Uni days are filled with incredible – and sometimes unbelievable – moments. When Minister for Education Mr Chan Chun Sing paid NTU a visit recently, four recent NTU grads challenged him to a game of “True or False”. Now it’s your turn to guess which of their claims are true. Have a go at them before watching the video for the answers
by Rahila Daud
“Which line is the truth?”
B Viveka
Mathematics & Computational
Thinking and Education
“I tasted 100 bottles of red wine for a research project.”
VS
“I represented NTU at a global United Nations leadership forum.”
Nicole Lim
Sport Science & Management
“I’m a national athlete and I train up to 10 times a week, even while managing a knee injury.”
VS
“I took a gap semester to train and compete in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.”
Haikal Rizal
Sociology
“A few days after I reached my exchange destination, I was recalled because of the pandemic.”
VS
“During COVID-19, I volunteered to go for house visits to convince the elderly to get their vaccinations.”
Dylan Kwok
Media Art (Game Design)
“I published three short stories as an NTU undergrad.”
VS
“I designed nine video games, one of which topped the App Store charts.”
Minister Chan’s campus connection
Who knew? Education Minister Chan Chun Sing once played interior designer for an office at NTU.
Nearly 30 years ago, while in the armed forces, he helped set up the Institute of Defence & Strategic Studies, now part of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). In those early days of starting the institute, which was then led by Mr S R Nathan (who later became Singapore’s president), it was all hands on deck. Mr Chan was involved in conceptualising the use of the space, including helping to pick out furniture and decide where to place the electrical sockets.
“Once in a while, I feel that I should go back to RSIS and see if the wires are still laid according to our plan,” he quips.
This story was published in the Sep-Oct 2024 issue of HEY!. To read it and other stories from this issue in print, click here.
