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Special Interview with                                                                                                The document processing team mainly  were entertained by the show. However,
                                                                                                                                   focuses on the communication between  a minor error occurred in the video. In
               the President of 2022                                                                                               the societies as the Spring Festival Gala  order to do better next time, we should

                 Spring Festival Gala                                                                                              requires many societies to bring out  start preparing the video earlier instead of
                                                                                                                                   outstanding performances. The advocacy  burning the midnight oil, double-check the
                                                                                                                                   team is in charge of propagating posters  videos either on the timing or the quality
                                                             (“祥虎佑坤成”), popped into our mind                                       and discussing how to attract the audience.  to ensure we produce the best video to the
                                                             and we decided to use this as our concept.                            The show and design team designs the  audiences.
                                                             As such, the final theme, “The Guardian of                            performances and events while the editing
                                                             Kuen Cheng” (坤成守卫队)was born.
                                                                                                                                   team edits the whole video.                        8. What did you learn from being a
                                                                                                                                                                                      member of the committee?
                                                             2. Why do you want  to take part in                                   5. When did the preparation for the gala
                                                             organising this Spring Festival Gala?
                                                                                                                                   start?                                             Communication is crucial in organising this
                                                                                                                                                                                      kind of event. All ideas must be conveyed
                                                             Since the school used to recruit organising                           We actually had a very tight time as the  clearly so we don’t get confused about
                                                             committees from clubs and seldom open                                 bureau was out at the start of December  what was supposed to be done. Besides, we
                                                             recruitment to all students, this is a rare                           and the gala will be held on the 31st of  learnt more about programming to elevate

                                                             opportunity and a great platform for                                  January which is new year’s eve. We had to  our productivity in producing eCerts. We
                             Hoo Ying Yi,                    students to learn and improve. In addition,                           finish by the beginning of January, which is  also learnt about leadership and how to
            President of 2022 Kuen Cheng Spring Gala         I have not organised any major school                                 only 5-6 weeks to prepare.                         collaborate with each other better.
                                                             activities, so I decided to seize this once in
           During the Chinese Lunar New Year,  a lifetime opportunity.
           Kuen Cheng High School Co-Curricular                                                                                    6. What problems did you face during  9. What are your thoughts on the event?
           Department organised the Spring Festival  3. What is the criteria for recruiting the                                    the preparation?
           Cultural Week. One of the most anticipated  organising committee?                                                                                                          We were delighted and touched to see
           activities, the Spring Festival Gala was                                                                                There were lots of problems, but time was  so many people turned up for the event.

           broadcasted live on Youtube from 8 pm to  There are no special criteria. They are                                       the biggest challenge. In order to make it  KC-ians are very supportive. Also, we
           12 am on 31st of January 2022. We were  graded                based     on    their    interview                        in time, we had to work at midnight when  were massively grateful to all staff and
           honoured to interview the President of the  performance.  Students  who  are  creative,                                 everyone was sleeping. It was painful  teachers for their support. We have been
           2022 Kuen Cheng Spring Festival Gala,  experienced in organising activities and                                         but enjoyable at the same time. Another  brainstorming ideas and soaking up the
                                                                                                                                   challenge we faced was to make up the  Chinese  Lunar  New  Year  atmosphere
           Senior Hoo Ying Yi. The following is the  editing as well as able to think independently                                time as 4 hours is a very long time for a big  since last Christmas and we are going to
           content of the interview:                         are more likely to be recruited.
                                                                                                                                   event like this. We invited our friends and  miss the Spring Festival Gala a lot. Last but
                                                                                                                                   teachers to perform and edited everything.  not least, we felt so lucky to be part of the
           1. What inspired the theme of this Spring  4. What are the teams of crews behind
           Festival Gala?                                    the scenes?                                                           It was a big challenge.                            committee. We also felt very accomplished
                                                                                                                                                                                      that the event went very well.
                                                                                                                                   7. Do you feel satisfied with the show
           Originally, we thought of using weddings as  There are 4 teams, the advocacy team,                                                                                                                   Jointly reported by:

           the theme because weddings are known as  the document processing team, the show                                         and did it reach your expectations? How                                 Chloe Soh Ke Er Jr2Z(3)
           double happiness and an auspicious event.  and design team and the editing team.                                        to  attract  more  audiences  to  watch  the                      Rachel Koh Huey Shin Jr3Z(2)
           We planned to hold a marriage proposal for  The members are not divided equally                                         Spring Festival Gala?                                              Grace Low Shing Wei Sr2ScA
           the two mascots. However, throughout our  around the teams as the design team and                                       It reached our expectations. Audiences
           discussion, the plot gradually turned into  the editing team need more people to
           a hero saving a damsel in distress. All of  handle the designing and editing work                                       claimed that the content was very attractive,
           the sudden, the theme of this Spring Week,  while the advocacy team and document                                        and they couldn’t wait to watch the next
           “Auspicious Tiger Protecting Kuen Cheng”  processing team do not need many people.                                      show. We really hope that the audiences


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