Tel (65) 6659 8266 Fax (65) 6659 8267
70 Seletar Aerospace View Singapore 797564
http://siae.org.sg [email protected]
43rd Annual General Meeting
11 October 2018 (Thursday)
1900h
Venue
Level 3 Aviators Lounge,
WOA Aviation Hangar 66,
66 Seletar Aerospace View, Singapore 797509
The Singapore Institute of Aerospace Engineers is a non-profit organization dedicated
to aviation safety and promoting aerospace technology
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43rd Annual General Meeting
11 October 2018 (Thursday)
1900h to 2030h
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 43rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the
Singapore Institute of Aerospace Engineers will be held on 11 October 2018, Thursday, 1900h,
at Level 3 Aviators Lounge, WOA Aviation Hangar 66, 66 Seletar Aerospace View, Singapore
797509.
AGENDA
1. President’s Introduction
2. Confirmation of Minutes of the 42nd Annual General Meeting
3. Matters arising from Minutes of the 42nd Annual General Meeting
4. To receive and confirm the Executive Committee’s Annual Report and Financial Report for
the financial year ending 31 March 2018
5. Matters arising from the Annual Report and Financial Report for FY 2017/18
6. To update the change of Executive Committee
7. To elect two internal auditors
8. To approve the Constitution amendments
9. To remove Mr Poon Chia Wee as the trustee shareholder and to nominate Mr Tay Zhu Fei
as the replaced trustee shareholder of 50% shares of ATTC
10. To discuss any other business of which notice has been given in writing to the Hon. Secretary
not less than ONE week before the date of this meeting
11. Any Other Business
12. Adjournment
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Minutes of 42nd
Annual General Meeting
Thursday, 27 Jul 2017
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70 Seletar Aerospace View, Singapore 797564
Tel: 6659 8266, Fax 6659 8267 Email: [email protected]
MINUTES OF 42nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Thursday, 27 July 2017 at 1900H
Air Transport Training College
70 Seletar Aerospace View, Level 3, Auditorium
Singapore 797564
1. OPENING OF 42nd AGM
1.1. President, Lim Yeow Khee welcomed all members to the 42th Annual General Meeting (AGM)
and thanked them for their presence at the AGM. At 1920h, he confirmed that there was a quorum
and declared the AGM open.
1.2. The AGM was attended by the following as confirmed by their signed attendance.
No Name Membership Type Membership No.
1 Chan Sig Yam Life 184
2 Chan Tai Heng, Jeremy Ordinary 1755
3 Chan Wing Keong Hon. Fellow 1275
4 Chee Cheow Eng Fellow 21
5 Chen Pai Ordinary 1781
6 Chow Kok Wah Ordinary 151
7 Chua Kim Seah, Darrel Ordinary 773
8 Chua Yeow Chua Ordinary 332
9 Er Chiang Jeng Ordinary 1559
10 Fung Yee Tik Life 306
11 William Goh Hon. Fellow 159
12 Hung Tse Yung, Jonathan Ordinary 1345
13 Ian Richards Ordinary 1719
14 Kenneth Chong Kim Siong Ordinary 1535
15 Khoo Soo Hock Life 74
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16 Koh Teow Teng, Colin Life 412
17 Lai Chee Wai Ordinary 991
18 Leonidas Chua Chin Teck Ordinary 873
19 Lim Yeow Khee Hon. Fellow 197
20 Mervyn Sirisena Hon. Fellow 351
21 Mike McCormack Ordinary 986
22 Ong Chye Lim, Paddy Ordinary 577
23 Robin Vivekananda Thevathasan Ordinary 1756
24 Simon Wayne Ordinary 1707
25 Soon Kim Tat Ordinary 1377
26 Tan Chu Hiang Ordinary 532
27 Tay Zhu Fei Ordinary 1764
28 Teo Chee Seng, David Ordinary 1783
29 Teo Kah How Ordinary 1785
30 Thomas Vergis Ordinary 736
31 Toh Mun Wah life 442
32 Wong Fook Kee, Michael Life 10
33 Brian Gan Beng Wee In Attendance
34 Dimitrcos Chua Khiu Heng In Attendance
35 Dr. Suffhiphong Srigrarom In Attendance
36 Jia Wei Wei staff In Attendance
37 Teo Xin Yi In Attendance
38 Victor Soh In Attendance
39 Woon Tai Yong, Eric In Attendance
2. AGENDA ITEM 1 - The President’s Introduction
2.1 Mr Lim also thanked Ms Jia Wei Wei for the efficient preparation which allowed this AGM to
be conducted in the month of July 2017. Wei Wei has taken over from Ms Claire Lee as SIAE
manager after Claire resigned from her position in Dec 2016.
