Victoria Junior College
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Victoria Junior College (abbreviation
: VJC) is a Pre-University co-educational institution in Singapore. It was established to replace the Pre-University classes of Victoria School
in 1984. It stands on Marine Vista, about 5-minute walk to the East Coast Park
. It in the East Region
of Singapore
. Since its establishment, Victoria Junior College has produced several President scholars, and many top students.
Old Victorians like Dr Ong Chit Chung and the OVA (Old Victorian Association) therefore proposed to Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) the idea of a Junior College named after and affiliated to Victoria School. MOE accepted the proposal, and Victoria Junior College was established in 1984 to give graduates of Victoria School an option to join a 2-year Junior College course. VS boys who choose to enter VJC after Secondary 4 can have 2 bonus points on their 'O'-level aggregate score.
Besides Victoria School, VJC students also come from others schools. Unlike VS, VJC accepts female as well as male students.
VJC received its first batch of 776 students at the new Marine Vista campus, with 51 tutors.
In 2005, the Victoria Integrated Programme (VIP) was launched, a 4-year integrated programme, starting from Secondary 3 and bypassing the GCE 'O' levels.
The school enrolment as of October 2006 was 1,933 students (including 234 IP
students) and 151 staff members.
In 2009 VJC celebrated its 25th anniversary. The theme of the anniversary was "XXV: Viva La Victoria".
The college was paired with Victoria School
and Cedar Girls Secondary School to expand the current Victoria Integrated Programme (VIP) into a 6-year programme, with students entering VJC in year 5. The new programme will be called the Victoria-Cedar Alliance Integrated Programme and is slated to begin in 2012. However, the college will see its final VIP batch in 2012.
Victoria Junior College stands on the east coast of Singapore, about one kilometre from its affiliate
d school, Victoria School.
, school colours and almost identical Crest
with Victoria School since the former was established to be the latter's affiliate. The meaning, significance and history of these symbols are all inherited from Victoria School
.
crest.
and excellence
from a colonial
legacy. Red, signifying universal brotherhood and equality
.
Lyrics by J A Frazer (pre-1987 version)
Music by W E Meyer
Victoria in Singapore
There are other schools we know
Victoria is something more
The school that watch'd us grow
For here we've learnt and striven too
And played the sportsman's game
Victoria we give to you
The honour that you claim
Victoria, thy sons are we
And we will not forget
Victoria, thy triumphs see
And victories we share yet
For others came before and went
And carried to the world
Victoria's fame and our intent
To keep her flag unfurled.
The site comprises six Lecture Theaters along with air-conditioned tutorial rooms and computer laboratories. Other facilities include the Performance Theatre and the Victoria Archive, both completed in 2001. The Victoria Archive had now been modified to become The Living Room which was officially opened on VJC 2010 College Day.
Recent additions to the school campus include the renovation of the "Concourse" and the General Office, the completion of Treehouses, the Students' Lounge, also known as "The Igloo", and a synthetic field which hosts inter-school football and softball matches. Facilities in The Igloo include a pool table, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox video game consoles, as well as a dart board and Foosball table.
-style liberal arts offerings. Lessons are conducted in the Oxbridge lecture-tutorial style.
A-level General Paper
. Victoria has a strong Debating Team, with a tradition in Oratory
and Rhetoric
. The Victoria Debating Team has won national and international competitions including the United Nations
Debates, the Rotary
Championships and the Phillip Jessup Debates.
Theatre Studies
is also its forte
. Each year, students perform politically and socially controversial plays in a mini-festival, and these are open to members of the public. Visiting guest lecturers have included Broadway
legend Lea Salonga
. Under the guidance of Reynold Buono, Victorian alumni in the Arts include Geraldine Kok, MFA Yale
, has performed in New York and Broadway. Ava Lyn Koh has starred in feature film Crime Of Passion. Alex Liang, an actor and model in London, has appeared in numerous UK TV programmes, ads, feature films and music videos including Madonna
's Hung Up
music video
. Film makers include Jasmine Ng, Tan Pin Pin
, Kelvin Tong
, and Lynn Lee. Yang Guichuan and Ho Yi Pingok, MFA Yale
, has performed in New York and Broadway. Arts alums moonlight
as daytime corporate attorneys but perform in the night. Theatre stalwarts, director Natalie Hennedige and playwright-actress Eleanor Tan continue to stir the Asian arts scene. Also, Janice Koh
, Kaylene Tan, Noor Effendy Ibrahim Rohaizad Suaidi, and Tang Fu Kuen have been important, not only as performers, but as critics and arts administrators.
VJC alumni were also the first Singaporeans to break into Hollywood - Lydia Look in Rush Hour
and Lucy Liu
(who was on exchange from Stuyvesant High in New York). Regional and local television artistes include Michelle Chong
and Joanne Peh
.
20 nationally ranked students are named Humanities
Scholars each year in the Humanities Programme.
Students are allowed to leave school from 1245 onwards.
The PCME combination may be grouped in the S5 and S6 faculties due to the popularity of the course and the subject similarities to avoid an imbalance of faculty size, as it is a flexible combination which allows entrance into most courses in local universities.
For the Science Faculty, the last digit of the class name usually represents the subject combination that some students of that class may be taking. SX1 students would be taking Geography as their 4th subject. SX2 students would be taking History as their 4th subject. SX3 students would be taking English Literature as their 4th subject. As an example, some students in S51 would be taking Geography in place of Chemistry, since the S5 faculty takes Physics, Maths, Economics as their 3 basic subjects.
