tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58221273862412195182024-02-21T06:43:05.508-08:00sher scribeFormerly with The Straits Times, Wong Sher Maine is a Singapore-based award-winning freelance writer. Under "LABELS" on the right, click on what you want to see.Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13570217214233274619noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822127386241219518.post-48103425675358805422021-05-16T22:49:00.001-07:002021-05-22T22:58:48.977-07:00LIFE: Parenting Column<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;">Publication: Life</span></p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 17 May 2021</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: My daughter broke fast with her best friend</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: A parenting column which describes how my daughter gets to appreciate racial and religious diversity by living and breathing it with friends.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">Extract: "Appreciating racial and religious diversity from an academic context the way I do, is very different from living and breathing it with two friends you talk to every day via WhatsApp video calls or stay over with."</span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_eqj-HzZwpQoixp01I8hbX1UB8ouHX898mUVUtKJP2kewldQ74cpc8Hd0krzZ0H5s1yiinp7Yaibnu-vN5kbKgjFKkyT1wIvnXvK0jewBo4cOAU1jLyRBFGiRGywqS3XlnCGfbTrg_0/s1754/17+May+2021+Life+-page-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_eqj-HzZwpQoixp01I8hbX1UB8ouHX898mUVUtKJP2kewldQ74cpc8Hd0krzZ0H5s1yiinp7Yaibnu-vN5kbKgjFKkyT1wIvnXvK0jewBo4cOAU1jLyRBFGiRGywqS3XlnCGfbTrg_0/w283-h400/17+May+2021+Life+-page-001.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></div>Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13570217214233274619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822127386241219518.post-17704924565448407412017-01-26T07:35:00.000-08:002017-01-26T07:36:02.154-08:00PETIR: Ong Ye Kung<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Publication: PETIR (Magazine for the People's Action Party of Singapore)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: December 2016</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: December 2016</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: An interview with Ng Chee Meng, Minister for Education (Schools) and Second Minister for Transport. He was formerly the Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 2015</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: The Istana (Malay for palace) is the official residence and office of the President of Singapore. This book was commissioned by the President in line with Singapore's 50th birthday celebration in 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 2015</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 2015</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 2015</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: Rehearsal for Life</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: A 128-page book documenting the evolution of Western classical youth orchestras in Singapore, focusing on the milestone period between 1980 - 1990 when the Singapore Youth Orchestra under the baton of Vivien Goh set a firm foundation for future growth.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: CCMC 50 Golden Jubilee: 1964 - 2014</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: A 200-page photo book for which I wrote the captions. The book also features profile interviews depicting the evolution of Singapore's Community Centres / Clubs in its 50-year history.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 2014</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: A Mandarin Anchor in a Changing World</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: A 250-page bilingual book on the evolution, impact and future of Singapore's longest-running social campaign, the Speak Mandarin Campaign. I wrote the English half of the book.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 2013</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: Rise to the Challenge - Singapore Sports School, 2004-2013. A Decade of Excellence</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: A 190-page book on the history and day-to-day activities of the Singapore Sports School.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"><b>Days of our Lives</b> - A narrative on the colourful history of the Singapore Sports School</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 2012</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: 20/20 Vision - The EMAS Story</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: A 100-page book on the history of EMAS, a global offshore contractor which offers offshore engineering solutions for the entire oilfield lifecycle. I co-wrote the book.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">(Following excerpt showcases one chapter in the book on the man who founded the company, Mr Lee Kian Soo)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: March / April 2013</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: "Good planning is not just about now"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: An interview with Ng Lang, the Chief Executive of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore, which is the national land use planning and conservation authority.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: A two-page technical case study on how one company benefits from using Acumatica.</span><br />
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Date: 2012<br />