3. AGENDA ITEM 2 - Confirmation of Minutes of the 41st Annual General Meeting
3.1 There were no amendments to the 41st AGM minutes. Robin V. Thevathasan proposed and
Leon Chua seconded the confirmation of the Minutes.
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4. AGENDA ITEM 3 - Matters arising from Minutes of the 41st Annual General Meeting
4.1 There were no matters arising from the Minutes of the 41st Annual General Meeting.
5. AGENDA ITEM 4 - To receive and confirm the Executive Committee’s Annual Report and
Financial Report for Financial year ending 31 Mar 2016.
5.1 SIAE President Mr Lim Yeow Khee presented the Executive Committee Report. He
highlighted that SIAE has used its internal Auditors to conduct the auditing for FY 2016/2017.
There was no need to engage external auditors for the year and as a result, SIAE saved
$5,000 in audit fees. He expressed his thanks to the internal auditors Colin Koh and Chan Sig
Yam.
5.2 Hon. Treasurer Chow Kok Wah presented the Financial Report.
5.2.1 Chow Kok Wah highlighted that the auditors’ remuneration of $4,000 and the
accounting fee of $5,800 were for FY 2015/2016. There would be no audit nor accounting fee
for FY 2016/2017 as mentioned by Lim Yeow Khee.
5.2.2 He highlighted that SIAE incurred a smaller loss of $1,824 compared to $42,307 in the
previous FY 2015/2016 due to lower staff costs and higher dividends.
5.2.3 He mentioned that the main source of income for SIAE continued to be the dividends
paid by ATTC.
5.3 The confirmation of the Executive Committee’s Financial Report for the FY 2015/2016 was
proposed by Fung Yee Tik and seconded by Chen Pai, and the Annual Report was proposed
by David Teo and seconded by Chua Yeow Chua. The proposals were unanimously
approved.
6. AGENDA ITEM 5 - Matters arising from the Annual Report and Financial Report for FY
2016/2017
6.1. SIAE Membership
Lim Yeow Khee invited suggestions on ways to improve the quantity and quality of SIAE’s
membership.
Chan Sig Yam suggested that SIAE encourage our corporate members to promote SIAE membership
among their employees and to offer exclusive activities to members.
William Goh opined that SIAE should build up a strong base of student members who would over time
become ordinary members.
Jonathan Hung suggested engaging younger generation to be more interested in aerospace
engineering. These individuals would become our future members.
Tan Chu Hiang felt that potential members would want to know how SIAE membership could bring
value hence we should focus on the value-add. Furthermore, with the availability of social media,
people did not need to be members of an institute to plug into the aerospace community.
Chen Pai felt that SIAE should work on cultivating the younger generation through events such as
our Aviation Safety Competition and our forthcoming Drone Competition.
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Mervyn Sirisena thought SIAE could attract members through offering continuing learning
programmes to members so as to make SIAE more relevant to aerospace engineers. Another
attraction, he said, was if SIAE could promote Chartered Engineer (Aerospace) status to bring
recognition to our members and also to integrate with other engineering institutions to share privileges.
He further suggested creating different layers of membership and convince employers to recognize
our membership as a form of professional status.
6.2 Constitution Amendments
Constitution sub-Committee had submitted a draft to the previous Executive Committee for
Constitution Amendments. The updated Constitution includes requirement for membership entry and
exit, Code of Conduct, rules for election Executive Committee Members. When the amendments were
ready, the Executive Committee would call for an Extraordinary General Meeting to approve it before
filing with Registry of Society.
6.3 SIAE Consultant Pte Ltd
The director of SIAE Consultant, Jeremy Chan announced that the proposed SIAE consulting
company has been registered and is named SIAE Consultant Pte. Ltd. It would target SMEs in
Singapore and the regional businesses and it aimed to leverage on the expertise of SIAE members.
SIAE would announce details to all members and encourage them to participate in consultancy work
when the opportunities arose.
6.4 MOU with NTUC
SIAE signed a MOU with NTUC U-Associate on 13 Mar 2017. NTUC U-Associate is an arm of NTUC
tasked with skills transformation and guidance for career development. PIVOT is an initiative by NTUC,
with support from U-Associate, UPME Centre, e2i and the extensive LM networks to provide a one-
stop service to help displaced PMEs in areas of emotional support, re-skilling and eventually,
preparing these PMEs to be transited into new job opportunities. They are looking for mentors from
SIAE members.
