As a young adult in my twenties, I seek a career that must be both

challenging and exciting. CAG scholarship offers me exactly what I am

looking for.
I find the career as a member of the CAG challenging because I am
aware of the vast potential of the group. For example, the safety and
security management of the airport management has many ways to
improve. The CAG has many safety response units under its wings,
such as CAG's Aerodrome Safety Unit and Aviation Security Unit.
However, I think that the CAG needs to focus more on the imminent
threat of cyber attacks that could cause potential disruption in the
operations systems of CAG. Also, valuable customer information could
be stolen. By anticipating those threats, we can define CAG's worldclass service through the passion to ensure the privacy and safety of
our customers. In order to deliver a safe and seamless Changi
experience, security needs constant innovation and updates. We can
hold forums with other airports to exchange ideas, we can also invest
in unmanned aerial vehicles to cut down on the dependence on
manual work. There are endless possibilities in developing Changi
Airport into a frontier on airport security and safety management.
Another domain of the airport management that I see a potential to
growth is the retail management. In FY12/13, retail makes up a
significant $1.9 billion of the total revenue of the group. By
differentiating the retail market into 2 categories, namely the travelers
who are flying or making a change of flights and those visitors who are
not flying, we can increase the revenue through targeting the specific
demands of these distinct parties. I believe that the potential of the
retail market in Changi airport lies in its use of space (70,000m
square). By maximising the use of retail spaces via thorough strategic
marketing, planning and market distinction, we can ensure the
sustainable growth of revenue of the CAG.
The commitment and complexity needed to fulfill the potential of the
CAG, along with its satisfaction, draw me to apply for this scholarship. I
should be considered for the scholarship because I have the humble
experience in realising the potential of organisations. In my secondary
school, I was elected to be the president of my CCA, the Chinese
Language and Literature Club. During my term of service, I managed to
convince my members and teacher-in-charge to step out of our clubs
comfort zone and participate in activities that we had not done before.
For the first time in our clubs history, we participated in the Singapore
Youth Festival (SYF)s Chinese Drama Competition. Since it is the first
time that we participate in such competition, we lack of the logistic

needs (mainly props) and drama expertise to train our members.

Together with my Exco members, we managed to source for logistics
needs in places like Chinatown and common market areas. We also
hired an external teacher to guide us on our script and acting skills. In
retrospect, my leadership skills were put to a test during those weeks
of practice. This is mainly because of the inferiority complex that
developed in my members. Since we came from a neighborhood
school, we tend to lose faith and confidence when pitched against
other more prestigious schools. To overcome this obstacle, I tried my
best to liven up each session so that the members feel welcomed and
look forward to the training. Instead of seeing the competition as a
strain, we see it as a summit that we were all committed to overcome
together as a family (rather than team). And we did, as a pioneer
batch we obtained a Silver award that year. After graduating from
secondary school, I went to National Junior College and was elected to
be the president of the Interact Club. In the beginning of my term, the
NJC Interact club was only serving the local community. During my
election to be the president of the club, I envisioned the club to expand
its reach to the International community, and I wanted to realise that
potential during my term. After many meetings with my board of
directors, I conjured them to give an overseas CIP project a try despite
our tight budget and limited experience at that time. We further
discussed it over the Annual General Meeting and members were
supportive. After drafting proposal after proposal, we managed to be
approved by our teacher-in-charge and ultimately the principal. By
tapping on the resource of the Rotary Club of Singapore West and we
went for an overseas CIP trip to Kampong Kiau Nuluh, Sabah, Malaysia
during the December school holidays.
People say that at my age, many of us dont know what we want to do
in the future; we only know what we dont want. I disagree with them; I
know what I want in a career. I want a dynamic job that challenges me
and brings the best out of me every working day, I want a creative job
so that every working day is different but filled with the same kind of
excitement, and finally I want a job that can inspire people to work
towards something greater. No other scholarship besides CAG
scholarship can offer me this and that is why the CAG scholarship is
the only scholarship I am applying.