Title: Towards Seamless Quality Care - Together. The Eastern Health Alliance's inaugural year (Annual Report 2011)<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Publication: Real Love Works (Magazine for Marriage Central, a Government agency which promotes marriage in Singapore)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: November /December 2012</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: An interview with Grace Fu, Minister for the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Environment and Water Resources. She is the second woman in Singapore's history to hold the status of full Minister. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">Extract: "For all that her name connotes - Grace and in Chinese, Hai Yien which means sea swallow - Ms fu is anything but soft. Her favourite quote, as outlined on her Facebook page, is one from Churchill: "You have enemies? Good. That means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life."</span><br />
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Date: September/October 2012<br />
Title: "Softer side of Lawrence Wong"<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Extract: "There is a certain boyish delight when he finds out that you sent your child to a neighbourhood school in Marine Parade. 'Really? I used to live in the HDB estate next to that school,' exclaims the Tanjong Katong Secondary and Victoria Junior College alumnus."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: 2012</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: Championing Manufacturing - Partner in Nation Building</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: July / August 2012</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: Dealing with Dementia</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: Interviews with two ladies who had to care for loved ones with dementia.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">Extract: It is when illness strikes that wedding vows - 'in sickness and in health, until death do us part' - are truly tested. When Peter Wong was struck down with dementia, his wife Rose rose magnificently to the task to give him the best of herself.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><b>Note: Peter died shortly after the article was published, and the article was given out by Rose to those who attended the funeral, in memory of Peter.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: September/October 2012</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Title: "We have a strong adversity quotient."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: An interview with Chew Hock Yong, the Chief Executive of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, which plans, operates and maintains Singapore's land transport infrastructure and systems.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">Extract: Here is probably the question you have always wanted to ask the man at the helm of Singapore's Land Transport Authority - Do you take public transport?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Date: October 2011</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Description: An interview with Guy Hoh, a hunter who runs Singapore's first professional shooting sports coaching and consultancy business.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;">Extract: Hoh fondly recalls evenings, with sundowners in his hands, fresh game roasting on the grill and the warm sunset on his face. To the leukaemia survivor, nothing makes him feel more alive than hunting in Africa.</span><br />
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13570217214233274619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822127386241219518.post-5458156567121501342012-03-31T20:01:00.002-07:002014-04-30T09:21:29.143-07:00Eastern Health Alliance: Launch BookPublication: The Eastern Health Alliance's launch book <br />
Date: 18 November 2011<br />
Title: Walking Together - Journeys of hope from Eastern Singapore<br />
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Description: A 40-page softcover book to launch the Eastern Health Alliance, a regional health system for the people of eastern Singapore comprising Changi General Hospital, St. Andrew's Community Hospital, SingHealth Polyclinics and The Salvation Army Peacehaven Nursing Home.<br />
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The book comprises three fictional stories, inspirational in nature, which show how patients would move through the Eastern Health Alliance system of the near future.<br />
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I wrote the three stories which feature patients with diabetes, hip fracture and stroke.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">(Following excerpt showcases one story on the diabetic patient)</span><br />
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Publication: The Straits Times Spring Sensations(Travel pull-out supplement for The Straits Times, Singapore's national broadsheet)<br />
Date: 20 March 2012<br />
Title: Wild about Darwin<br />
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Description: A travel article about Darwin, Australia<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Extract: The best time to visit Darwin is in June. It is winter and when the rain doesn't fall for six straight months, the sky is cloudless and the hot dry air has a pleasant chilly bite at night. In December, the rain sometimes falls so hard, cars float and lightning dances all day.</span><br />
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Sherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13570217214233274619noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822127386241219518.post-11430312208246544102012-03-06T18:47:00.003-08:002013-04-13T01:42:41.745-07:00Sparkle: Geraldene Lowe-IsmailPublication: Sparkle(Magazine for the Park Hotel Group, one of Asia-Pacific's fastest expanding hospitality groups)<br />
Date: Spring 2012<br />
Title: Walk on the Wild Side<br />
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Description: An interview with 73-year-old Geraldene Lowe-Ismail, one of Singapore's oldest and most knowledgeable tour guides<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Extract: Her narrative is less a textbook account than a compelling Scheherazade retelling of historical characters, including the parts she and even family members played in the story.</span><br />
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