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                                  Competition                                                                                        “We prefer it to be held online. By that,  Jackson Yeoh: I would say that my video
               Committee Interview                                                                                                 we could avoid unexpected situations  editing skills improved after being in charge
                                                                                                                                   that might occur during the face-to-face  of compiling the participants’ recordings
                                                                                                                                   competition. Moreover, the contestants  and the emcees’ announcements into one
           During  the  Chinese  Lunar  New  Year             1. Why did you organize the Chinese Lunar                            were given more time to prepare for the  video for the finale, albeit it is tough to be
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           Curricular Department held the Spring             the preparation of the event start?                                   even better. Nevertheless, the Chinese  a useful experience in the end.
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           Festival Cultural Week. One of the most                                                                                 Lunar New Year atmosphere is still
           anticipated activities, which was the             “We were recommended by our teacher                                   maintained.”                                      Ooi Qian Qian: While preparing for the
           Singing Competition, was held on 12th             to organize this event. We just followed                                                                                event, I mostly learnt about the importance
                                                                                                                                   3. What difficulties did you face during the  of effective communication skills between
           of February via Zoom video platform.              the template given by our teacher in the                              3. W  h a t diffic u l t ies did y o u face d ur in g t h e
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           We were honored to interview the                  preparation of the singing competition.                               preparation of the event?                         the teachers and my partner in order to
           two committee members of the event,               The contestants were required to wear red                                                                               arrange an event successfully.
           Ooi Qian Qian and Jackson Yeoh. The               shirts and sing new year songs to ring in the                         “Since the contest was publicized later than
           following are the contents of the interview:      new year. We took one month to prepare                                the other Chinese Lunar New Year events,  6. What are your thoughts on the event?6. What are your thoughts on the event?
                                                             for this event.”                                                      we faced issues advertising the competition
                                                                                                                                   as no one was aware of a new programme.  “We’re really grateful for the people who
                                                                                                                                   Thus, having enough participants became  turned up at the event and participated
                                                                                                                                   a concern for the two of us. Fortunately it  in voting for the Popularity Award. We
                                                                                                                                   was solved as we managed to invite friends  encourage other students to also contribute
                                                                                                                                   to participate or to watch the competition  to the event from behind the scenes next
                                                                                                                                   and spread the words through them.”               year  in  order  to  present  a  bigger,  better
                                                                                                                                                                                     programme, and for future participants
                                                                                                                                   4. Did the event meet your expectations?
                                                                                                                                   4. Did t h e e v en t m e et y o ur exp e c t a t io n s?  to get creative and come up with new
                                                                                                                                                                                     ideas and interesting performances for
                                                                                                                                   “Absolutely! We were pleasantly surprised  the next Chinese Lunar New Year Singing
                                                                                                                                   by the number of attendees once the event  Competition.”
                                                                                                                                   came to show, as we were expecting only a
                                                                                                                                   small amount of guests. The competition’s
                                                                                                                                   popularity had exceeded our expectations          Jointly reported by:
                                                                                                                                                                                     Tan Qi Xuan Sr1A
                                                                                                                                   when there were more than 30 applications         Grace Low Shing Wei Sr2ScA
                                                                                                                                   submitted,  and we were ultimately
                                                                                                                                   astounded to see a whopping 300 audiences
                                     Group photo of reporters and interviewees                                                     in the Zoom meeting room when the finale
                                                                                                                                   rolled around.”
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