6.5 ATTC Financial Report
Commenting on the Consolidated Financial Report, Chow Kok Wah highlighted that ATTC and SIAE
combined incurred a loss of $326,717 in FY 2016/2017 of which $324,893 is attributable to ATTC
operations. The losses incurred by ATTC was largely due to the declining student population in
Singapore and also competition from aerospace courses conducted by the five Polytechnics and the
public and private universities in Singapore which offered many alternatives to potential aerospace
students. ATTC also did not benefit from several profitable but one-off programmes which has mostly
ended in the FY before.
6.6 ATTC Management
There was a change in the ATTC Board of Directors. Lim Hock San retired from the Chairmanship on
31 May 2017 and he would be appointed as Advisor ATTC. Lim Yeow Khee would take over the
chairmanship from 01 September 2017.
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7. AGENDA ITEM 6 - To elect SIAE Executive Committee for 2017-2019
At close of nomination at 1800h, 24 Aug 2017 (Article 12.1 (a) of Constitution), SIAE has received,
13 SIAE Executive Committee (ExCo) positions. There being no other nomination for each position
and therefore no contest, all nominations were confirmed as follows:
Position Nomination Proposer Seconder Votes
1 President Lim Yeow
Khee
Chen Pai Jeremy Chan Uncontested
2 1st Vice President Tan Chu
Hiang
Lim Yeow
Khee
Chen Pai Uncontested
3 2nd
Vice President Jonathan
Hung
Lim Yeow
Khee
Fung Yee Tik Uncontested
4 Hon. Secretary Chow Kok
Wah
Chen Pai Jeremy Chan Uncontested
5 Asst Hon. Secretary Robin Viva
Thevathasan
Jeremy Chan Chen Pai Uncontested
6 Hon. Treasurer Toh Mun Wah Chen Pai Jeremy Chan Uncontested
7 Asst Hon. Treasurer Fung Yee Tik Lim Yeow
Khee
Jeremy Chan Uncontested
8 Committee Member Chen Pai Jeremy Chan Lim Yeow
Khee
Uncontested
9 Committee Member Leon Chua Lim Yeow
Khee
Chen Pai Uncontested
10 Committee Member Kenneth
Chong
Jeremy Chan Chen Pai Uncontested
11 Committee Member Mike
Mccormack
Lim Yeow
Khee
Chen Pai Uncontested
12 Committee Member Ian Richards Luharn Wang Feifei Hong Uncontested
13 Committee Member Simon Wayne Lim Yeow
Khee
Fung Yee Tik Uncontested
The confirmation of the election was proposed by Mike McCormack, and seconded by William Goh.
The proposal was unanimously approved.
8. AGENDA ITEM 7 - To elect two members as trustees
No. Name Membership
Number
Proposer Seconder
1 Chee Cheow Eng 21 William Goh Chow Kok Wah
2 Tay Zhu Fei 1764 Leon Chua Jeremy Chan
The proposal was unanimously approved.
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9. AGENDA ITEM 9 - Any Other Business
