Cultural Sharing - Eat, Play, Live in Singapore

STFA Orientation 201627 JULY 2016

About Singapore Turkey Friendship Association

Founded in 1992 by Mrs Gladys Chee and friends.

Fostering Friendship between peoples of Singapore and Turkey.

Membership is open to all nationalities.

Registered under Singapore Registry of Societies and governed based on ROS

requirements.

Partners with local NGO’s and Peoples Association. Represents Turkish

population in Singapore at multicultural events.

STFA Band Performance

Activities and Events

Community Gatherings- Monthly Chill-out, Turkish breakfast, Special Turkish Lunch

- Annual Gala Dinner, Chinese New Year Lunch

Cultural Events- Representing Turkey with State Dance Assembly at Chingay Festival

- Big Jubilee walk with Prime Minister of Singapore

- Indian Ponggol Rice festival at Bukit Batok (recorded in the Singapore book of records)

- Representing Turkish people at community events( Marina Barrage, Teck Ghee)

Social Responsibility- Iftar meals distribution during Ramadan

- Monthly breakfast service to elderly and needy residences of Bukit Merah

Eat, Play, Live like a Singaporean lah!PRESENTED BY MS CHAI PEI SHAN, STFA HON. SECRETARY | 27 JULY 2016

Merhaba, Welcome to Singapore!

1. Overview of Singapore

2. Sharing from a Singaporean’s Perspectives:

History, cultural icons and Singlish

3. STFA Activities

About Shan

Singaporean Chinese who loves

Turkish culture and people

STFA exco member since 2014

Public Servant turned

Public Speaker, Corporate Trainer

and Coach

Sharing from a Singaporean’s

perspective

A Snapshot of Singapore

Population 5.5 million people and growing

Celebrated 50th Birthday on 9 Aug 2015

Multi cultural, Multi-racial

Chinese - 74.2%

Malays - 13.3%.

Indians - 9.2%

Eurasians and Asians - 3.3%.

Home to many expatriates coming from countries as diverse as North America, Australia,

Europe, China, Japan and India.

Modernisation: History & Heritage of Singapore

Founding Prime Minister of Singapore who transformed Singapore from Third World to First;

Highly respected public figure and world leader

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles -Founded Singapore in 1819

British Colony, East India Company

Life Style (Shopping & Eating)

Boat Quay - Eclectic mix of high end restaurants, alfresco dining, lively bars and pubs.

Clark Quay - 24-hour Entertainment & Lifestyle area.

Great S’pore Sale - The #1 sale event in the region offering the complete shopping and lifestyle experience (offering value-buys up to 70% discounts)

Orchard Road - Bursting with latest lifestyle and fashion trends from all over the world, it is the premier shopping district in the Asian region.

Hawker centres - is typical eating outlets in south east Asia housing many stalls that sell a variety of inexpensive food. Typically found in city centres, near public housing

estates or transport hubs.

Cultural Icons & Legends

Singapore SlingThe Singapore Sling is a gin based cocktail. This long drink was

developed sometime before 1915 by Ngiam Tong Boon, a Hainanese

bartender working at the Long Bar in Raffles Hotel, Singapore.

MerlionSymbol of Singapore. Mystical half-fish and half-lion

animal, Merlion resides at the waterfront Merlion Park.

City Scape: ‘HDB’ Flats

High rise flats from 10 storeys (1960s)

HDB flats as social and community spaces

• 40 storeys in 2016

• Social and community spaces for residents that encourages

multi-racial and harmonious living

State-of-Art HDB (Pinnacle@Duxton with Skybridge)

A typical local “heart-lander” lifestyle

Hawker Centres Culture:

A selection of Chinese, Malay, Indian, Western food

Newton (MRT: Newton Station)

Chinatown Food Street(MRT: Chinatown Station)

Lau Par Sat (MRT: Raffles Place)

Makansutra’s Glutton’s Bay (MRT: City hall)

Old Airport Food Centre (MRT: Circle line - Dakorta)

Maxwell Food Centre (MRT: Chinatown/Outram)

Serangoon Gardens “Chomp Chomp”

Tiong Bahru Market

Redhill Market (MRT: Redhill)

Our local way of ‘eating’ (or makan)Chope! (reserving a seat)

Getting

Around

Singapore

Smart Nation by 2020

Useful apps:

“Gothere.sg”

“SG Buses”

“SBS Transit”

“Grab”

LTA, IDA websites

Excuse me, can you speak

(colloquial Singapore’s slang)

Don't play play!(be serious, not joking)

World of Acronyms! ERP, CTE, NEL, CBD, HDB…

Relak Lah! (Tongue in cheek,

relax and chill)

Why you so liddat ar? (Sarcasm for unreasonable)

Liddat oso can!(Expression for surprise & amazement)

So Blur or Blur like Sotong!(Negative word for confused or silly)

Jia-liat!(Expression for extreme situations or

behaviour)

Alamak!(Expression for surprise or shock)

Onz! Set. Okay!(agree, okie)

Issit/Izzit?

(really? for real?)

you know lah!

YouTube Channels:

• Dr Jiajia & BigBro's Show

• The MrBrown Show

Singlish Resources

Gatherings

Annual Gala Dinner - Celebration of Turkish and Singapore

Friendship

Cultural Events

Chingay 2015

Social Responsibility

THANK YOU

Stay in touch:

Like our page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SingaporeTurkeyFriendshipAssociation

Visit our website: www.stfa.org.sg