VJC Soccer

Support our soccer boys!

VJC boys will be playing Meridian Junior College in the ‘A’ Division National Soccer Semi-Finals.

Date: 17 May 2013 (Friday)
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Millennia Institute

Photo credit: 2009 President’s Challenge ‘A’ Division Soccer (VJC vs MJC)

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VS Open House 2013

The VS Open House is happening on Saturday, 1 June 2013 from 08:00am to 12:30pm.

Enjoy school tours, introductions to the DSA Sports, DSA IP, Art Elective Programme, and the many programmes and CCAs that build a Victorian into a Gentleman, Professional and Sportsman.

Find out more about what VS has to offer.  More details for the Open House can be found here.

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VS Open House

Direct School Admission for 2014 Secondary

MOE has just announced the start of the Direct School Admission Exercise for the 2014 Secondary 1 cohort. See http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2013/05/start-of-the-2013-direct-admission-exercises.php.

At VS, we welcome talented boys to join the Victorian family via:
a) DSA (Sports/O Level) for admission to the 4-year ‘O’ Level Programme;
b) DSA (Integrated Programme) for admission to 6-year VCA IP;
c) DSA (Sports/Integrated Programme) for admission to the 6-year VCA IP.

For more details, refer to http://vs.moe.edu.sg/admissions.html.

The DSA application is to be done strictly via the online form provided. Application closes on 1 July 2013 and late application will not be considered.

Admission to 2014 Year 3 Integrated Programme

The application for admission into the 2014 Year 3 Integrated Programme is also open. We welcome outstanding Secondary 2 boys (who are currently not in VS) to apply for admission to Year 3 of the Victoria-Cedar Alliance Integrated Programme in 2014. Successful students will spend two years in VS and the final two years in Victoria Junior College (VJC), leading to the GCE ‘A’ Level Examinations.

For more details, refer to http://vs.moe.edu.sg/admission_year3_ip.html. The application is to be done strictly via the online form provided. Application closes on 1 July 2013 and late application will not be considered.

Open House on Saturday, 1 June 2013

VS Open House will be held on Saturday, 1 June, 8.00am -12.30pm. Our theme for this year’s Open House is ‘Shine’.
The details for the Open House can be found in http://vs.moe.edu.sg/announcement062.html.

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Lim Chap Huat

As a toddler, Lim Chap Huat would tuck a pencil behind one ear and potter around his home, holding a ruler against the wall.

When his mother asked what he was doing, he would reply in Hokkien: “Wah kee chu.” The phrase literally translates into: “I build house.”

“Maybe it’s destiny, maybe I’m fated to do this,” says Mr Lim, now 59, with a shrug and a smile from an armchair in the lobby of the Shangri-La Hotel. By “this”, he means founding and running Soilbuild, a builder and developer of residential and industrial properties.

Read more below.

Source: The Straits Times © Singapore Press Holdings Limited. Reproduced with permission

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As a nine-year-old, he had only one goal – to become the richest and most powerful man on earth. Yet, it was not driven by a desire to have a better life. For the young boy, it was so that he could take revenge on his parents.

Mr Jim Lim, now 36, grew up in an abusive and violent household. When he was four, his mother, a housewife, would strip him naked and throw him out into the common corridor of their one-room Housing Board flat in Boon Lay. His only comfort for the night was a thin mattress to sleep on.

Read more on AsiaOne.

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