Sustainable development was the main theme of the Singapore leg. Being centric on academia, the quality of research is the main indicator for us. Based on this, NUS has definitely allowed the Chinese delegates to have this impression as compared to other universities. Many commented during the Farewell Dinner about the impressive research work done by NUS!
In pursuit of this theme, tourist attractions were on the main agenda to illustrate such application in our society. Marina Barrage is a good example; my group brought the delegates there on the first day. While sharing with the Chinese delegates on the initiatives that we have, I realised that I also learnt from the trip about my own country, Singapore, from questions posed and what we observed. This made me reflect on certain actions that we took and some historical events, which many of us take for granted. I realised that Sino-Sing Undergraduate Exchange Programme was not a uni-directional flow of information for the respective legs of the trip but also reflection and reminder of how far we have come. Also, in sharing about Singapore, we realised the importance of history and not merely memorising it for the sake of grades.
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