DateTasks
2020-04-09Julian Barrett of Research Outreach wrote to President offering opportunity to published paper referencing the article Landscaping the Seascape of Singapore delivered at the WCFS 2019.
2020-03-18Michael Chia and President met Seaborg, and Quest Investments on small floating nuclear power plant
2020-03-12Meeting Prem Shankar, Michael Chia, Lim Sing Tian and Henry Han on floating swimming pool design for Keppel King’s Dock
2020-03-06Meeting with new member John Wong of Mersport on mooring solutions.
2020-02-29Meeting with Wan Seong and Leon Xiao on Floating Rice Fields
2020-02-26Member Henry Han, MD of Hahn Ocean made presentation to LSH, Michael Chia and Koh Hock Seng of the products Drakoo and RigiFloat
25-26 Feb 2020SFSS Short Course on Naval Architecture organised by Dr Koh Hock Seng at Newcastle Research and Innovation Institute (New RIIS), Devan Nair Institute for Employment and Employability. Postponed due to outbreak of Covid19
2020-02-23Hana Kim Dyndegaard& Ida Langøe, two Msc students from Aalborg University, Denmark conacted the Society for assistance related their thesis on floating solutions.
2020-02-21Talk at SJ Global Academy. Topic “Floating spaces, a disruptive, climate resilient solution” Postponed due to outbreak of Covid19
2020-02-14Civil Engineering students James C, Angeles, Kim A. Arias, Raissa Charisse G. Cruz, Jens Penet T. Rivera from Central Colleges of the Philippines requested assistance for design of floating swimming pool for Manila Bay
2020-01-07Meeting with Mr Michael Chia ex Keppel Executive Director regarding his joining the society
2020-01-02Initiate discussion with SFSS Council Members and friends for the inauguration of a United Nations World Day for Floating Solutions
2019-12-30Meeting with Mr Tan Cheng Siong, Honorary Fellow SFSS.
2019-12-13President accompanied Dr Nakajima (Tokyo Metropolitan University/ Waterfront Real Estate) and Mr. Munehiro, (General Manager Chodai), at meeting with Ms Elaine Tan and others at Centre of Liveable Cities
2019-12-11Received call from Karina Czapiewska (Blue21 and Koen Olthius regarding WCFS2020
2019-12-10Received call from united Nations (Mr Jacob Kamalkoff) regarding attendance at WUF10 in Abu Dhabi in February 2020
2019-11-25President and Mr Ivan Stoytchev attended talk at Centre of Liveable Cities. Topic: "2040 Seoul Plan: Strategic Directions and Citizen Engagement"
2019-11-25Meeting Anil Ivan and LSH to (a) review the income and expenditure of SFSS dinner, (b) prepare year end account for next AGM, (c) appoint auditors
2019-11-21SFSS Dinner at Churchill Room, Tanglin Club. Present Honorary Fellowship certificate to Mr Tan Cheng Siong and Certificates of Membership to 31 new members. Sponsorship by Engtek Pte Ltd. Sponsors EngTeck and GLEC
2019-11-18Meeting in Rome with Dr Nakajima, Dr Yamashita, Giuseppe Torrissi, and Carlo Scheeder for discussion on floating reservoir
2019-11-13Meeting with IES (Institution of Engineers) Singapore) Immediate Past President, Mr Tan Seng Chuan
2019-11-09Email to Minister of Environment and Water Resources on floating systems for grpwing food and storing water in the sea
2019-11-05Met Mr Chew Keat Chuan, Commissioner of Building Control and Dr Tran Chi Trung, Deputy Director of BCA to discuss plan approvals for floating structures. Also attending Dr Koh Hock Seng VP.
2019-10-15Met Professor Lam Khee Poh Dean of School of Design and Environment, NUS to discuss project to draw up master plan for development of the sea around Singapore. Also attending were Mr Chng Kai Jin and Vignesh Naidu of The HEAD Foundation and Mr Tay Kheng Soon, adjunct professor at NUS.
2019-10-12Email Minister of National Development recommending floating structures as space to resettle 3IR industries in Tuas to facilitate revitalizing land for the new 4IR
2019-10-11Meeting with Prem Shankar about future directions for SFSS at NUSS Club, Suntec City.
2019-10-08Mr Tan Cheng Siong conferred Honorary Fellow
2019-10-07Professor Torgeir Moan conferred Honorary Fellow
2019-10-04Presented WCFS 2019 Proceedings (published by SPRINGER) to Minister Chan Chun Sing with cover email
2019-10-04President attends the Tender briefing by EMA on the Floating Power Hub.
2018-10-01President attends the COLLABORATIVE ALLIANCE CONFERENCE 2019 organised by SIA/REDAS/ at the Marina bay convention Centre. In dialogue session, the President took opportunity to make a statement about floating solutions and how it will address many of Singapore’s challenges including land, water, power and rising sea levels. The Minister’s reply was encouraging. He did not say no because we are a busy port. However, he was not well prepared to say more. I did not expect him to.
