner in the field,” he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised.”
This story by CNA Insider was done in partnership with Gov.sg.
Source: CNA/yv
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He obtained his National ITE Certificate (Nitec) in Hair Fashion and Design in 2010, but stayed on in ITE College East to work nine-hour days five times a week for a year.
Mr Noel Ng was preparing for the WorldSkills competition, a biennial event that showcases young people's skills in various crafts and measures them against international standards.
Working from 9am to 6pm with just a 15-minute lunch break for a year paid off - and he received a medallion for excellence during the competition held in London in October 2011.
The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) graduate, 24, is now a co-owner of Harts Salon at Tan Quee Lan Street, in the Bugis area.
He had also won a gold medal for hairdressing at the 8th Asean Skills Competition in 2010.
'HANDS-ON APPROACH'
He told The New Paper: "I owe a lot of my success to the handson approach to learning that ITE offers."
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After completing his N levels, Mr Ng decided to forgo taking his O levels and started his Nitec course in 2008. He later graduated with a Nitec in Hair and Scalp Therapy in 2012.
After national service, Mr Ng worked as a stylist in a Joo Chiat hair salon, where he learned from the owner how to run a business.
He said: "I learnt a lot from her as it is my lifelong dream to be my own boss."
His aunt and cousin helped him raise capital for Harts Salon, which opened last month.
Said Mr Ng: "I think young people should find an area they would like to pursue as their career and work towards it.
"For me, being an ITE student made me who I am today, and my school has played a very important role in helping me achieve my goals. Dreams can come true."
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ITE's image is not helped by what happens outside the Simei institute:
a) students hanging around after class, smoking right outside the school gate
b) uniform tucked out as soon as they leave the premises
Whoever runs the place is not fit to be there.
a) students hanging around after class, smoking right outside the school gate
b) uniform tucked out as soon as they leave the premises
Whoever runs the place is not fit to be there.
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