NYP Staff Branch’s 6th Triennial General Meeting

The fact that there is a contest for the eight posts in the
committee shows that more members are interested and
want to be involved in the union,” said General Secretary
Teo Yock Ngee during his opening address at the AUPE
Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) Staff Branch’s 6th Triennia
l General Meeting (TGM) on 16 May 07.

Mr Teo shared his thoughts with some 40 members present
at the TGM on how AUPE had evolved over the past years to
align with NTUC’s policies and to stay relevant. He said that
to move forward, AUPE had organised a Business Planning
Seminar in January this year to reposition AUPE as a Group
to grow and develop for the long run. He touched on some
of the recommendations by participants pertaining to the
areas of Administration, Management & Welfare Services,
AUPE Multi-purpose Co-operative Membership and Benefits,
and Organisation Development and Corporate Services. He
informed that AUPE had set aside a dollar from members’
union subscriptions towards the Building and Development
Fund that would help to finance the development of the
union’s current building in the future.

Mr Teo next highlighted the 5 dragonboats that the union
had embarked on in support of the LM2011 vision. He hoped
that members would work together at all levels to implement
thework plans and strategies towards the chosen dragonboats.
They are namely, the Gold Collar (Professional/Knowledge
workers), Silver Collar (Older Workers), Uth Movement (18 to 35 years), Singapore Tripartism Forum (STF) and Employment and Employability Institute (E2I).

Members present cast votes to elect 8 branch committee
members from the 13 nominations received. The key branch officials that comprised the Chairman, Secretary and Assistant Secretary were elected unopposed.

The annual Union Management Get-Together underscored the
solid and healthy relationship between the union and NYP management. Mr Lin Cheng Ton, Principal and Chief Executive
Officer of NYP was conferred the Medal of Commendation
Award by NTUC in 2006 for his role in building and nurturing a harmonious relationship between staff and union leaders in the school.

Members receive a door gift during registration.

Members queue up to cast their votes.

The elected team for a 3-year term (2007-2010)

Front row from left: Mr Philip Woo, Secretary, Mr Andrew Poh, Chairman, Ms Noor Shyma, AUPE Deputy General Secretary and
Mr Yap Chu Yong, Assistant Secretary.
Back row from left: Committee members- Mr Low Kim Tuck, Mr Choo Khoon Kheng, Mr Abdul Hamid, Mr Chandra Segaran,
Mr Charlie Tan, Ms Jennifer Koh, Mr Lee Boon Huat and Mr Pang Cheng Jiak.

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Union-Management Get-together 2007



Nanyang Polytechnic Union-Management Get-Together 2007

For the seventh consecutive year, and also a significant year as it marks Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) 15 th Anniversary, the HR Department organized a Union-Management Get-Together on 19 January 2007. It was an adventure-oriented, full-day programme at the PA-Outward Bound School (OBS), East Coast Park Campsite, culminating in a barbecue dinner with Principal & CEO, Mr. Lin
Cheng Ton and senior management staff.

Dressed in suitable attires, all the staff were engaged in
challenging activities such as crawling in a “Tunnel Maze” in
almost pitch dark condition; performing a “Step of Faith” in the
flying fox section and walking across tight-rope in the “New Challenge Rope Course” at about three storeys above ground. Through the challenges, it brought out the best of Team-building spirit among union members and management staff. Some
had even overcome the phobia of height through the great encouragement of all staff.

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Union-Management Get-together 2006


The annual Union-Management Get-together event was held on Thurs 30 March 2006.

All union members and management’s staff came in comfortable casual attire. The bus left NYP at about 8:45am heading Jurong
Island. The special visit to the Chemical Process Technology
Centre (CPTC) in Jurong Island gives us a good understanding
of the contribution and role played by NYP in this strategic
national initiative.

After the tour round the island, lunch was served at the CPTC
and followed by a friendly combined bowling tournament at
Raffles Marina Club.

AUPE National Day Dinner & Dance 2005

AUPE National Day Dinner & Dance at Neptune Theatre on 19 August 2005 With PCEO/NYP Mr Lin Cheng Ton, Penny Goh HR Director, AUPE Deputy General Secretary Noor Shyma & union members & Family.

