3                 Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Health, presented certificates to all participants and the prizes to the winners during the closing awards ceremony on Thursday, 17 November 2005, 7.00pm, at the Gallery Hotel.

4        Mohd Anwar Bin Rafiee, 24, is a digital media design student at the Institute of Technical Education, Bedok and Roy Pang Ping Jing, 25, is an architectural student at RMIT University in Australia. The winners had earlier emerged as the top six amongst the 16 participants after a series of tasks and pitches during the first week of the Creative Youth Xchange @ Gallery Hotel workshop. Amongst the top six were youths from Australia, The People’s Republic of China, New Zealand and Singapore.

5        The winners were selected by a team of judges from the Creative Industries. The judges were Malaysian film-maker Ms Yasmin Ahmad; Mr Richard Cook, Executive Editor of Wallpaper; Mr Man Shu Sum, Programme Director, Media Development Authority; Prof. Russell Pensyl, Vice-Dean, School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), Nanyang Technological University (NTU); Mr Tang Guan Bee, co-architect of Gallery Hotel; and Mr Tham Khai Meng, Co-Chairman, Asia Pacific Executive Regional Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific.

6        The 16 participants’ rooms were unveiled during the awards ceremony. These transformed rooms on the fourth and sixth Level of Gallery Hotel will be open to public viewing from 18 to 24 November 2005.

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS

MORE ON CREATIVE YOUTH XCHANGE

Creative Youth Xchange was first initiated by Creative Industries Singapore, a division within the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) in 2004. Creative Youth Xchange 2004 was a competition culminating in an exchange session. Creative Youth Xchange 2004 saw international creative icons as well as Singaporean business icons judging entries and sharing their insights with youth and top creatives on the challenges facing Asia’s next generation of creative leaders. Among the judges were cinematic icon Francis Ford Coppola, legendary marketing strategist Al Ries, Ogilvy & Mather India Chairman as well as first Asian President of the Cannes Lion Jury Piyush Pandey, CEO of Banyan Tree Group Ho Kwon Ping and Jennie Chua of Raffles Holdings.  

The 2005 edition of Creative Youth Xchange, entitled ‘Creative Youth Xchange @ Gallery Hotel’ comprised a competition and a workshop. The competition, based on the theme of 5 Walls: Defying Definitions had attracted the interest of more than 100 youths and ideas from across the region, from which the top 16 youths were selected.

This 16 youths from the Asia Pacific region (Australia, People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) were each given a three-dimensional canvas - the rooms of Gallery Hotel, and challenged to expand their ideas through master-classes and brainstorming sessions during the Creative Youth Xchange @ Gallery Hotel workshop (from 4 to 17 November 2005). The workshop was led by mentors from the Creative Industries, the Faculty from the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University and Samuel Seow Law Corporation which provided guidance and legal advice on intellectual property rights. The mentors to the participants include Mr Ashidiq Ghazali (Ogilvy and Mather Senior Art Director and DJ), Mr Goh Boon Teck (Toy Factory Theatre Director), Ms Eunice Olsen (Nominated Member of Parliament, youth advocate and musician), Ms Ketna Patel (artist and gallery owner), Mr Benny Ong (fashion and lifestyle designer) and Mr Sebastian Chun (Head of Design at Asian Civilisations Museum).

MORE ON THE CYX/ NTU SCHOOL OF ART, DESIGN AND MEDIA SCHOLARSHIP

This is a scholarship to the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree program, tenable at the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). It is available for up to four years. The winners’ admission to the School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University is also subject to the entry requirements of NTU.

ABOUT CREA^©TIVE 2005 – REINVENT YOUR FUTURE

Crea^©tive 2005 – Reinvent Your Future is an initiative by the Ministry of Information, Communications & the Arts, Singapore (MICA) to promote the Creative Industries comprising Arts, Design and Media. From 4 November to 2 December, Singapore will see a clustering of high-profile creative events - Beyond 2005: The Global Summit for Creative Industries, Singapore Design Festival, Asia Media Festival and Creative Youth Xchange @ Gallery Hotel. These events will raise Singapore’s profile as a creative hub; facilitate international exchanges and connections; and celebrate and showcase our creative talents and enterprises. Crea^©tive 2005 supports the national strategy to develop Singapore into a prominent Asian node for Creative Industries, which is driven by MICA, DesignSingapore Council, Media Development Authority and National Arts Council.

For more information please visit:

www.mica.gov.sg
www.beyondsummit.sg
www.singaporedesignfestival.com
www.asiamediafestival.com
www.creativeyouthxchange.com  

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Ms Irene Kang

Assistant Director, Corporate Communications Department

Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts

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Email: irene_kang@mica.gov.sg

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