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 The ACSOBA hosted the inaugural
One ACS Career Forum Webinar for
the students, parents and alumni of the
ACS family and the Methodist schools
in Singapore on July 18. Organised
by the ACSOBA and sponsored by the
ACS Foundation (“ACSF”), the Forum,
with the webinar being the ninth edition,
is an annual flagship One ACS event
that reaches out to all our ACS units
and seeks to strengthen the bonds
within the ACS family. The webinar was
extremely well received with more than
1500 ACSians past and present, as
well as students from Methodist Girls’
School, Fairfield Methodist School and
Geylang Methodist School registering
for the webinar.
During the opening prayer, Morgan Zhou
led participants in giving
 thanks to God
for the incredible privilege to gather as
one Methodist family of schools for the
One ACS Career Forum and to respond
in praise, gratitude and obedience to
God’s calling placed upon their lives.
Lock Wai Han, the President of the ACS
Old Boys’ Association, delivered the
opening address and highlighted the
context of a Covid-19 world and how
the forum would shed light on what to
expect, how to survive, adapt and thrive
in the ‘new normal’ through the collective
wisdom and insight of alumni panellists
and speakers representing all our 7 ACS
schools. He also expressed gratitude to
the ACSF for its active support of the
Forum from its inception. The ACSF is
the umbrella foundation for all of the
ACS schools, which assists them in
enhancing the holistic education
 needs of
our students and teachers, and through
them, helps to share with society the
blessings and rewards of receiving an
ACS education.
After a virtual rendition of the school
anthem, Jonathan Yuen, Equity Partner,
Rajah and Tann Singapore LLP engaged
our distinguished alumni, Sandra Chua,
Senior Manager, Cyber Security Agency
of Singapore; Dr Wong Tien Hua, Family
Medicine Practitioner and Past President
of the Singapore Medical Association;
Kelly Koh, Director of Admissions,
Singapore Institute of Technology; and
Jeremy Nguee, Chef-Owner, Preparazzi
Group of Brands, in a lively discussion on
career experiences, advice and personal
lessons learned from their own time at
ACS and in their own career
 journeys.
They also discussed the impact that
Covid-19 has had on the workforce and
how their industries have had to react,
recreate and innovate in this rapidly
evolving economic reality.
Geetha Creffield, Head of Arts, ACJC,
led the next segment of the webinar and
hosted ACS alumni from our 7 schools
– Dr Abigail Nyam, Kathleen Teo, Tavis
Tan, Patrick Tjandra and Kevin Ong – in
a discussion on what to expect during
the tertiary admissions process, the
qualities that admissions panels look out
for as well as tips on how to differentiate
oneself from other candidates in today’s
highly competitive environment. The
Q&A module was abuzz with activity
throughout the webinar; panellists and
speakers responded to a total of 65
questions in both the Q&A module as
well as through their live segments!
For the panellists and speakers, this
was a special occasion to reconnect
with friends virtually, renew ties with the
ACS family, bear testimony of God’s
leading and provision, and reminisce
and pass on the torch of knowledge and
experience to the current generation.
Who better to tell the ACS story than
those who have lived it?
The ACSOBA Management Committee
would like to thank the ACS Foundation
for its sponsorship of the event, the
Principals of the ACS schools for their
support, the One ACS Career Forum
2020 Planning Committee and members
of our own OBA Management Committee
for their time and sacrifice in pulling
off the herculean task of planning and
running this event virtually. We also give
thanks for the unbreakable ties that make
our ACS family unique and for the ACS
Spirit that lives on through all of us who
devote our time, effort and resources to
further the ACS call to serve our alma
mater.
To God Be The Glory, The Best Is Yet
To Be!
One ACS Career Forum 2020 Planning
Committee
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