The Civics Tutorial Council, also known as the CT Council, is a student leadership body composed of a CT Representative from each Civics Tutorial Group (Class). The CT Councillors serve as the bridge between the college and the class, promoting the welfare of each student. The CT Councillors also work with the Student Councillors and the House Committee members in organising, maintaining and planning college events and functions.
The House Committee comprises the key figures for each of the six Houses, coming together as a united body, organising inter-house activities and assisting the CT Council and Students' Council for events.
Every year, new activities are proposed by students. 2004 saw the founding of Fencing
Club and Golf
Club and in 2005, Rock Climbing
was established as a CCA. Cheerleading
began in late 2007 to quick success as they emerged champions in the SKM Cheerfest Stunt category in the following year.
Clubs with a small number of members are merged with other clubs. In 2004, the IT Council merged with iComp, and Bridge
and Chess
Club merged with Defence Science Club to become the Strategic Games Club.
A list of the CCAs available in VJC along with links to their websites can be found on the college website.
The choir has participated in international competitions. On 19 July 2004 the choir represented Singapore in the Choir Olympics held in Bremen, Germany and participated in three categories: Musica Sacra, Contemporary Music and Open Mixed. The choir emerged as the category champion in Open Mixed, and as second in the Musica Sacra and Contemporary Music categories. Gold medals were also awarded for each of these categories.
The choir participated in the 9th Concorso Corale Internazionale (International Choir Competition) from 9 April to 12 April 2006, held in Riva Del Garda, Italy.
Other performing groups from the school took part in the biennial Singapore Youth Festival.
In 2007, the Choir, Dance, String Ensemble and Symphonic Band achieved the Gold with Honours award at the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging, while the Chinese Orchestra, Guitar Ensemble and Harmonica Band were awarded the Gold award.
One of its niche areas in the sporting arena is in the sport of Soccer
. The boys' team, has made it to nine of the ten finals of the National A Division Inter-School Soccer Championships for the past ten years, and winning five of the finals. The girls' team has been champions three times and runner-up once in the past four years since the Girls' competition was started in 2005. See Victoria Junior College Football
.
The college is also strong in sports such as cross-country
, softball
, sailing
and wushu
.
The House Committee is in charge of each house, with each house having at least four House Committee members: The House Captain, The Vice-Captain, The Treasurer and The Secretary, and the Quarter Master. Integrated Programme students into the House Comm are called "Caplets". House points are earned through inter-house activities.
The house system was introduced in 2004 in order to prepare students for the change in curriculum of 2006, when the S1 and S2 faculties were eliminated. Before the house system, the school population competed as faculties. The house system distributes students from different faculties evenly, eliminating the size advantage that the S1 or "triple science" faculty used to have from offering the most popular subject combination.
The house with the highest grand total of points wins the La Coupe Etoile (or The Star Cup), awarded to the Champion House at the Farewell Assembly for the Year 2s at the end of each year.
Past champion Houses
, Victoria School students choosing to enter Victoria Junior College can get two bonus points off their GCE 'O'-level L1R5 academic aggregate although Victoria Junior College also has a small portion of its total student intake enrolled through VJC's own Integrated Programme (IP) - of which non-affiliated students and VS students have equal opportunities of enrolling in. However, the VIP will be terminated in place of the VCA IP with the 2012 VIP batch.
Both institutions are under the charge of the Victoria Executive and Advisory Committee (VEC/VAC) and share a common alumni association — the Old Victorians' Association (OVA).
Both campuses co-organize concerts, overseas trips, OVA events and other events. The new IP between VS, Cedar and VJC, is expected to foster closer relations with VS and a possible merger as seen in the Raffles Institution
and Raffles Junior College
merger of 2009.
Victoria Junior College (abbreviation
Abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase...
: VJC) is a Pre-University co-educational institution in Singapore. It was established to replace the Pre-University classes of Victoria School
Victoria School
Victoria School in Singapore is a government secondary school for boys, founded in 1876, at Siglap Link, about one kilometre from affiliated Victoria Junior College....
in 1984. It stands on Marine Vista, about 5-minute walk to the East Coast Park
East Coast Park
The East Coast Park is a beach park located on the southeastern coast of Singapore. It was opened in the 1970s, when the government completed reclaiming land off the coast at Katong which extends from Changi to Tanjong Rhu...
. It in the East Region
East Region, Singapore
The East Region of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. It includes six urban planning areas. As its name implies, it is the easternmost region of Singapore.The land area is about 11,000 hectares.-Urban planning areas in East Region:...
of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. Since its establishment, Victoria Junior College has produced several President scholars, and many top students.
History
Victoria School (VS) generally has a good proportion of the students qualified to enter a two-year Junior College course instead of a 3-year Pre-University course since the Junior College (JC) system started in the late 1960s. While VS started being a Pre-University Centre in 1979, by around 1980 it became clear that Victoria School students with better 'O'-level results were choosing to enter other Junior Colleges instead of attending the Pre-U centre of VS after Secondary 4.Old Victorians like Dr Ong Chit Chung and the OVA (Old Victorian Association) therefore proposed to Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) the idea of a Junior College named after and affiliated to Victoria School. MOE accepted the proposal, and Victoria Junior College was established in 1984 to give graduates of Victoria School an option to join a 2-year Junior College course. VS boys who choose to enter VJC after Secondary 4 can have 2 bonus points on their 'O'-level aggregate score.