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NYP Staff Branch Commitee TGM 2004

The NYP Staff Branch Committee for Y2004/2007 with AUPE Deputy General Secretaries, Ms Noor Shyma (2nd from left) and Mr Ma Wei Cheng (4th from left)

Mr Ma Wei Cheng Congratulate Mr Andrew Poh for being re-elected as NYP Branch Chairman	Mr Ma Wei Cheng & Ms Shyma Latiff, Deputy General Secretary together with newly re-elected NYP Union Chairman.

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Click here to view the speech of Mr Ma Wei Cheng in TGM 2004

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Union Management 28 Feb 2004

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An Union-Management Tea Session with Principal was held
on 20 March 2003, Thursday

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Union - Management Team Development and Communication Programme, 21 February 2003

It was an exciting morning to assemble at Nanyang Polytechnic Carpark5 at 7.30am on 21 February 2003 for a group of NYP staff comprising of 19 management and senior management staff, 8
union committee members and Deputy Secretary-General of AUPE, Ms Nor Shyma to take a coach to Ponggol Marina, and followed by a ferry ride to Pulau Ubin. This is the third year in a row Union-Management program organised by the Human Resource Department to foster  good and harmonious relationship between management and union committee members.

We arrived safely at Ubin Lagoon Resort, everyone in a cheerful
and relaxed mood to participate the programme dished out by
the organiser. After enjoying a morning tea-break in the tranquil
and serene atmosphere of Ubin cafe, the group was divided into
two teams to attempt a Low Rope Course, called "Nitro Crossing"- The challenge to succeed through innovation. The teams went through a process of brainstorming,  testing of the solution and
took out the challenge to move every  member of the team and
a pail of water from one end  to another end of a sandpit which is about 5 metres length by swinging on a rope. This is to examine
our productivities through innovation and prudent risk-taking.

The next process was to make our own raft with limited
resources, and able to sail across the lagoon with every team members on board the raft. One team had done it very well, while the other team had failed miserably. They built the raft, put it on the water, sat on it and paddled it for a while and the raft broke apart. Some screamed, everyone in that team got wet but had a good laugh. The objective of this activity is to learn that the quality of
the internal processes is ultimately more important than the
results. The team had failed to tie quality knots to secure the
drums and wooden sticks that make up the raft in order to
prevent them to drift apart with a heavy load of people sitting
on it.

In the afternoon, the teams encountered even more difficult
and brain-racking mission, "Crocodile Pit - Bridging the creativity gaps" and the other aptly named "Mission Impossible - Innovation makes the impossible possible". The aim of "Crocodile Pit" is to explore the innovative ways and barriers to creative thinking and learn the danger of groupthink (tendency of teams converge too quickly) which kills creativty and innovation; and "Mission Impossible" is to highlight to the participants the innovative
ways to work smart and the need to break rules (conventional thinking).

During the debrief session for these afternoon activities, we gathered the following points:

Here are some of the comments from the participants at the
end of the activities:

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NYP Staff Branch Committee TGM 2001

Newly appointed committee members with AUPE Deputy General Secretary Mr Ma Wei Cheng and AUPE Assistant General Secretary Ms Shyma Latiff

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The 4th Triennial General Meeting of the Nanyang Polytechnic Staff Branch of the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees was held
on 4 June 2001 at NYP-AMK Campus's lecture theatre.

Many members turned up that day for the TGM .This time there
was no challenge.
The newly elected Staff Branch Committee comprises of
members from various schools of NYP.
The new NYP Staff Branch Committee for the next 3 years ending
on year 2004 are:

Chairman :
Mr Andrew Poh Leong Seng
Secretary :
Mr Philip Woo Wai Meng
Asst Secretary :
Mr Yap Chu Yong

Committee Member :
Mr Low Kim Tuck
Mr Oma Simon
Mr Choo Khoon Kheng
Mr Abdul Hamid Bin Abdul Rahman
Ms Wendy Chan Shuk Fan
Ms Dorothy Siew May
Mr Chandra Segaran

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Last updated on 6-May-2008 by Pang Cheng Jiak