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Ballet at Singapore Dance Theatre
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” – Anon. Generously sponsored by Laura Hwang, this private performance showcased the legendary Goh Choo-San and award-winning Tim Rushton’s choreography. Energetic, vibrant, beautifully choreographed and executed contemporary pieces led to the standing ovation at the end of the dances. The opening dance, “Fives” reflected the vibrancy in the music and showed the exceptional agility of the male dancers. In the final “Evening voices”, the highly styled movements compositions brought about by the excellent control of the dancers exuded the fluidity of waves. Together with the soul stirring music from Rachmaninov, it was indeed a feast for the soul. Our Singapore talent and branding are ready for the world stage. Evening voices Fives IWF and their guests waiting for the dance to start Laura Huang addressing the audience with Janek Schergen Artistic Director in the background
Ballet at Singapore Dance Theatre
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul” – Anon. Generously sponsored by Laura Hwang, this private performance showcased the legendary Goh Choo-San and award-winning Tim Rushton’s choreography. Energetic, vibrant, beautifully choreographed and executed contemporary pieces led to the standing ovation at the end of the dances. The opening dance, “Fives” reflected the vibrancy in the music and showed the exceptional agility of the male dancers. In the final “Evening voices”, the highly styled movements compositions brought about by the excellent control of the dancers exuded the fluidity of waves. Together with the soul stirring music from Rachmaninov, it was indeed a feast for the soul. Our Singapore talent and branding are ready for the world stage.
Wealth Tax
How to close the rich-poor gap divide without harming the economy The talk by Shantini Ramachandra held insightful tips of the dos and don’ts on wealth planning. She also touched on the potential areas where governmental intervention might occur to increase tax on those who are asset rich.Her thoughtful insights on different areas of taxes and why the possibility of those being increased were slim, enabled the attendees to realise how Singapore was attracting international wealth to flow in. The lively discussion after allowed our 13 attendees to seek clarification on different aspects of succession planning. It also provoked thoughts on how there could be a better distribution of wealth from the top to benefit those who needed
Xpace
A phoenix rising from the ashes Nichol Ng is the hostess with a heart. Xinc consists of several different companies including the Foodbank. Much has been said about the good work that the Foodbank has achieved. Low income families have benefitted from being able to eat well and food wastage from various hotels, restaurants has been reduced. The beginnings of Xinc was one fraught with tales of toil, sweat and tears. A financial crisis which brought the business to its knees was once again thriving with the tenacity and foresight of the siblings Nichol and her brother. Locally grown vegetables are now a viable business with the business model that Xinc has come up with. Many success stories have been told but few have been told where the heart of the business is kindness to those who work for them and around them.
DP Architects : Creating For The Future
Creating for the future Angelene Chan gave us the opportunity to glimpse into thought processes of the Singapore poster child in architect world – DP Architects. Boasting a staff of over 900 people in the sprawling space of Marina Square, we heard first hand from the directors of the different divisions how a building is constructed. The quality of air, effects on and amount of wind, prevention of rain run offs, carbon neutrality etc were just some of the issues that every structure would tackle. Perhaps the most promising ideas that the firm is putting forth are the nationwide simulation maps which would bring together both the public and private sectors’ data. Thereby allowing the simulation of planting new buildings in a plot of land and predicting the effects it would have on its surroundings. The possibilities of this project are vast and much of the technology from the gaming industry can be transferred and reused for it. IWF Geh min and Laura examining the DPA wheel with the directors of DPA Director Hui Min explaining about carbon dioxide levels in a room and how it affects us DPA and IWF