Besides Victoria School, VJC students also come from others schools. Unlike VS, VJC accepts female as well as male students.
VJC received its first batch of 776 students at the new Marine Vista campus, with 51 tutors.
In 2005, the Victoria Integrated Programme (VIP) was launched, a 4-year integrated programme, starting from Secondary 3 and bypassing the GCE 'O' levels.
The school enrolment as of October 2006 was 1,933 students (including 234 IP
Integrated programme
* Integrated Programme - an education programme in Singapore* EU Integrated programme - European Union Integrated action programme in the field of Lifelong learning...
students) and 151 staff members.
In 2009 VJC celebrated its 25th anniversary. The theme of the anniversary was "XXV: Viva La Victoria".
The college was paired with Victoria School
Victoria School
Victoria School in Singapore is a government secondary school for boys, founded in 1876, at Siglap Link, about one kilometre from affiliated Victoria Junior College....
and Cedar Girls Secondary School to expand the current Victoria Integrated Programme (VIP) into a 6-year programme, with students entering VJC in year 5. The new programme will be called the Victoria-Cedar Alliance Integrated Programme and is slated to begin in 2012. However, the college will see its final VIP batch in 2012.
Description
Victoria Junior College was one of the top four junior colleges in Singapore until the ranking of junior colleges was discontinued. It was the only junior college to offer the Humanities Scholar Programme (HEP) and the Theatre Studies and Drama (TSD) Programme before other colleges followed suit in 2006. It also offered a university-level French curriculum as part of the Language Elective Programme (LEP) until it was discontinued in 2006. Since 2005, VJC has offered a four-year integrated programme, starting from Secondary Three level.Victoria Junior College stands on the east coast of Singapore, about one kilometre from its affiliate
Affiliate
An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity.- Corporate structure :A corporation may be referred to as an affiliate of another when it is related to it but not strictly controlled by it, as with a subsidiary relationship, or when it is desired to avoid...
d school, Victoria School.
College symbols
VJC shares the mottoMotto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
, school colours and almost identical Crest
Crest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of an heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head....
with Victoria School since the former was established to be the latter's affiliate. The meaning, significance and history of these symbols are all inherited from Victoria School
Victoria School
Victoria School in Singapore is a government secondary school for boys, founded in 1876, at Siglap Link, about one kilometre from affiliated Victoria Junior College....
.
Crest and heraldry
The school crest and heraldry were based on the Anglican tradition, and modeled after Oxford University'sUniversity of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
crest.
Colours
Yellow, signifying dignityDignity
Dignity is a term used in moral, ethical, and political discussions to signify that a being has an innate right to respect and ethical treatment. It is an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent, inalienable rights...
and excellence
Excellence
Excellence is a talent or quality which is unusually good and so surpasses ordinary standards. It is also an aimed for standard of performance.-History:...
from a colonial
Colonialism
Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...
legacy. Red, signifying universal brotherhood and equality
Social equality
Social equality is a social state of affairs in which all people within a specific society or isolated group have the same status in a certain respect. At the very least, social equality includes equal rights under the law, such as security, voting rights, freedom of speech and assembly, and the...
.
Motto
"Nil Sine Labore", or "Nothing without Labour" This motto was inherited from Victoria School, and was created in March 1940. It emphasizes the need for Victorians to persevere in order to fulfil their dreams and desires.College anthem
The college anthem was inherited from Victoria School's original pre-1987 school song, after modifications were made to the lyrics so that VS and VJC can share a common Victorian Anthem. "School" was dropped after "Victoria" in the first two paragraphs shown below in 1987 by Victoria School.Lyrics by J A Frazer (pre-1987 version)
Music by W E Meyer
Victoria in Singapore
There are other schools we know
Victoria is something more
The school that watch'd us grow
For here we've learnt and striven too
And played the sportsman's game
Victoria we give to you
The honour that you claim
Victoria, thy sons are we
And we will not forget
Victoria, thy triumphs see
And victories we share yet
For others came before and went
And carried to the world
Victoria's fame and our intent
To keep her flag unfurled.
Principals
- 1984 - 2001: Mrs Lee Phui Mun
- 2001 - 2006: Mrs Chan Khah Gek
- 2006–present: Mr Chan Poh Meng
Facilities
VJC has remained at Marine Vista since its inauguration in 1984, with major changes and renovations made to the campus over the years.The site comprises six Lecture Theaters along with air-conditioned tutorial rooms and computer laboratories. Other facilities include the Performance Theatre and the Victoria Archive, both completed in 2001. The Victoria Archive had now been modified to become The Living Room which was officially opened on VJC 2010 College Day.
Recent additions to the school campus include the renovation of the "Concourse" and the General Office, the completion of Treehouses, the Students' Lounge, also known as "The Igloo", and a synthetic field which hosts inter-school football and softball matches. Facilities in The Igloo include a pool table, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox video game consoles, as well as a dart board and Foosball table.
Academics
Victoria offers a traditional UK-style A-level curriculum, with Ivy LeagueIvy League
The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...
-style liberal arts offerings. Lessons are conducted in the Oxbridge lecture-tutorial style.