9.1. There was no further business.
10. AGENDA ITEM 10 - Adjournment
10.1. There being no further matters; President adjourned the meeting at 2100h.
Recorded by Vetted by Approved by
Jia Wei Wei Chow Kok Wah Lim Yeow Khee
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Annual Report 2018
01 Apr 2017 to 31 Mar 2018
Contents 1. Introduction – Message from the President ........................................................................................................... 11
2. Executive Committee 2017 to 2019 ........................................................................................................................ 12
3. Advisory Council ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
4. Membership ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
4.1 Corporate Members as of Jun 2018 .................................................................................................. 15
Our Corporate Members 2017-2018 ...................................................................................................... 16
4.2 List of Active Members as of Jun 2018 ............................................................................................. 17
5. Constitution Amendment ....................................................................................................................................... 17
6. Café Aeronautique .................................................................................................................................................. 17
7. Aviation Safety Competition ................................................................................................................................... 18
8. Singapore Aerospace Technology and Engineering Conference – SATEC 2018 ..................................................... 19
9. SIAE NTU Branch ..................................................................................................................................................... 20
10. Newsletter - Vortex ............................................................................................................................................. 20
11. Merit Sponsorship to Polytechnics ..................................................................................................................... 20
12. Outreach Projects ............................................................................................................................................... 20
12.1 Drone Odyssey Advisory Committee .............................................................................................. 20
12.2 A Talk in Singapore Polytechnic ...................................................................................................... 20
12.3 A Career Talk in NTU ....................................................................................................................... 20
12.4 EDB Social Media Campaign ........................................................................................................... 20
12.5 Other Outreach Events ................................................................................................................... 21
13. Affiliation ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
13.1 Agreement with LJNAC ................................................................................................................... 21
13.2 MOU with SUTD .............................................................................................................................. 21
13.3 MOU Signed on Aerospace Day 2018 ............................................................................................. 21
14. Air Transport Training College ............................................................................................................................ 21
14.1 General Information Address .......................................................................................................... 21
14.2 ATTC Organisational Review ........................................................................................................... 22
14.3 Oversight ......................................................................................................................................... 22
14.4 Staff Establishment ......................................................................................................................... 23
14.5 Course Output ................................................................................................................................. 23
14.6 Graduation ...................................................................................................................................... 23
14.7 Roadshows ...................................................................................................................................... 24
14.8 National Day Celebration ................................................................................................................ 24
14.9 Games Bonding ............................................................................................................................... 24
15. SIAE Consultant Pte Ltd ....................................................................................................................................... 24
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1. Introduction – Message from the President It is time once again to round up our activities for the year. Despite our heavy commitment of resources to strengthen both SIAE and ATTC administration and infrastructure, we managed to continue with our Café Aeronautique and ASC. But the key event this year was SATEC 2018 which attracted nearly 500 participants. We had a very good conference which brought in significant revenue as well. It was also a memorable occasion when our partner the RSAF took the opportunity to celebrated RSAF 50th Anniversary. Aviation Safety Competition (ASC 2018) started off very well and we have completed all lectures and industrial visits. Thanks to the ASC Committee and our sponsors and supporters. This year we have an exciting ASC Committee comprising many new members which brought in many new ideas and provided important resources to support the activities. We look forward to the Grand Finals award ceremony in November 2018. A group of NTU students have registered SIAE@NTU Chapter to connect aero students to industry. It was a great move and we hope to have more IHL coming into our fold to enable us to expand our reach our potential aero engineers. At the other end of the scale, I call upon our members with valuable experience to come and work with SIAE Consultant which was set up to provide opportunities for members to be economically active again and contribute their valuable experience to the aviation industry. The integration of SIAE with ATTC operation did not progress as well as expected. The environment resulting from trying to solve the financial burden from high rental uncovered unfortunate personality clashes which stalled many potential projects. I thank members of our ExCo for their resilience in the face of very challenging circumstances brought onto us by the financial burden of ATTC. This is the 50th year of my aviation career. I look forward to see younger people taking more interest in SIAE’s mission to build a good aviation culture for Singapore’s aviation industry to grow. Lim Yeow Khee BBM
Hon F.SIAE, FRAeS, A/Prof (Adj) NTU
President, SIAE
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2. Executive Committee 2017 to 2019
President Lim Yeow Khee
Vice President Tan Chu Hiang
Second Vice President Jonathan Hung
Honorary Secretary Chow Kok Wah
Assistant Honorary Secretary
Robin Viva Thevathasan
Honorary Treasurer Toh Mun Wah
Assistant Honorary Treasurer
Fung Yee Tik
Committee Member Chen Pai
Committee Member Leon Chua
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Committee Member Mike McCormack
Committee Member Ken Chong
Committee Member Simon Wayne
Committee Member Lim Chui Ping
The attendance record of the ExCo members are as follows:
Term of office Aug 2017 – Sep 2018 Total of 10 meetings
Attendance Rate
1 Lim Yeow Khee 10 100%
2 Tan Chu Hiang 6 60%
3 Jonathan Hung 1 10%
4 Chow Kok Wah 9 90%
5 Robin Viva Thevathasan 2 20%
6 Toh Mun Wah 7 70%
7 Fung Yee Tik 9 90%
8 Chen Pai 8 80%
9 Ian Richards 1 (up to May 2018) 13%
10 Lim Chui Ping 2 (from Aug 2018) -
11 Leon Chua 6 60%
12 Mike McCormack 7 70%
13 Ken Chong 2 20%
14 Simon Wayne 2 20%
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3. Advisory Council
The Advisory Council comprises the following:
CHAIRMAN
LIM YEOW KHEE Managing Director
LYK Aerospace (S) Pte Ltd
President, Singapore Institute of Aerospace
Engineers
MEMBERS
ER PROF CHEW YONG TIAN
Adjunct Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering National University of
Singapore
CHAN WING KEONG
Advisor Transport Safety
Investigation Bureau
SIA KHENG YOK
Chief Executive Association of Aerospace
Industries (Singapore)
MERVYN SIRISENA
Chairman SIA Engineering (PHP)
Corporation
TAY TIANG GUAN
Deputy Director General Civil Aviation Authority of
Singapore
ME8 FRANCIS CHEONG
Head Air Engineering and
Logistics (RSAF)
LIM HOCK SAN
CEO and President United Industrial
Corporation Limited.
