Get a headstart on your Labour Day celebrations by going on a culture-filled picnic with your loved ones this upcoming Public Holiday eve!

Interested? Click on the following link to purchase advance tickets ($45) at a 15% discount.

http://www.sistic.com.sg/cms/events/index.html?contentCodeBE=shake0512&specialCode=shake0512dp

Note from SRT
The link is valid from now till 29th April.

If you’re not a regular SISTIC customer, you’ll need to fill up an online form before buying the tickets
Registered SISTIC customers just need to key in their customer password to proceed with the purchase

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

From the company that brought you A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing and Macbeth, Twelfth Night is a rambunctious romantic comedy that will have you laughing and falling in love. Picnic under the stars and be romanced by this quirky and endearing comedy. SRT promises an unforgettable and magical evening for one and all. The production will be directed by Bruce Guthrie, Associate Director of The Bridge Project’s Richard III in 2012.

Queries? Contact Press Club MC member Carol Foo @ 81137055. 

3 ways to get netizens to be responsible
A MORE balanced and responsible Internet can be achieved if everyone – not just the Government – pitches in, said Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday.

In Commemoration of World IP Day   

Queries? Contact Press Club MC member Carol Foo @ 81137055.

Lunch Talk

“Traditional and online media in the new normal”

Guest Speaker
Dr Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Information, Communication and the Arts

Monday, 23 April 2012 12.15 to 2.00pm
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel 392 Havelock Road, Singapore

The media landscape in Singapore is shifting, with fewer young adults picking up newspapers and watching TV news and preferring to rely on online and social media for information instead. New media also played a significant role in the General and Presidential Elections in 2011, with younger Singaporeans expressing their desire for a greater plurality of views in political decision-making.

Here’s an opportunity to hear the views of the Minister in charge of Information, Communication and the Arts in Singapore and his views on the interplay between mainstream media and new media and prospects for both platforms in the next few years.

To attend the lunch talk, please fill in the Response Form and send it together with your payment to The Secretariat (see attached).

Speakers at the conference are drawn from Asia and the Middle East, from the media, academia and activist movements. The conference will be held at the Traders Hotel, Singapore. The tentative programme of the conference is attached. We are pleased to invite you to attend the conference.

The conference is a response to the dramatic political upheavals in the Middle East (North Africa and West Asia) which have put popular movements in the spotlight. The organisers want to explore various dimensions of the media’s role in ground-up political change, ranging from grassroots pressure for reform to full-blown uprisings, both in the run-up to major upheavals and in their aftermaths. By comparing experiences across a wide range of Asian and Middle Eastern countries they hope to highlight key trends, opportunities and concerns that journalists and policy makers should be aware of. The conference will look at the power and limits of new media, the trend towards transparency and accountability, the changing role of mainstream media and how the media can contribute to a healthy democratic culture.

Please refer to the program for full details of the conference. Places are available on first-come-first-served-basis. Thank you.

Vice-Presidents
Bhagman Singh, MediaCorp (re-elected)
Dicky Goh, Hindustan Times Overseas (re-elected)
Lau Joon-Nie, NTU (re-elected)

Honorary Secretary
George Joseph, SPH (re-elected)

Asst Hon Secretary
Carol Foo, MediaCorp (previous MC member)

Honorary Treasurer
Elsie Chua, SPH (re-elected)

Asst Hon Treasurer
Ronald Lam ex-UOBKayHian (re-elected)

Members
Leong Weng Kam, SPH (re-elected)
Malminderjit Singh, SPH (re-elected)
V.K. Santosh Kumar, SPH (new member)
Jacqueline Wu, SPH (new member)
Rachel Chang, SPH (new member)
Wee Sher-Yen, The Old Parliament House (new member)
Zhong Hua, SPH (new member)

Honorary Legal Advisor
Martin Marini, MPA (re-elected)

The presence of members at this annual meeting is essential to help our Club set its vision for the future and work for the benefit of all members. Those of you who are prepared to serve in the Management Committee are urged to offer yourselves for election into the MC.

Dinner will be served at the foyer outside the Conference Room.

Hope to see you at the AGM.

A talk by Mike Chinoy

CNN’s First Beijing Bureau Chief & Former Senior Asia Correspondent and Senior Fellow, US-China Institute, University of Southern California

Monday 2 April 2012, 3:30-5:30pm*

TR+7, Level 2

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information

Nanyang Technological University

31 Nanyang Link Singapore 637718

*Please note that there will be no documentary screening on 2 April. You may watch the one-hour documentary before attending Mike’s talk:
http://www.uschina.usc.edu/article@usct?assignment_china_the_week_that_changed_the_world_17887.aspx

Click here for details and directions.

As seating is limited, please RSVP by Friday 30 March, 12 noon to Ms Apple Poh, shpoh@ntu.edu.sg with your name and that of your guests and their organisations (if any). Light refreshments will be served.

Estonia, the most northerly of the three former Soviet Baltic republics, will be the next destination of the Singapore Press Club Goodwill Mission.

As Estonia is close to the Finnish capital of Helsinki, and just hours away from the famed Russian city of St Petersburg, the mission will also make side trips to these two lovely cities.

The itinerary is still being firmed up, but will include meetings with the President and Prime Minister of Estonia, as well as sightseeing of Estonia’s famous landmarks and outskirts.

The trip will take place from Friday 18 May to Sunday 27 May 2012, and is estimated to cost around $3,000 per person.

Exact costings and single room supplement will be given once the full itinerary is confirmed.

In the meantime, if you want to reserve a place, please send a $200 deposit to the Secretariat.

You have until 15 March 2012 to do this.

Please confirm your place early as we expect this trip to be highly popular and oversubscribed.

Download Registration Form