Class choice
New students pick 4 H2 level subjects or 3 H2 level subjects and 1 contrasting H1 subject to study for and to be examined for the next 2 years. The choice of subject combination is made on the first day of school, during the orientation programme, in which subject talks are given, and the students make their choices. The allocation of classes is based on the subject combination, and is carried out in such a way as to ensure an equal ratio of boys and girls in each class and the widest spread of diversity, though in some classes there can be a disproportionately large number of international students.Humanities and the arts
Most students obtain distinctions in CambridgeCambridge
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A-level General Paper
General Paper
General Paper is an H1 academic subject at A Level in the Singapore education system. All students in Junior Colleges and Millennia Institute in Singapore have to study this subject, with the exception of those studying Knowledge and Inquiry. The examination for General Paper consists of 2 parts:...
. Victoria has a strong Debating Team, with a tradition in Oratory
Oratory
Oratory is a type of public speaking.Oratory may also refer to:* Oratory , a power metal band* Oratory , a place of worship* a religious order such as** Oratory of Saint Philip Neri ** Oratory of Jesus...
and Rhetoric
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
. The Victoria Debating Team has won national and international competitions including the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Debates, the Rotary
Rotary International
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Championships and the Phillip Jessup Debates.
Theatre Studies
Theatre studies
Theatre studies is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psycho-biological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also encompasses the study of theatrical aesthetics and semiotics...
is also its forte
Forte
Forte/Forté may refer to:*Forte, but often ;. A person's strong point e.g. Preparing gourmet cuisine is his forte. The term is derived from the French fort meaning strength, which does not include an acute accent. The latter pronunciation is likely due to a confusion as a false cognate with the...
. Each year, students perform politically and socially controversial plays in a mini-festival, and these are open to members of the public. Visiting guest lecturers have included Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
legend Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga-Chien is a mezzo-soprano singer and actress from the Philippines well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and...
. Under the guidance of Reynold Buono, Victorian alumni in the Arts include Geraldine Kok, MFA Yale
YALE
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, has performed in New York and Broadway. Ava Lyn Koh has starred in feature film Crime Of Passion. Alex Liang, an actor and model in London, has appeared in numerous UK TV programmes, ads, feature films and music videos including Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
's Hung Up
Hung Up
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music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
. Film makers include Jasmine Ng, Tan Pin Pin
Tan Pin Pin
Tan Pin Pin is a Singapore-based film director. She studied at the Raffles Girls' Secondary School and Victoria Junior College. Her credits include Singapore GaGa, which had a sold out seven week theatrical run in Singapore...
, Kelvin Tong
Kelvin Tong
Kelvin Tong Weng Kian is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and producer.-Career:Kelvin's passion for theatre and filmmaking began in his secondary school days in Victoria School. He went on to study at Victoria Junior College...
, and Lynn Lee. Yang Guichuan and Ho Yi Pingok, MFA Yale
YALE
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, has performed in New York and Broadway. Arts alums moonlight
Moonlight
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as daytime corporate attorneys but perform in the night. Theatre stalwarts, director Natalie Hennedige and playwright-actress Eleanor Tan continue to stir the Asian arts scene. Also, Janice Koh
Janice Koh
Janice Koh is a Singaporean stage and televison actress.- Education :Janice graduated from the Theatre Studies and Drama programme at Victoria Junior College and the National University of Singapore with an Honours degree in Theatre Studies...
, Kaylene Tan, Noor Effendy Ibrahim Rohaizad Suaidi, and Tang Fu Kuen have been important, not only as performers, but as critics and arts administrators.
VJC alumni were also the first Singaporeans to break into Hollywood - Lydia Look in Rush Hour
Rush hour
A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...
and Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu
Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress and film producer. She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal , and has also appeared in several Hollywood films including Charlie's Angels, Chicago, Kill Bill, and Kung Fu Panda.-Early...
(who was on exchange from Stuyvesant High in New York). Regional and local television artistes include Michelle Chong
Michelle Chong
Michelle Chong is a Singaporean host, actress and film director .- Biography :Michelle Chong is bilingual, and appears on variety shows and dramas on Singapore's Channels 5 and 8....
and Joanne Peh
Joanne Peh
Joanne Peh is a Singaporean actress.Peh studied at Temasek Secondary School where she was head prefect and subsequently went on to Victoria Junior College then to Nanyang Technological University...
.
20 nationally ranked students are named Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
Scholars each year in the Humanities Programme.
Curriculum hours
Curriculum hours vary across each level and class. Morning Assembly (and the time after which the student is considered late for school) is at 0740, and the first lesson starts at 0800. Each period is 35 minutes, and the dismissal times range from as early as 1210 to as late as 1725 for all days. On Wednesday, the day allocated for CCAs however, the latest dismissal time is 1430. There are no fixed periods allocated for break time or recess, to prevent overcrowding of the canteen. It is usual for students to have two or more consecutive periods of breaks, and this is especially common for students in the Arts Faculty.Students are allowed to leave school from 1245 onwards.
Faculty system
- The Arts 1 (A1) is the Arts faculty of VJC. It is compulsory for all Arts students to take Mathematics as one of their A-level subjects. This is because all students have to take a contrasting subject and Mathematics is a contrasting subject to Arts.
- The S3 faculty has Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry as their three basic subjects, and a choice of Arts or Humanities subjects (English Literature, History, Geography, Economics, Art, Chinese/Tamil/Malay Language and Literature, Theater Studies and Drama or General Studies in Chinese) as their H1/H2 content subject.