IVAN NEO
Executive Vice President SIA Engineering Company
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GORDON DUPONT
CEO System Safety Services,
Canada
JEREMY CHAN
Senior Advisor Hexagon Development
Advisors
The Advisory Council was set up to advise the Executive Committee on directions for SIAE to
serve the members and industry and to highlight new developments and trends in the
aerospace industry. Members are invited to serve on the Advisory Committee based on their
professional standing in the aerospace industry and their commitment on the mission of SIAE.
4. Membership
4.1 Corporate Members as of Jun 2018
1. Aerospec Supplies Pte Ltd
2. Alpha Pioneer Marketing Pte Ltd
3. Air Transport Training College Pte Ltd
4. Bombardier Aerospace Services Singapore Pte Ltd
5. B/E Services Singapore Pte Ltd
6. Eagle Services Asia Pte Ltd
7. Hawker Pacific Asia Pte Ltd
8. Ngee Ann Polytechnic
9. Safran Landing Systems Services Singapore Pte Ltd
10. SIA Engineering Company
11. Singapore University of Social Science
12. Singapore Polytechnic
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Our Corporate Members 2017-2018
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4.2 List of Active Members as of Jun 2018
Category Membership count
Corporate 12
Ordinary 93
Hon. Fellow 21
Fellow 9
Associate 10
Total individual Members 133
Life Members (from all categories) * 38
Student (including ATTC student Members) 69
*Life Membership is not a membership category. It is a privilege granted to long serving members who met the criteria for Life Membership.
5. Constitution Amendment The Committee comprising Mr Ian Richards (Chairman), Mr Mike McCormack and Mr Lim
Yeow Khee was tasked to prepare proposed amendments to the Constitution for submission
to the ROS. The target to complete the review of the Constitution by Jan 2017 was not
achieved. The Committee has since completed the review.
6. Café Aeronautique
We managed to organise two evenings of Café
Aeronautique this year. The 15th Café Aeronautique since
the launch in 20 Mar 2014 was held on 26 October 2017 at
Ngee Ann Polytechnic Aerospace Hub. Mr Chow Kok Wah,
Hon. Secretary of SIAE has delivered a speech on “How Airlines Decide on Billion-dollar
Airplane Purchases”. The presentation highlighted the key factors decision-makers consider
and the road-map to aircraft delivery after the contracts are signed. Peter Liang, Director at
ME Division, School of Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic delivered welcome address and
guided members to visit labs and simulators in the aerospace hub. An Airshow Special Café
Aeronautique was held on 07 Feb 2018 at Singapore University of Technology and Design
(SUTD). Dr Alan H. Epstein, Vice President, Pratt & Whitney has shared his personal
experiences and trends in aviation industry to more than 130 students from NUS High School,
St Andrews Junior College, Nanyang Technological University, SUTD and foreign students of
Temasek Foundation program.
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7. Aviation Safety Competition
The Aviation Safety Competition (ASC) aims to reach out to students from
schools, polytechnics, college and universities, generating interest in aviation and encourage
them to consider careers in aviation industry. The mission is to build an aviation culture for
the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals.
The Award Ceremony of ASC 2017 was held on 31 Oct 2017. More than 350 attendees
witnessed the success of winners. Ms Low Yen Ling, Senior Parliamentary Secretary of MOE
& MTI has attended the ceremony as the Guest-of-Honour. She has delivered congratulations
and presented awards to winners of ASC 2017. Airbus, SIA Engineering Company and Pratt &
Whitney have sponsored the competition.
ASC 2018, with the theme of “Safety in Flight”, will be the fourth competition of the series. It
was open for registration in May/Jul 2018. The program is to launch with a series of lectures
conducted by industry experts and senior practitioners from agencies dealing with aviation
safety, navigation and MRO. Visits to aviation facilities will be scheduled for participants to
get a feel of real-life aircraft and airport operations. Case studies will be included in lectures.
