Invitation to Reception with the Master of Christ's, Prof Frank Kelly

You are cordially invited to attend a dinner reception hosted by Minister George Yeo, in honour of Prof Frank Kelly, Master of Christ's College, who will be visiting Singapore from 4 - 5 February 2010.

Details are as follows:

Date and time
5 February 2010, 6.00 pm

Venue
The Talking Point
Level 2, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1 Sherwood Road
(Opposite the Botanic Gardens)

Dress code
Smart Casual

Partners and spouses are invited.

Kindly RSVP at this page (http://www.tinyurl.com/christsreception/) by 28 Jan 09 (Thursday). In order to facilitate parking at the visitors' carpark inside MFA, please provide your vehicle number.

You will be received at Lobby A at the main building facing the visitors' carpark and ushered to the Talking Point.

Garden Party 2009!

Join us and the Patron of the Cambridge Chapter, Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo (Christ's, '73) for a Cantabrigian afternoon of Pimms, sandwiches and scones as we usher in the sunset.

Come and find out also about the 800th anniversary gala dinner!

• Date 19th Sep 2009, Saturday
• Time 4.30pm
• Venue HortLawn@Hortpark (33 Hyderabad Road, Off Alexandra Road)

This event is free. Partners and family members are welcome. Please note that places are limited to the first 150 web sign-ups!

Register at: http://www.cambridgesocietysg.org/Events.ashx

May Mingle

This year's Mingle will connect Cambridge past, present and future - rediscover old friends, make new ones, and share some of your perspectives with prospective Cantabrigians! Event Date 23rd May 2009, Time 4.30pm to 6.30pm, Venue Eden Hall (wine, and canapes will be served) The event is free, but we seek a minimum pledge of $10 at the door, which will go towards the publishing costs of the Commmemorative Volume.

We can only accept 100 sign-ups, and require your full name for security purposes, so sign up at http://www.cambridgesocietysg.org/Events.ashx to confirm your attendance, and receive further details/confirmation about the May Mingle! (Partners are welcome, but we cannot accommodate infants or children.)

Garden Party, 23 August 2008

Revive culinary memories of Cambridge with creative canapes, roast beef, strawberries and cream, scones and Pimms, all to be accompanied by a free flow of wine and non-alcoholic beverages, while our very own string quartet ushers in the sunset. Come for a golden afternoon of catching up with old friends, making new ones, and remembering Cambridge together.

The Garden Party celebrates the official launch of the Cambridge Chapter, and also marks the start of festivities leading to the University of Cambridge's 800th Annivrsary in 2009. The occassion will be graced by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo (Christ's, '73).

Partners and family members are welcome, but places are limited to the first 150 sign-ups on our website. Your reservation will only be confirmed upon receipt of payment by 9th August 2008. Cheques should be addressed to “The Oxford & Cambridge Society of Singapore” and sent to “The Oxford & Cambridge Society of Singapore, c/o 10 Shenton Way, #13-02 MAS Bldg, Singapore 079117”. Alternatively, if you would like to pay via telegraphic transfer, pls email kelfan79@yahoo.com. When we receive your payment, we will send you an email receipt together with more detailed admin information.

March Mingle/Soft Launch

We are having our very first event on 15th March!

It will be an informal mingle and soft launch for the upcoming 800th Anniversary events and projects, as well as an information session for A level students who hold conditional offers from Cambridge. We hope to introduce everyone to the people who have been working hard on our events and projects, find out which of our initiatives interest you, and serve as friendly sources of information for the enthusiastic students who are considering a Cambridge education. The British High Commissioner, a Cantab himself, will be speaking briefly about his time in Cambridge.

Details of the event are as follows:

Date: 15th March, Saturday
Time: 4 - 6pm
Venue: Eden Hall, 28 Nassim Road (The British High Commissioner's residence)
This is a 5 - 10min walk from Tanglin Shopping Centre along Orchard Road, where you are kindly requested to park due to the limited parking space available at Eden Hall.


Please register by signing up with your details at: http://www.cambridgesocietysg.org/form.aspx

** Please indicate in the "Drop us a line!" section if you would like to attend the March Mingle/Soft Launch. As we are hoping to provide a matching service for the students so that they will have a Cantab from the same college/course to chat with, do indicate your college/course of study in the form. We would also greatly appreciate it if you could inform us if you have indicated interest to attend the event, but become unavailable for it at a later date.

We hope to see lots of you there!

The Social Ventures Portfolio

Best wishes for the New Year from all of us at the Cambridge Society! In the spirit of festivities and giving, the Society is launching The Social Ventures Portfolio.

The Social Ventures Portfolio brings together ideas on how Cantabs can give back to society in distinctive and sustainable ways. These ideas go beyond charitable giving, to challenging ourselves to invest our imagination, our time, our connections and other uniquely Cambridge assets, to bring social involvement in Singapore to the next level.
Please take a look at our Project Listings, and let us know if you're interested in committing some time to help coordinate or organise any of the programs. Once we have a firm expression of interest, our Fundraising team will get straight to work looking for a suitable corporate sponsor to take care of the monetary requirements of the program. As always, email us at cambridgesocietysg@gmail.com.

Welcome to the Cambridge Society, Singapore !

After a year of behind-the-scenes work conceptualising the Society and its goals, and getting people on board to actually start planning and executing activities, our Society now has a public face. The Official Website just went live today! This blog will run in parallel to publish news updates, until we upgrade the main website with interactive features, around January 2008.

For those of you who are new to the Society, welcome! In brief, the Society was initiated in response to the University's 800th Anniversary Campaign. We have organised a series of activities to celebrate the event, and in the process, keep Cambridge at the edge of excellence - academically, financially, and also in terms of giving back to society.

The 2008 line-up of events includes:
1) Garden Party and Formal Hall - Summer 2008
2) Local community service and social venture philanthropy - ongoing
3) Fundraising for the University's 800th Anniversary Capital Campaign - ongoing
4) Commemorative volume on Singaporeans @ Cambridge - ongoing

If you're interested in any of the above, or just being kept in the loop of Society developments in general, please sign-up to the mailing list here: http://www.cambridgesocietysg.org/form.aspx