- The S4 faculty elects Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as their three basic subjects, with a contrasting arts or humanities subject (stated above).
- The S5 faculty elects Mathematics, Physics, Economics as their three basic subjects, combined with any Arts or Humanities subject, or Chemistry.
- The S6 faculty elects Mathematics, Chemistry, Economics as their three basic subjects, and a choice any Arts or Humanities subject, or Physics.
The PCME combination may be grouped in the S5 and S6 faculties due to the popularity of the course and the subject similarities to avoid an imbalance of faculty size, as it is a flexible combination which allows entrance into most courses in local universities.
Class naming conventions
Each class follows the naming system of year of formation, followed by the stream (S for science, A for Arts and V for the Integrated Programme), then the faculty number and then the class number. For example, 08S37 denotes that the class was formed (or the students entered the school) in 2008, S for the Science stream (A for the arts stream, V for the Integrated Programme), the first 3 for the faculty (Science S3) and the second 7 denotes that S37 is the 7th class in that faculty.For the Science Faculty, the last digit of the class name usually represents the subject combination that some students of that class may be taking. SX1 students would be taking Geography as their 4th subject. SX2 students would be taking History as their 4th subject. SX3 students would be taking English Literature as their 4th subject. As an example, some students in S51 would be taking Geography in place of Chemistry, since the S5 faculty takes Physics, Maths, Economics as their 3 basic subjects.
Special Programmes
- FastTrack@VJC Teaching and learning with Broadband Programme
- Grassroots and Governance Programme
- Hospital Attachment Programme
- HP Email Mentoring Scheme
- Humanities and Social Science Research Programme
- Humanities Scholarship Programmes
- Mathematics Enrichment Programme
- NUS Education Programme for Gifted Youths (NUS-EPGY)
- Scholarships Programme
- Science Enrichment Programme
- Science Research Programme
- Science and Mathematics Olympiads
- Science Focus
- Taiwan Immersion Programme
- Technology and Engineering Programme
- Theatre Studies and Drama Programme
- Victoria Integrated Programme
Co-curricular activities
The Students' Council and the Civics Tutorial Council works in organising school-wide activities, also organising college events and proposing initiatives to benefit the student body.The Civics Tutorial Council, also known as the CT Council, is a student leadership body composed of a CT Representative from each Civics Tutorial Group (Class). The CT Councillors serve as the bridge between the college and the class, promoting the welfare of each student. The CT Councillors also work with the Student Councillors and the House Committee members in organising, maintaining and planning college events and functions.
The House Committee comprises the key figures for each of the six Houses, coming together as a united body, organising inter-house activities and assisting the CT Council and Students' Council for events.
Every year, new activities are proposed by students. 2004 saw the founding of Fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
Club and Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
Club and in 2005, Rock Climbing
Rock Climbing
Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
was established as a CCA. Cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
began in late 2007 to quick success as they emerged champions in the SKM Cheerfest Stunt category in the following year.
Clubs with a small number of members are merged with other clubs. In 2004, the IT Council merged with iComp, and Bridge
Contract bridge
Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
and Chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Club merged with Defence Science Club to become the Strategic Games Club.
Sports groups
- Air rifle
- BadmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
- CanoeingCanoeingCanoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
- CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Cross countryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- FencingFencingFencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
- FloorballFloorballFloorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...
- FrisbeeFrisbeeA flying disc is a disc-shaped glider that is generally plastic and roughly in diameter, with a lip. The shape of the disc, an airfoil in cross-section, allows it to fly by generating lift as it moves through the air while rotating....
(still an unofficial CCA) - GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- HockeyHockeyHockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
- JudoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
- KayakingKayakingKayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking and canoeing are also known as paddling. Kayaking is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle...
- NetballNetballNetball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
- Rock climbingRock climbingRock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
- SailingSailingSailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
- Soccer
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- SquashSquash (sport)Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- Table-tennis
- TaekwondoTaekwondoTaekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- WushuWushu (sport)The sport of wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts...
Performing arts
- Chinese OrchestraChinese orchestraThe term Chinese Orchestra can refer to either:* The ancient Chinese Orchestra, or* The modern Chinese Orchestra-The ancient Chinese Orchestra:...
(Gold - SYF 2007, Gold - SYF 2009) - ChoirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
(Gold With Honours - SYF 2007, Gold With Honours - SYF 2009) - DanceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
Club (Gold With Honours - SYF 2007, Gold - SYF 2009, Silver - SYF 2011) - The Dramatic Society for Dramatic People (DramaDramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Club, Silver - IP SYF 2009, Silver - SYF 2010) - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Ensemble (Gold - SYF 2007, Silver - SYF 2009) - HarmonicaHarmonicaThe harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
Band (Gold - SYF 2007, Silver - SYF 2009) - PianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
Ensemble - StringString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
Ensemble (Gold With Honours - SYF 2007, Silver - SYF 2009) - Symphonic BandConcert bandA concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
(Gold With Honours - SYF 2007, Gold - SYF 2009)
Clubs and societies
- Animal Welfare Society
- Art Club
- Artery (Arts Society)
- AstronomyAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
Club - Bizclub
- Career Development Council
- ChineseChinese languageThe Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
Society - College Magazine
- Community Involvement Council
- Culinary Club
- Debating and Oratorical Society
- Earthwatch
- FIREfly@VJC
- First AidFirst aidFirst aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert, but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care...