Students in teams of 3 to 5 will be given a scenario of flight in which an unanticipated event
arises for case analysis and presentation. The entire program will culminate with a contest in
Nov 2018. Judges will select up to 5 short-listed entries for the final presentation. The Award
Ceremony is scheduled in Nov 2018.
The organizing committee comprises the following:
Robin Viva Thevathasan Chairman Captain Kevin Khoo Committee member Lim Chui Ping Committee member Jackie Chen Pai Committee member Jia Wei Wei Secretary
The Technical Committee judging panel comprised of the following:
Lim Yeow Khee President Singapore Institute of Aerospace Engineers
Tan Chu Hiang CEO Heavy Maintenance Services Singapore
Lim Chui Ping Deputy Director Centre for Healthcare Assistive & Robotics Technology, Care Transformation, CGH
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ME7 Tay Gek Peng Deputy Head Air Engineering and Logistics, Airworthiness Engineering
HQ Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)
8. Singapore Aerospace Technology and Engineering
Conference – SATEC 2018 We organized a highly successful SATEC on 07 Feb 2018, in
conjunction with the Singapore Airshow. 470 delegates including
aviation professionals and senior officials from civil aviation
companies, institutions, government agencies and Air Force
attended our conference. It was a great opportunity for
networking and sharing of knowledge on development and trends
of aerospace industry.
ME8 Francis Cheong, Head Air Engineering and Logistics (HAEL),
RSAF and Mr Lim Yeow Khee, President, SIAE launched the
conference and welcomed the delegates attending SATEC 2018.
The Guest-of-Honour Mr Neo Kian Hong, Permanent Secretary (Defence Development)
Ministry of Defence, Singapore delivered his keynote address on the challenges and
opportunities of the aerospace industry.
The Distinguished Guest Speakers - IGA Jean-Francois Ripoche, R&T Director, Strategy
Directorate, DGA (France), Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, President of Royal
Aeronautical Society and Carl E. Burleson, Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) highlighted the emerging technologies, movement and researches in
aviation.
In the plenary session, Dr Peter Weckesser, Digital Transformation Officer, Airbus Defence
and Space, Dr Alan H. Epstein, Vice President, Technology and Environment, Pratt & Whitney
and ME7 Timothy Yap Soon Haw, Deputy Head Air Engineering & Logistics (System
Engineering), RSAF introduced the latest technology development and applications in their
fields and answered questions from audiences in Q&A session.
In the breakout sessions, there were five tracks – Structures and Mechanical Systems,
UAV/Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Mission Systems/Virtual Training and Innovation &
Applicable Technology. 32 speakers from universities, research institutions, military, and
commercial companies presented their latest research findings.
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9. SIAE NTU Branch A group of students from Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) have initiated to set up SIAE@NTU Chapter, which aims to
help the students to reach out to the aviation industry.
10. Newsletter - Vortex To share the latest development and innovations in aerospace industry, SIAE has launched
the Newsletter- Vortex in Feb 2018. Vortex highlights the latest aeronautical research
findings, aviation industry trends, aircraft technological developments, SIAE events, and
ATTC’s continuous education program.
11. Merit Sponsorship to Polytechnics SIAE donated the $500 prize awards to Singapore Polytechnic (Silver Medal for Diploma in
Aeronautical Engineering). The prize is part of SP objective to recognize the students’
achievements and motivate them to continue to excel academically.
12. Outreach Projects 12.1 Drone Odyssey Advisory Committee
Drone Odyssey is an unmanned aerial systems initiative spearheaded by the Science Centre Singapore (SCS) with support from Ministry of Education (MOE) to bring together agencies, industrial representatives, interests groups as well as professional groups to form a central platform to develop and thus foster an all rounded ecosystem that drives interests, innovation, industrial integration and awareness of unmanned aerial systems technologies. Mr Robin Viva Thevathasan, Assistant Hon. Secretary of SIAE is sitting in the Committee, representing SIAE.
12.2 A Talk in Singapore Polytechnic
Mr Chow Kok Wah, Hon. Secretary of SIAE has delivered a talk on “How Airlines Decide on
Billion-dollar Airplane Purchases” in Singapore Polytechnic on 23 Nov 2017. More than 120
students from Singapore Polytechnic and SIAE Special Force Program have attended the talk.
