Crown Prince Visits MediaCorp And IDSS

Bandar Seri Begawan - His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Pg Muda Hj AlMuhtadee Billah and HRH Paduka Seri Pg Anak Isteri Pg Anak Sarah continued their official visit to Singapore yesterday with separate programmes, RTB reported.

In the morning, HRH the Crown Prince visited the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) where His Royal Highness, who was accompanied by Prince Abdul Qawi, was greeted on arrival by Deputy Director of IDSS, Professor Amitav Acaharya.

HRH the Crown Prince was briefed on issues pertaining to international terrorism and its implications on regional security, RTB said.

The institute was inaugurated on July 30, 1996 as an autonomous research institute within the Nanyang Technological University. It aims to develop a community of scholars and policy analysts at the forefront of Asia Pacific security studies and international affairs, RTB said.

From the university, HRH the Crown Prince proceeded to the MediaCorp Caldecott Broadcast Centre where His Royal Highness was welcomed by the Chief Executive Officer, Ernest Wong.

HRH the Crown Prince was briefed on current developments and achievements of the broadcasting centre by Ernest Wong. RTB reported that MediaCorp features prominently in the development of Singapore's broadcasting history. It commenced radio broadcast on June 1, 1936 and television broadcast on February 15, 1963.

Today, MediaCorp is Singapore's largest broadcaster with a complete range of media businesses spanning television, radio, entertainment and movie production, newspapers, magazines, electronic media and other broadcasting services, RTB said.

HRH the Crown Prince toured the centre, where the first stop was the studio where the filming of various local television programmes are done and where dramas and sitcoms are conducted. His Royal Highness had the opportunity to witness the filming of a local comedy drama.

The News Room of Channel News Asia also attracted the attention of His Royal Highness, who consented to have a closer look at the facilities and equipment.

RTB said one of the companies under MediaCorp Group is MediaCorp Asia, owner of Channel News Asia, which is the only television news channel in Singapore with a regional reach providing the latest in news and current affairs with Asia perspectives and lifestyles as well as analysis programmes that reflect executive views and tastes.

MediaCorp News also produces and distributes news and current affairs programmes in Chinese, Malay and Tamil languages for MediaCorp's station and overseas markets.

Channel News Asia was inaugurated in September 2000 and its satellite network covers areas from the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia up to Australia, RTB said.

The Crown Prince attended a luncheon hosted by the MediaCorp Centre as well as receive a souvenir. RTB said a Memorandum of Understanding in Broadcasting between Brunei Darussalam and Singapore has been in place for 14 years.

Among the projects under the agreement is drama, debating, exchange of television

programmes and joint production of television programmes.

Meanwhile, HRH Paduka Seri Pg Anak Isteri Pg Anak Sarah yesterday morning visited the Singapore Sports School where Her Royal Highness was welcomed by the School Principal, Moo Soon Chong.

Her Royal Highness was presented with the school's Corporate Video and attended a briefing on youth development policies conducted by Chan Mun Wei, Deputy Director of Youth Division at the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports Development.

RTB said the Singapore Sports School is a specialised, independent school operating under the Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports Development.

The school was officially opened in April last year. All the students take a four- or three-year course, at the end of which they sit for the GCE `O' level examination. Students take up to nine subjects in the Upper Secondary levels, depending on their sports schedule and academic achievement.

The school covers seven hectares, about the size of seven football fields. It offers eight sports activities - badminton, bowling, netball, soccer, swimming, table tennis as well as track and field events.

The school is the only one in Singapore to have its own science sports academy offering services such as Exercise Physiology, Sports Biomechanics, Sports Psychology, Nutrition and Sports Medicine.

The school's vision is to provide students with the best possible sports training and support systems to help realise their sporting potential and talent as well as to produce national athletes. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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