2019-09-25Council members Cpt James Fong and Ivan Stoytchev met delegates from ROSATOM at the Outpost Sentosa
2019-09-212nd Council Meeting for 2019 at NUSS Club at Suntec City.
2019-09-17Host lunch for Mr Chng Kai Jin and Vignesh Naidu CEO and Director of The HEAD Foundation in appreciation of the support for SFSS. Also attending is Mr Tay Kheng Soon. Topic of discussion is a master plan for the use of Singapore waters.
2019-09-12Met and invited Mr Loyola D’Silva of Springer to donate 5 copies of their hard cover publication of the WCFS 2019. The Society would like to present them to various ministries in the government. Mr D’Silva agreed.
2019-08-29Meeting with Mr Tay Kheng Soon and Andrew Vaz to discuss about floating Guide vane Wind Turbine. Dr Koh Hock Seng 2nd VP and Mr C W Hon, SFSS member attended. Venue: SCC
2019-08-25Professor Alan Magee, Prof KK Ang and Mr Leow Ban Tat elected Council Members. See President’s Message 26.
2019-08-21Ivan Stoytchev and President met to plan Members’ night/Dinner for (tentatively) November 2019.
2019-08-09Leow Ban Tat nominated to represent the Society in the Ships and Marine Technology Working Group in Singapore under the Singapore Standards Council Program.
2019-08-07President interviewed by Zao Bao (part of SPH Group) on how floating structures help combat climate change. (See here for translation of article.)
2019-08-07Enterprise Singapore invites SFSS to acquaint them on the potential of floating structures for Singapore. Captain James Fong represented Society at the meeting.
2019-07-30President interviewed by Money Mind on the potential of floating solutions.
2019-07-30Member, C W Hon met up with Charles Yanky to explore floating farms collaboration
2019-07-24Lim Soon Heng met Ng Heng Liat (ex PUB) and Mr Hng (ex Preece Cardew Rider Consultants) to discuss floating reservoirs for Singapore
2019-07-24Lim Soon Heng met Leow Ban Tat at the latter’s office to invite the latter to take on responsibilities in advancing SFSS mission.
2019-07-23Lim Soon Heng and C W Hon met at NUSS Club to discuss promotion of floating solutions.
2019-07-22President accompanied by 2nd VP made 2 hour presentation to URA CEO, Chief Planner and Group Director (Mr Lim Eng Kwee, Hwang Yu Ning and Adele Tan) on use of floating solutions to repurpose land.
2019-07-20Society signs Memorandum of Understanding for National Engineering Career Progression Pathway for Technologist & Technician. Dr Tay Zhi Yung represents the Society in this program.
2019-07-19Anil Thapar, Dr Koh Hock Seng and Lim Soon Heng present talk to DSTA on floating solutions. Present from DSTA included Mr Lee Eng Hua, Director Building & Infrastructure, Dr Nigel Koh, Ong Li Koon and Lim Cheng Hua
2019-07-17Capt James Fong, Dr Koh Hock Seng and Lim Soon Heng of SFSS met MPA Dr Song Tian Cheng, Captain Andy Chew Kian Kwee and Mr Eugene Khoo to discuss floating port for Singapore
2019-07-13Mr John Yip of Radio 938 of Media Corp interviewed the President on floating solutions for Singapore
2019-07-10Talk at HEAD Foundation titled From a City in a Garden to an Eco-city in the Sea, Quest for Space in Singapore . In the audience was Emeritus Professor Henri Claude Bettignies of INSEAD.
2019-07-10President interviewed on at 10 pm news on CNA after delivering paper at HEAD Foundation
2019-07-01Dr Koh Hock Seng takes office of 2nd Vice President of SFSS. See Presidents Message No.23
2019-06-242nd V P Dr Koh Hock Seng and President met Mr Khoo Teng Chye CEO of Centre of Liveable Cities to share ideas on floating solutions. Mr Khoo followed up by recommending URA to meet SFSS.
2019-06-14Met up with SFSS member from Rome Giuseppe and Daniella of Torrissi&Propcopio. Had discussion about redevelopment of Marina Bay and Floating Reservoirs.
2019-06-12SFSS accepted Blue 21’s invitation to co-host World Conference in Netherlands in fall of 2010
2019-05-16Election of Lim Sing Tian to Council Member. See President’s Message No. 22
2019-05-10Council members Dr Koh, Stoytchev Charles Lim and President attended CLC talk by Jeff Goodel, The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World
2019-05-09Election of Dr Koh Hock Seng as aFellow of Society. There are now three fellows. See President’s Message No. 21.