Club - French Club
- Global Affairs Society
- Health and Fitness Club
- HorticultureHorticultureHorticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
Society - Infocomm
- InteractRotary InternationalRotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
Club - JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese Club - Library Council
- Lighthink (General Paper Society)
- Lion DanceLion danceLion dance is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume. The lion dance is often mistakenly referred to as dragon dance. An easy way to tell the difference is that a lion is operated by two people, while a dragon needs many people...
Troupe - Malay Cultural Society
- Mathematics Society
- Outdoor Activities Club
- PA Crew
- PhilosophicalPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
Society - PhotographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
Society - RoboticsRoboticsRobotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...
Club - Science Council which consists of:
- Chemistry Society
- Medical Society
- Physics Society
- Science Research Society
- Strategic Games Club
- Subjectif
- VJC Archive
- Writers' Circle
- Singapore Youth Flying Club (external)
A list of the CCAs available in VJC along with links to their websites can be found on the college website.
The choir has participated in international competitions. On 19 July 2004 the choir represented Singapore in the Choir Olympics held in Bremen, Germany and participated in three categories: Musica Sacra, Contemporary Music and Open Mixed. The choir emerged as the category champion in Open Mixed, and as second in the Musica Sacra and Contemporary Music categories. Gold medals were also awarded for each of these categories.
The choir participated in the 9th Concorso Corale Internazionale (International Choir Competition) from 9 April to 12 April 2006, held in Riva Del Garda, Italy.
Other performing groups from the school took part in the biennial Singapore Youth Festival.
In 2007, the Choir, Dance, String Ensemble and Symphonic Band achieved the Gold with Honours award at the Singapore Youth Festival Central Judging, while the Chinese Orchestra, Guitar Ensemble and Harmonica Band were awarded the Gold award.
One of its niche areas in the sporting arena is in the sport of Soccer
Victoria Junior College Football
Football is one of the many Co-Curricular Activities in Victoria Junior College . VJC participates in the National Schools Football competition "A" Division for Boys and Girls every year....
. The boys' team, has made it to nine of the ten finals of the National A Division Inter-School Soccer Championships for the past ten years, and winning five of the finals. The girls' team has been champions three times and runner-up once in the past four years since the Girls' competition was started in 2005. See Victoria Junior College Football
Victoria Junior College Football
Football is one of the many Co-Curricular Activities in Victoria Junior College . VJC participates in the National Schools Football competition "A" Division for Boys and Girls every year....
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The college is also strong in sports such as cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, sailing
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
and wushu
Wushu (sport)
The sport of wushu is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. It was created in the People's Republic of China after 1949, in an attempt to nationalize the practice of traditional Chinese martial arts...
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Houses
For competitive intra-school events, the school population is divided into six houses:- AquilaAquila (constellation)Aquila is a stellar constellation. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it is commonly represented as such. In mythology, Aquila was owned by the Roman god Jupiter and performed many tasks for him....
(blue) - DracoDraco (constellation)Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. Draco is circumpolar for many observers in the northern hemisphere...
(red) - LynxLynxA lynx is any of the four Lynx genus species of medium-sized wildcats. The name "lynx" originated in Middle English via Latin from Greek word "λύγξ", derived from the Indo-European root "*leuk-", meaning "light, brightness", in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes...
(green) - PegasusPegasusPegasus is one of the best known fantastical as well as mythological creatures in Greek mythology. He is a winged divine horse, usually white in color. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. He was the brother of Chrysaor, born at a single birthing...
(purple) - PhoenixPhoenix (mythology)The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and Phoenicians....
(orange) - UrsaUrsaUrsa is a latin word, meaning bear. Derivatives of this word are ursine or Ursini.Ursa may refer to:* Ursa , a fictional villain in Superman media* Ursa , a fictional character in the Open Season franchise...
(yellow)
The House Committee is in charge of each house, with each house having at least four House Committee members: The House Captain, The Vice-Captain, The Treasurer and The Secretary, and the Quarter Master. Integrated Programme students into the House Comm are called "Caplets". House points are earned through inter-house activities.
The house system was introduced in 2004 in order to prepare students for the change in curriculum of 2006, when the S1 and S2 faculties were eliminated. Before the house system, the school population competed as faculties. The house system distributes students from different faculties evenly, eliminating the size advantage that the S1 or "triple science" faculty used to have from offering the most popular subject combination.
The house with the highest grand total of points wins the La Coupe Etoile (or The Star Cup), awarded to the Champion House at the Farewell Assembly for the Year 2s at the end of each year.
Past champion Houses
- 2004: Draco
- 2005: Ursa
- 2006: Aquila
- 2007: Pegasus
- 2008: Pegasus
- 2009: Lynx
- 2010: Lynx
Affiliations
Victoria Junior College is affiliated to Victoria SchoolVictoria School
Victoria School in Singapore is a government secondary school for boys, founded in 1876, at Siglap Link, about one kilometre from affiliated Victoria Junior College....
, Victoria School students choosing to enter Victoria Junior College can get two bonus points off their GCE 'O'-level L1R5 academic aggregate although Victoria Junior College also has a small portion of its total student intake enrolled through VJC's own Integrated Programme (IP) - of which non-affiliated students and VS students have equal opportunities of enrolling in. However, the VIP will be terminated in place of the VCA IP with the 2012 VIP batch.
Both institutions are under the charge of the Victoria Executive and Advisory Committee (VEC/VAC) and share a common alumni association — the Old Victorians' Association (OVA).