12.3 A Career Talk in NTU
Mr Lim Yeow Khee, President of SIAE has delivered a career talk in Nanyang Technological
University on 08 Dec 2017. Mr Tan Chu Hiang, Vice President of SIAE and Mr Jackie Chen Pai,
ExCo member of SIAE shared their personal experiences in the aviation industry and
answered questions from students in the panel discussion. More than 100 students attended
the talk.
12.4 EDB Social Media Campaign
The campaign reached out to students from Polytechnics and ITE, to help raise their
awareness and interest in the aerospace sector through Instagram. SIAE provided a puzzle
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challenge which attracted more than 400 students to participate. SIAE has organized an ATTC
hangar trip and industry talk for the winners.
12.5 Other Outreach Events
Mr Lim Yeow Khee, President of SIAE attended Compassvale Secondary School (CVSS) annual
18th Anniversary and Awards Day (A & A Day) as the Guest-of-Honour. A & A Day is an annual
platform to recognise exemplary students for their academic/non-academic achievements
and character development as well as contributions from staff and stakeholders/partners.
Mr Lim shared his experience in aerospace and presented academic awards to students.
13. Affiliation
13.1 Agreement with LJNAC
SIAE has signed Collaboration Agreement with Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Committee
(LJNAC) on 31 Oct 2017. SIAE will provide consultancy and advisory services to LJNAC on
education and business collaboration opportunities to help LJNAC to develop the aviation
industry in Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing with resources from Singapore aerospace
community.
13.2 MOU with SUTD
SIAE has signed MOU with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Academy
on 10 Jan 2018. The partnership is to co-develop customised programmes to keep
professionals, managers and executives up-to-date with the latest technological
developments and stay relevant in the evolving job market.
13.3 MOU Signed on Aerospace Day 2018
The MOU is between Institute of Technical Education, Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann
Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic and JTC
Corporation and Association of Aerospace Industries (Singapore) and SIAE, together with a
group of aerospace companies. The Parties agree to work together to enhance students’
current and future needs in training, education and employment in Aerospace Engineering,
in accordance with their respective needs and objectives on the basis of this MOU. Where
applicable, separate definitive agreements may be negotiated in good faith and executed by
the relevant Parties.
14. Air Transport Training College
14.1 General Information Address
Air Transport Training College Pte Ltd. 70 Seletar Aerospace View Seletar Aerospace Training
Complex Singapore 797564 Tel: +65 6603 6600 Fax: +65 6346 0115 Email: [email protected]
(FY March 2017 to March 2018)
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14.2 ATTC Organisational Review
Management Oversight
A Management Committee comprising the GM, Academic Chair, Dy Academic Chair and
Quality Manager was formed to meet on average every 2 weeks to share issues and make
decisions.
The Teachers’ Contact monthly meeting was chaired by Mr. Lim Yeow Khee to discuss student
and teaching issues and to decide on actions going forward.
Curriculum Review & Scheduling
Progress has been made in structuring the course into 2-hour blocks and converting some
lecture hours to tutorial time where appropriate to deepen learning. Schedules are also
modified to allow free slots for students to revise lessons and to broaden their learning
activities.
Outward-looking Marketing
Various attempts were made in the Financial Year to explore collaborations or sell our
technical expertise in Chongjing China and in the region. While we had the industry
connections, we lack the size, reputation and financial resources that these partners sought.
ATTC also explored opportunities to rent out the hangar to suitable tenants whose rentals
would be useful to offset our monthy lease charges. Due to various constraints of our
location and hangar access and nature of intended use, we were not successful but would
continue to seek suitable opportunities.
14.3 Oversight
Three Boards provided oversight of ATTC Management in the operation of the College.
These are:
The Board of Directors -- ATTC Management reports to a Board of Directors on all major
matters. The Board meets 4-5 times a year. The Board comprises:
Lim Yeow Khee – Chairman (1 Sep 2017-31 Mar 2018)
Jeremy Chan – Deputy Chairman (23 Sep 2015– 31 Mar 2018)
Hung Tse Yung, Jonathan
Sia Kheng Yok
Academic Board – This Board reviews course curricula, academic processes and assessment
and approves engagement of academic staff. The Academic Board comprises:
Dr Lim Kah Bin - Chairman, Assistant Dean (External Relations), Faculty of Engineering, NUS;
Dr Chew Yong Tian - Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Engineering, NUS;
Tay Hang Chua - General Manager, Quality & Continuous Improvement, Singapore Aero
Engine Services Limited;
Chow Kok Wah - General Manager, ATTC (until 31 Dec 2017);
Lim Yeow Khee – Academic Chair (Honorary) (01 Mar 2016 to 12 Sep 2018)
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Exam Board – The Board reviews exam results and approves award of certificates, diplomas
and degrees. The Exam Board comprises:
Mr. Chow Kok Wah (Chairman)
Mr. William Goh,
Mr Colin Koh,
Mr Fung Yee Tik
14.4 Staff Establishment
ATTC has a total of 29 full time staff and 2 part-time staff as at 31 Mar 2018. Three staff
resigned and four staff joined the college in FY2017/8.
