MBA students these days are no longer guaranteed work. The recession has taken it's toll on many people. Senior executives along with middle management has been hit hard.
An MBA is an MBA. It does not confer additional value. But without an MBA, it is a detriment.
There are many MBA programs in Singapore, some more than 80 MBA programs. Macquarie Graduate School of management's MBA program with it's rigourous training and extensive number of subjects are one of the most demanding programs. The Singapore Campus is also welcomed by seasoned senior executives as the cohort of students all bring with them ample experience and have much to contribute to the learning of each other.
Such a rigourous program such as MGSM MBA should carry on as the skills learnt are very useful for helping it's graduates find out, start a business or perform well in their careers.
It is very sad that MGSM has chosen to slow down enrollment in Singapore and instead focus on HK and Sydney.
We do hope that MGSM in Singapore decides to re-start their engines.
2008 has been an extremely busy & most fulfilling year for the Firefly
Mission. In addition to all our regular missions, we had been touched by the
plights of thousands and millions in the Irrawady Delta, Myanmar when
deathly Cyclone Nargis swept through the southern tip on 2-May-2008. More
than 200,000 lost their lives and another two million suffered lost of homes,
farms, schools etc in varying degrees. The natural disaster had given us the
opportunity to witness the nature of “impermanence”, intense “sufferings”
and of course the “non-self” nature of all conditioned existence. At the same
time, we also witnessed the positive aspects of unconditional love and
compassion from people like you. With all your support, encouragement,
generous donations and most importantly faith in us in carrying out such
heavy task of reliving sufferings of thousands, we are happy to share with
you that our relief and rehabilitation work had been carried out successfully,
benefiting thousands directly and tens of thousands indirectly in more than
20 villages located in the worst hit townships of Bogale, Moulmeingyun,
Dedaye and Pyapon.
Below is the Table showing the list of schools, clinics,
hostels and bridge, their locations and expected completion dates of our
rehabilitation effort. Schools & Rural Clinics for Reconstructions:
Shauk Chaung Village School Mawlemyine Gyun Completed
The Pye Chaung Village School Mawlemyine Gyun Completed
Gyo Phyu Upper Village School Mawlemyine Gyun Completed
Tasay Chaung Village School Mawlemyine Gyun Target completion 15
March
Kanaso Chaung Lay Village School Mawlemyine Gyun Target completion 15 March
Phoe Chit Village School Mawlemyine Gyun Target completion 15
March
Nyein Oo Village Middle School Mawlemyine Gyun Target completion early March
Gyo Phyu Lower Village School Mawlemyine Gyun Mid May
Kyonthin Village School Pyapon Target completion 15 March
Gwe Kone Village School Dedaye End May Khayandi Chaung Village School Bogale Mid May
Taman Chaung Village Clinic Bogale Target completion early March
Byaingisi Village Clinic Pyapon Target completion early March
Nyein Oo Village Clinic Mawlemyine Gyun Early May
Shwegyin Girls Hostel Bago Division Completed
Shwegyin Boys Hostel Bago Division Target completion end June
Nyein Oo Bridge Mawlemyine Gyun Early May
To better relay the message of work done last year, we had compiled and
composed a short video, please click on to the web-address below
For 2009:
We started off by organising the Chinese New Year Celebration with Wat
Ananda Youth (WAY). We celebrated with more than 200 special guests
from: Metta Welfare Home, Moral Welfare Home, Institute of Mental Health,
Children Cancer Foundation and celebrities from the Mediacorp's "Life
Transformers".
During the celebration, we had also soft-launched the “Children Sponsorship
Programme”. In brief, this is to support 54 children in Shwegyin Children’s
Home. These children are either orphans from the Nargis or children from
very poor in the border areas of Myanmar. Due to your generosity and
compassion, all the sponsorships of S$30/month/child had been fully
subscribed within 2-3 weeks. However, we expect an increase in intakes of
children to the home, once the 2 blocks of hostels are completed by end of
June 2009.
Other On-going/New Projects:
Visakha School, Chitagong Hill Tract, Bangladesh
2 Hostels in Thai-Border @ Maesot
Middle School @ Yathar Village, Myanmar
School @ Lashio, Myanmar (new)
To provide 15 sets of computers to Buddhist Institutions in Semarang, Indonesia
Vocational School @ Htantabin (almost completed)
New School Block @ Fang, Thailand (almost completed)
We had also taken great effort in planning the following trips and missions for you: Semarang-Borobudur Trip 2009 (26 to 31 May 2009) Thai Border Mission @ FANG & MAE HONG SON (June 2009) Meditation Retreat @ Sasanarakkha Retreat Centre (26 June to 4 July 2009) Kathina @ Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (October 2007) Humanitarian Mission @ Myanmar (5 to 13 December 2009) Pha Pa @ Maesot, Thailand (25 December 2008 to 1 January 2009)
For registration & more information on the trips, please visit our
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