Both campuses co-organize concerts, overseas trips, OVA events and other events. The new IP between VS, Cedar and VJC, is expected to foster closer relations with VS and a possible merger as seen in the Raffles Institution
Raffles Institution
Raffles Institution , founded in 1823, is the oldest centre for pre-tertiary learning in Singapore. It is an independent school in Singapore providing secondary and pre-university education. RI consists of a boys-only secondary section , and a coeducational pre-university section...
and Raffles Junior College
Raffles Junior College
Raffles Institution offers the Raffles Programme at Year 5 and 6 . It is located in Bishan beside the Year 1-4 school campus of Raffles Institution. The Principal is Mrs Lim Lai Cheng...
merger of 2009.
Scholars
Four Victoria Junior College students had received the prestigious President's Scholarships.- Sng Chem Wei, 1990
- Brandon Lee Tian Boon, 1991
- Nicholas Tay, 2009
- Chow Yi Ling (Ms), 2010
Politics
- Lawrence WongLawrence WongLawrence Wong is currently a Member of Parliament for West Coast Group Representation Constituency in Singapore...
: Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Education - Alex Yam: Member of Parliament, Chua Chu Kang Group Representation ConstituencyChua Chu Kang Group Representation ConstituencyChoa Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency is a five-member Group Representation Constituency located in the western area of Singapore....
- Chong Chieng JenChong Chieng JenChong Chieng Jen, , is a Malaysian lawyer and politician from the Democratic Action Party . He owns a legal firm named Chong Brothers Advocates. He is currently the member of Malaysian Parliament for Bandar Kuching seat and the member of the Sarawak State Assembly for Kota Sentosa...
: Member of Parliament, Bandar Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia; Vice-Chairman, Democratic Action PartyDemocratic Action PartyThe Democratic Action Party, or DAP is a secular, multi-racial, social democratic Malaysian political party.The DAP is one of the three major opposition parties in Malaysia, along with the PKR and PAS, that are seen as electable alternatives to the Barisan Nasional coalition of parties...
, Malaysia - Nicole Seah: Prominent opposition candidate for National Solidarity Party in the Singaporean general election, 2011
- Tony Tan Lay ThiamTony Tan Lay ThiamNot to be confused with Tony Tan Keng Yam, the 7th President of Singapore.Tony Tan Lay Thiam is a member of the National Solidarity Party.- Biography :* Attended Victoria Junior College...
: Prominent opposition candidate for National Solidarity Party in the Singaporean general election, 2011 - Chia Ti Lik: Secretary-General, Socialist FrontSocialist Front (Singapore)The Socialist Front is a political party in Singapore. The SF was formed in 2010 by several former Reform Party and Workers' Party members. The party has the objective of establishing a socialist state in Singapore should it be elected to government...
Government
- BG Tan Meng Dui: Deputy Secretary (Technology), Ministry of Defence
- Lam Yi Young: CEO, Maritime & Port Authority
- BG Kwek Kok Kwong: Commander, Air Defence and Operations Command, Singapore Armed Forces
Television
- Diana Ser: Actress and presenter
- Michelle ChongMichelle ChongMichelle Chong is a Singaporean host, actress and film director .- Biography :Michelle Chong is bilingual, and appears on variety shows and dramas on Singapore's Channels 5 and 8....
: Actress, compere and film-director, MediacorpMediaCorpMedia Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
; Winner, Best Comedy Performance (Highly Commended), Asian Television AwardsAsian Television AwardsThe Asian Television Awards is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards draws about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-to-air TV stations and pay-TV...
, 2008 - Joanne PehJoanne PehJoanne Peh is a Singaporean actress.Peh studied at Temasek Secondary School where she was head prefect and subsequently went on to Victoria Junior College then to Nanyang Technological University...
: Actress, MediacorpMediaCorpMedia Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
; Best Actress, Star Awards 2009Star Awards 2009Star Awards 2009 was a television award ceremony held in Singapore. It was part of the annual Star Awards organised by MediaCorp for MediaCorp Channel 8 and MediaCorp Channel U. Star Awards 2009 was telecasted 'LIVE' on Channel 8, 26 April 2009 at 1900 hrs, where the results were announced...
; Miss Elegant and Miss Personality, Miss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5...
, 2002 - Felicia ChinFelicia ChinFelicia Chin Foon Ling , also known by her Chinese stage name Chen Jingxuan, is a Singaporean television actress.-Biography:...
: Actress, MediacorpMediaCorpMedia Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
; Winner, Star Search 2003Star Search 2003From March 2003, Star Search 2003 began its 3-nation-wide talent search for individuals with star potential in Singapore, Malaysia and China. Auditions have been carried out in each of the 3 countries and training for the shortlisted star wannabes are ongoing...
; Youngest national softball player at the age of 15, 1999 - Rebecca LimRebecca Lim*Rebecca Lim is a Singaporean actress who has acted in both Chinese and English dramas in Mediacorp, most notably as Wendy Lim in the highly-acclaimed MediaCorp Channel 5 TV Series - The Pupil, which she won the Best Actress Award at the 15th Asian Television Awards, 2010.She was the 4th runner-up...
: Actress, MediacorpMediaCorpMedia Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
; Best Actress, Asian Television AwardsAsian Television AwardsThe Asian Television Awards is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards draws about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-to-air TV stations and pay-TV...