14.5 Course Output
The Degree and Diploma courses of ATTC are the main output of the College with the
Kingston University B.Sc. Foundation Degree and the Specialist Diploma in Aircraft
Maintenance (SAME) being the main contributors. FY17/18 saw a 36% drop in student-hours
due to the declining enrolment trends in our diploma and degree courses with competition
from SIT.
Short Courses -- The short courses show a steeper drop of 19% in student-hours due to
declining training needs.
School Visits – SIAE hosted these half-day visits to generate aviation interest amongst the
secondary students. There were 4 in FY17/18.
Polytechnic AOPs – This is a one-time programme collaboration with some Polytechnics and
the programme ended in FY2016/17
College Output in Student-Hours
Course Type FY15/16 FY16/17 FY17/18 (Apr15 - Mar16) (Apr16 - Mar17) (Apr17 - Mar18)
Academic Courses (TU,FdEng,SAME,ADAM) 155,098 138,786 88,717
Short Courses 30,938 18,094 14,735
Polytechnic AOPs 2,580 696 0
Total 188,616 157,576 103,452
School Visits 12 56 12
14.6 Graduation
ATTC Graduation 2017 was held on 31 Oct 2017. The guest of honour was Ms Low Yen Ling,
Senior Parliamentary Secretary, MOE & MTI. A total of 81 graduands received their degrees
and diplomas having satisfactorily completed our courses.
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14.7 Roadshows
ATTC participated in external career fairs and trade shows to increase awareness of our
college and courses and to recruit students. The events participated in FY17/18 were:
Roadshow
15 Aug 2017 Mindef/MHA Enhanced Career & Education Fair
24-26 Aug 2017 Aviation Open House 2017
5 Dec 2017 MINDEF/MHA Roadshow Lifelong Learning
16 - 17 Jan 2018 SCDF Educational Roadshow
06 - 11 Feb 2018 Singapore Airshow 2018
14.8 National Day Celebration
ATTC held their National Day Celebration on the 8th Aug 2017. Total of 80 staff and students
attended the event held at the ATTC examination hall.
14.9 Games Bonding
ATTC initiated a weekly Badminton/table tennis games session for staff and students. It is
held at JTC Aviation 2.
A table tennis table and treadmill machine were also provided at Level 3 of ATTC and a table
football machine is provided at level 2 for student’s relaxation.
15. SIAE Consultant Pte Ltd
SIAE Consultant Pte Ltd is set up as a fully owned subsidiary of SIAE. Its mission is to provide
aviation consultancy services to assist companies on technical, safety, quality, process,
training and organizational improvements. It leverages on the wealth of experience and
deep pool of talents within SIAE pool of professional members. The scope of work includes:
Technical and Engineering solutions, Business Strategies and organizational restructuring,
process improvement/certification and training (in partnership with SIAE's other subsidiary:
Air Transport Training College.
Its Directors were Jeremy Chan, Chow Kok Wah and Lim Yeow Khee. Its two senior
consultants were Magali Bertin and Robin Thevathasan.
There is no revenue for the Financial Year past and the Company is currently in discussions
with potential customers in ASEAN and in China.
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Financial Report 2018
1st Apr 2017 to 31st Mar 2018
Original copies of the full audited Financial Report are available in SIAE office for viewing.
Hon. Treasurer will provide a summary of the financial report.
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SIAE operation surplus & deficit
In FY 2017/2018, we achieved surplus S$23,255, largely due to the higher income. The major
expenditure contributors are event expenses, conference expenses and overhead cost. The
main sources of income are membership subscription fees, and income from events and
conference.
SIAE financial position
The total assets of SIAE are S$375,201, total liabilities are S$49,742 and total equity is
S$325,459. SIAE has S$11,747 in the bank account at the end of FY 2017/2018. Regarding the
current liabilities, the total amount of membership subscription fees received in advance is
S$6,847. SIAE owe the loans from members in total of S$31,000.
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