Maritime Youth Festival
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Proudly brought to you by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the Maritime Youth Festival that was held on 16 and 17 July 2016 is the first ever dedicated platform to cultivate youth’s interest in the maritime industry. It allows youth to explore the exciting opportunities that this important sector of Singapore can offer.
Put together in partnership with education institutions, private organisations and public agencies, the inaugural Maritime Youth Festival was attended by some 3,200 youths. Missed the chance to join us at the Festival? Here’s what the youth explored and discovered over the two days!
LAUNCH OF
MARITIME YOUTH FESTIVAL
The inaugural Maritime Youth Festival kicked
off with a launch ceremony at Tan Quee Lan Street on 16 July.
Launch of Maritime Youth Festival by Guest of
Honour, Mrs Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of Transport (Middle), Mr Andrew
Tan, Chief Executive of MPA (Left) and Mr Esben Poulsson, President of
Singapore Shipping Association (Right).
As part of the launch ceremony, eight shortlisted fashion entries for the Youth Creativity Awards were showcased on the runway.
Mr Siah Kar Hoe’s unique designs won the
hearts of our judges and clinched the top award for the Youth Creativity Awards
– Fashion Category.
The STEP Youth Crew conducted an energetic
performance to celebrate life and the youthful energy for everyone young at
heart.
SHOWCASE OF YOUTH CREATIVITY AWARDS – GIFTS CATEGORY
From March to May 2016, MPA also invited youths to express their creativity through the iteration of maritime-themed gift ideas. Mrs Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State,
Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of
Transport, speaking to Mr Benjamin Xue, winner for the Youth Creativity Awards
– Gifts Category at the Youth Creativity Awards Booth.
SHOWCASE
OF MARITIME YOUTH CLUB PROJECTS
Managed by MPA, the Maritime Youth Club (MYC) is a core
youth engagement programme to raise awareness of Maritime Singapore among
youths, through organising maritime-related activities at their respective
campuses. Some of the MYCs were also
invited to participate at the Festival.
Singapore University of Technology
& Design (SUTD)
Students from SUTD’s Multi-Rotor
Society employed cutting-edge technology in the maritime context by adopting
laser-cutting techniques to create vessel models that festival participants raced
with. The students also showed the aerial views of our lighthouses that are
captured by drones which are constructed by them.
Festival participants
were able to put their skills to test as they built their own vessels at
Singapore University of Technology and Design’s booth.
Singapore Polytechnic (SP)
Ever wonder how would maritime smell
like? Festival participants were able to follow their noses to the booth where
students from SP’s Diploma in Perfumery and Cosmetics Science showcased their
specially curated maritime-scent, ‘Ocean Dream’.
Students from Singapore Polytechnic’s Diploma in Perfumery and Cosmetics Science showcasing their specially curated scent to Mrs Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Ministry of Transport.
Temasek Polytechnic (TP)
Designers from TP’s School of Design
expressed their definition of “maritime” by printing maritime-themed t-shirts
and tote bags for a good cause. Proceeds
from sales were directed to the Design Project Fund for the school’s needy
students.
Festival participants rendering support at Temasek Polytechnic’s booth, where proceeds from the sales were directed to the Design Project Fund for the school’s needy students.
MARITIME
SPARTAN YOUTH CHALLENGE
Maritime Singapore is vital,
versatile, resilient and leading; and our Maritime Spartan Youth Challengers
demonstrated these attributes during their attempts to overcome the 11 Spartan
obstacles.
AROO! We are the
Maritime Spartan Youth Challengers!
MARITIME
CAREER CORNER
For youths who weren’t sure about
what Singapore’s maritime ecosystem comprises, they were able to learn more
about the various maritime sectors through the games specially created for the
festival.
If
you think navigating through this the steady-hand game is tough, imagine how ship
captains navigate the giant vessels through our busy port waters!
Young maritime professionals were also invited to share about their inspiring job experiences at the Festival’s Career Corner.
To help Festival participants to gain awareness of their personality types, Employment & Employability Institute (e2i) also helped Festival participants to discover more about themselves through interesting personality profiling activities.
Festival participants
were able to find out more about their personalities through a simple test
offered by e2i.
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