, 2010; Fourth runner-up and Miss Photogenic, Miss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5...
, 2005 - Lee TengLee Teng (Singapore)Lee Teng is a popular television host in Singapore.Born in Taiwan, he moved to Singapore when he was nine years ago. Always excelling in his studies, Lee Teng attended Victoria School, Victoria Junior College and graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a degree in accountancy...
: Compere, MediacorpMediaCorpMedia Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
; 1st runner-up, Superhost, 2005/2006 - Janice KohJanice KohJanice Koh is a Singaporean stage and televison actress.- Education :Janice graduated from the Theatre Studies and Drama programme at Victoria Junior College and the National University of Singapore with an Honours degree in Theatre Studies...
: Stage and television actress - Glenda ChongGlenda ChongGlenda Chong is currently based in Singapore as Channel NewsAsia flagship evening programme, Primetime Asia. Prior to her posting there, She was base in Shanghai for 3 years as Channel NewsAsia’s correspondent ....
: News presenter, MediacorpMediaCorpMedia Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
; Best News Anchor, Asian Television AwardsAsian Television AwardsThe Asian Television Awards is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards draws about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-to-air TV stations and pay-TV...
, 2001
Music
- Ho Yeow SunHo Yeow SunHo Yeow Sun, better known as Sun Ho, is a Singaporean pop music singer. She studied at Anglican High School and Victoria Junior College. Ho is one of the co-founders of City Harvest Church and its community services and is married to Kong Hee Sun started her Mandarin pop singing career in 2002 and...
: Music Ambassador, 2008 Beijing Olympics - Keely WeeKeely WeeKeely Wee is a Singaporean singer. She attended Victoria Junior College and was also the female champion and runner up of the Campus SuperStar Season 2 competition, losing to Shawn Tok by just a point....
: Female champion, Campus SuperStarCampus SuperStarCampus SuperStar is a spin-off of Project SuperStar, a popular singing talent-search competition in Singapore. The contestants comprise students from secondary schools, junior colleges and Institutes of Technical Education . This differs from Project Superstar, where contestants must be over 18 to...
, Season 2, 2007
Film
- Kelvin TongKelvin TongKelvin Tong Weng Kian is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and producer.-Career:Kelvin's passion for theatre and filmmaking began in his secondary school days in Victoria School. He went on to study at Victoria Junior College...
: Film director - Tan Pin PinTan Pin PinTan Pin Pin is a Singapore-based film director. She studied at the Raffles Girls' Secondary School and Victoria Junior College. Her credits include Singapore GaGa, which had a sold out seven week theatrical run in Singapore...
: Singapore Oscar-winning film director
Radio
- Georgina ChangGeorgina ChangGeorgina Chang is a Singaporean radio and television broadcaster. Until 2009, she was a tennis presenter and reporter on Star Sports, hosting ACE, a weekly tennis show. She interviewed top players in the sport including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin...
: Senior creative director, 987FM - Joe Augustin: Radio presenter and voiceover artist
Theatre
- Noor Effendy Ibrahim: Artistic director, The SubstationThe SubstationThe Substation is Singapore's first and only independent contemporary arts centre. It was founded in 1990 by Kuo Pao Kun.The Substation is centrally located in the city's civic district. Venues at The Substation for hire include a black-box theatre, a gallery, a dance studio, the Random Room and...
- Natalie Hennedige: Artistic Director, Cake Theatrical Productions
Comics
- Sonny LiewSonny LiewSonny Liew is a Malaysian-born comic artist/illustrator based in Singapore. He is best known for his work on Vertigo Comics' My Faith in Frankie together with Mike Carey and Marc Hempel, and Marvel Comics' "Sense and Sensibility" adaptation....
: Comic artist/illustrator, best known for his work on Vertigo Comics' "My Faith in Frankie"
Miss Singapore Universe
- Cheryl Marie CordeiroCheryl Marie CordeiroCheryl Marie Cordeiro was Singapore's delegate to the international Miss Universe pageant in 1999. In 1999 she held the title of Miss Singapore Universeand also won the subsidiary title of "Body Beautiful" in the local contest...
: Winner, Miss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5...
, 1999 - Nuraliza OsmanNuraliza OsmanNuraliza Osman is a Singaporean beauty queen who represented her country at the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Known affectionately as "Nura", she is of Chinese, Dutch-Portuguese, Indian and Malay descent.- Biography:...
: Winner, Miss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5...
, 2002 - Jessica Tan: Winner, Miss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore UniverseMiss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5...
, 2007
Corporate
- Douglas Foo: Founder, Sakae SushiSakae SushiSakae Sushi is a restaurant chain based in Singapore serving Japanese cuisine, and is the flagship brand of Apex-Pal International Ltd...
; Entrepreneur of the Year, 1992 - Adam KhooAdam KhooAdam Khoo Yean Ann is a Singaporean entrepreneur, best-selling author and peak performance trainer. A self-made millionaire by the age of 26, he is one of the youngest millionaires in Singapore, and owns and runs several businesses in education, training, event management and advertising, all with...
: Best-selling author and peak-performance trainer - Willin LowWillin LowWillin Low is a lawyer-turned-restauranteur in Singapore.Low had studied at Victoria School, Victoria Junior College and University of Nottingham where he graduated with a law degree...
: Lawyer-turned-restauranteur - Chua Shenzi: Founder, NewUrbanMale.com (NUM)