2019-05-06Council Member Ivan Stoytchev and President met Mr Galen Pardee of Columbia University at NUSS Club Suntec City. Subject: alternatives to land reclamation for Singapore. Sustainable floating cities. US philanthropic, humanitarian funding for floating abodes for third-world countries.
2019-04-25SFSS 1st AGM held at NUS Block EA Room 14.
2019-04-24Site visits to TCOMS and Floating Solar farm.
2019-04-22First day of 2-day World Conference on Floating Solutions 2019 held at Engineering Auditorium National University of Singapore
2019-04-22Dinner Reception for Speakers and Sponsors of World Conference for Floating Solutions 2019 held at Gilmour Room Singapore Cricket Club
2019-04-12President interviewed by CNA (Ms Cheryl Lim) on floating solutions for Singapore
2019-03-29Society’s first publication, the 405-page “Proceedings of the World Conference on Floating Solutions 2019” is allocated ISBN number ISBN: 978-981-14-1173-1 by National Library of Singapore.
2019-03-05The President attended meeting organised by SG Enterprise at SMF Building as observer on the IMO TC 8 Committee
2019-01-16Met Mr David Loosley, CEO IMarEST at the Institute’s office in Middle Road in Singapore. Discussed global issues: global warming, rising sea level, acidification of oceans, melting permafrost, land reclamation. Loosley says Institute shares similar concerns and would invite SFSS to speak at their forum.
2018-12-18President and Ivan Stoytchev had Meeting at HDB HUB on Tekong Polder with Mr Chua Kok Eng
2018-12-06Meet Wong Meng Hoe to invite him to speak on launching of large structures.
2018-11-22Meet Piet Sinke to invite him to speak on the towing and installation of the Floating berth at Monaco
2018-11-11Proposed date for SFSS Members’ Night. Event was cancelled due to lack of response and sponsors
2018-11-05Received invitation from Think Tank Group (Mr Kim) to address land reclamation issue at Lantau Island.
2018-11-01Proposed visit to UniversitiTeknoloji Malaysia, Marine Technology Laboratory. Event was cancelled due to lack of response.
2018-10-12The President visited Beladon in Rotterdam and toured the nearly-completed Floating Farm with innovator and developer Mr Peter Wingerden.
2018-09-11Mr Lim Soon Heng, Dr Sabet Bahador, Mr Anil Thapar, Mr Dave Kinrade and Captain James Fong met and shared with EMA on the viability of concrete hull floating power plants
2018-09-03The President delivered talk on Floating Animal Hotel at Singapore Polytechnic to the Mariners Network
2018-08-24Mr Peter Wingerden, CEO and Partner of Blandon BV will deliver a talk on floating farms
2018-08-24A half-day seminar on Floating Farms for a Sustainable Future was held at Singapore Institute of Technology.
2018-05-25Meeting with Staff of Embassy of the Netherlands on technological developments of floating structures in the Netherlands
2018-05-07Talk to Mariners Network by President and 2nd VP on floating structures as space creation alternatives at Singapore Polytechnic (Speakers President and VP Dr Sabet. Other SFSS members present were Dave Kinrade, Ivan Stoychev)
2018-04-27Meeting with Enterprise Singapore (Ms Zinnia Choo) seeking its support Singapore companies to market and promote floating structures. (Representing society were LSH, Sabet, Anil and James Fong)
2018-04-20The President attended talk by CEO of SLA titled “Limited Land, Unlimited Space” at Center for Liveable Cities, connected with CEO SLA.
2018-04-13Meeting HDB, URA and STB to apprise them of the potential of floating solutions.Present from SFSS were President Lim, VP Sabet, CM James Fong and Member Ivan Stoychev. Present at host side: (Mr Yap Tiem Yew HDB, Mr Andrew D Fassam URA, Mr Michael Rodriguez STB) For details see President’s Message No. 1.
2018-03-26President attended a talk by Dr Cheong Koon Hean CEO at NUSS Club titled “What makes a City Successful”. Connected with Dr Cheong.
2018-03-06Meeting with Dr Jung Kwanghoe of Hyundai (Present form SFSS were President Lim and Secretary Charles Lim)
2018-03-01The Society hosted a half day conference titled “The Application and Technology of Floating Structures” at the Singapore Institute of Technology at Dover. See President’s message no. 6
2018-02-26Talk at Tanglin Club to Rotary Club on floating nuclear power plant as an energy diversification strategy for Singapore (Speaker, President Lim SH)
2018-01-16The Society hosted a talk by Professor Jacopo Buongiorno, Director of Center of Research and Advanced Nuclear Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology titled “Is Nuclear an Attractive Clean Energy Option for Singapore?” at NUS. See President’s Message No. 6
2017-12-16The Society assisted Channel 8 in the production of a Chinese documentary on Future of Singapore portraying potential floating developments around Singapore