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floppy wrote:

phtthp wrote:how come many years ago, when VJC started the IP program : why did Victoria Boys Secondary choose Cedar Girls as their IP strategic-alliance partner ?
why didn't choose Crescent Girls, nor SCGS Girls Secondary, as partner, back then ?
(these two Girls' schools : no religion attached)

1. There is no such thing as Victoria Boys Secondary. It's Victoria School. Otherwise, you can also call RI - Raffles Seconday or Raffles Boys School.

2. If you are keen to know the history of the Victoria-Cedar Alliance, you can read it here. It's about compatibility (and basically, Victorians just prefer to work with Cedarians).

At their old campus, they all share the same bus stop to take bus home......

VS boys always have a thing for the Cedarians due to proximity......

stetan wrote:Jetty , your kids in EJC? This is so hilarious

This reminds me of the 9pm drama now showing on Ch 8 where the wife (Paige) kept insisting that the husband (Thomas Ong) say "sorry" for most inconsequential stuff.

Of course not.
You watch Ch 8?!

She can demand till cows come home, or till her private pool at her backyard dries up.

i cannot quiz about their inertia and radio silence meh?

If my alma mater is merged or shut down, I will certainly jump and write in to Minister to protest.

i remember a small mall in Potong Pasir marketed itself as St Andrew's Mall. SASA immediately protested and demanded the developer to re-register a name.

That's the diff between proactive and passive alumni. I doubt after griping here and there, they will engage MOE. You need absolute unity for this sort of thing.

jetsetter wrote: ...
Take a leaf from the very brave OVA?

http://www.ova.org.sg/2009/09/in-the-ne ... -minister/

Good luck!

This one not quite the same lah... The IP was still at the proposal stage. Hence, OVA still got chance to raise voice and make noise. Besides, VJC proposal was really stupid to begin with.

On the other hand, the merger is signed, stamped, endorsed and confirmed. Scope for negotiation is limited. If not them, another JC will get the axe. Better choose those JCs (Gov) that are easy meat compared to those with strong stakeholders (Gov aided).

Moral of the story: choose a school with strong backing or powerful stakeholders (gov aided) for your kids if these are the concerns.

Imp75 wrote:

floppy wrote:

phtthp wrote:how come many years ago, when VJC started the IP program : why did Victoria Boys Secondary choose Cedar Girls as their IP strategic-alliance partner ?
why didn't choose Crescent Girls, nor SCGS Girls Secondary, as partner, back then ?
(these two Girls' schools : no religion attached)

1. There is no such thing as Victoria Boys Secondary. It's Victoria School. Otherwise, you can also call RI - Raffles Seconday or Raffles Boys School.

2. If you are keen to know the history of the Victoria-Cedar Alliance, you can read it here. It's about compatibility (and basically, Victorians just prefer to work with Cedarians).

At their old campus, they all share the same bus stop to take bus home......

VS boys always have a thing for the Cedarians due to proximity......

And using Cedar's track and field for VS track and field heats

actually is it very wrong to suggest EJC to occupy the IJC current campus? Save cost mah.....IJC is very new and huge and nice too....

floppy wrote:

Imp75 wrote:
At their old campus, they all share the same bus stop to take bus home......

VS boys always have a thing for the Cedarians due to proximity......

And using Cedar's track and field for VS track and field heats

ehhh....VS got its own track le.....need to borrow meh?

Imp75 wrote:
ehhh....VS got its own track le.....need to borrow meh?

Not in the old Geylang Bahru (current CHIJ KC) campus. Track heats were held at Cedar girls while finals were held at VJC.

Imp75 wrote:actually is it very wrong to suggest EJC to occupy the IJC current campus? Save cost mah.....IJC is very new and huge and nice too....

No. This is actually a valid point as raised by some others also. Why spent millions when there will be 4 campuses readily available.

so VJC boys had been eying Cedar girls, all these while

Imp75 wrote:actually is it very wrong to suggest EJC to occupy the IJC current campus? Save cost mah.....IJC is very new and huge and nice too....

Well, IJC parents may jump! No...methinks YJC should vacate and occupy IJC's beautiful premises but MOE says the older YJC is geographically more accessible.

It's too late. Did you see EJC hoarding was already up and piling had commenced since last year? The architect was commissioned, blueprint and budget approved donkey years ago, only to be delayed by construction of MRT tracks and soil conditions in 2015.

It was before Min Ng took office and decided to abandon so many campuses. Too late...too late...

Can some MP ask him in the next sitting what those vacant campuses are going to be used for?