Education
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) July 1991 to May 1995
Bachelor of Arts (Merit) Majored in Mass Communication, Human Resources, Sociology and Anthropology, and English Literature Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences National University of Singapore, 3 GCE A Levels 2 AO Levels Jan 1989 to Dec 1990
Saint Andrew’s Junior College English Literature (A), History (A), General Paper (A), Chinese (B) , GCE O Levels Jan 1985 to Dec 1988
Grade 5 in Theory, Grade 6 in Practical (piano)
Saint Nicholas Girls’ School, Languages: English and Mandarin at advanced level, Japanese at intermediate level.
Voluntary / NGO Work
Member of the Executive Committee of The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware), a Non-Governmental Organisation (2001 - 2005)
Member of the Organising Committee, The Community Chest Awards, organised by The National Council of Social Services (2001 - 2003)
Training
Writing and presenting for radio, feature production, Oct 1997 to Feb 2000
Radio formatics and programming, Oct 1997 to Feb 2000
Associated Board of Royal School of Music, London, Grade 5 in Theory, Grade 6 in Practical (piano), 1985 to 1990
Coaching and Mentoring Skills for Leaders conducted by the Civil Service College, 2007
New Media Boot Camp conducted by the PR Academy, May 2008
Advanced Presentation and Powerpoint Skills conducted by Impress Training, Aug 2008
Harnessing the Power of Digital and Social Media - Three-day workshop for PR and communications senior managers, Aug 2010)
IT Skills
Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Adobe Photoshop and In-Design 5
Audio editing programmes eg Dalet and Session 8
Website content development and management