NOR HIDAYAH BINTE MOHD AMIN

[HIDAYAH AMIN]

S UMMARY

Personality: I am a dynamic and passionate former Fulbright Scholar from Singapore who

is confident, innovative and out-of-the-box thinker with strong leadership qualities. I am

fluent in English, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia and French.

Philosophy: There is no mountain too high: Just Climb.

Strengths: Research, Organizational leadership & empowerment, Public/community

relations, Networking-forming collaborative alliances, Verbal and written

communications, Multi-media development/production, Multiple projects management

E DUCATION

Master of Philosophy in Historical Studies, 2011, Newnham College, University of

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Master of Science (Instructional Technology) GPA: 3.8 (completed a 2-year programme in

ten months), 2007, Lehigh University, USA

Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and European Studies) 2001, National University of

Singapore, Singapore

Programme International de Sciences Politiques et Sociales (Political Science, Economics,

Philosophy, French, Arabic) 2000-2001, Institut d Etudes Politiques de Paris, France

C AREER

Mar 2012 current Founder & CEO, Archipelago Consultancy (AC), Singapore

AC provides high quality services in the areas of Research, Heritage,

Education and Creativity. AC is registered under the Business

Registration Act (CAP 32), Registration No: 53210603B.

AC has three subsidiaries: Helang Books (publications), Helang Films

(media) and Helang Studio (design).

www-archipelago-consultancy.com

July 2001 Sept 2010 Media Producer, Educational Technology Division, Ministry of

Education, Singapore

Planned, designed, developed and produced educational video and

audio programmes to meet the curriculum needs and other special

needs of schools

Planned and developed strategies for effective use of educational

video and audio programs in classroom instruction

Planned and developed ancillary resources related to the use of

educational video and audio programs

Planned and facilitated collaborative projects in production of

educational media resources with stakeholders

Tracked and explored other possible educational and information

technologies relevant for education.

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Presented at the 13th International Conference on Computers in

Education (ICCE) from 28 Nov 2 Dec 2005, National Institute of

Education, Singapore.

Attended the British Education Technology Show at the Olympia

from 12 15 Jan 2005 and subsequent work attachment with

Ultralab, a learning technology research centre at the Anglia

Polytechnic University from 17 21 Jan 2005.

Chairperson of the 5th Schools Video Awards (2004), a nation wide

competition with the aim of the aim of providing a platform for our

students to express themselves creatively through the use of video.

July 2007 Dec 2007 Pro-bono Intern, Department of Public Information (DPI), United

Nations Headquarters, New York City

Liaison between DPI and the NGO community at the UN.

Job scope included organizing and coordinating the DPI/NGO

Annual Conference, weekly briefings for the NGO community on

global issues and coordinating joint DPI/NGO information

programmes.

S CHOLARSHIPS/ACADEMI C AWARDS/RECOGNITION S

LBKM Prestigious Scholarship 2010

- The scholarship is awarded by the Prophet Muhammad Birthday Memorial

Scholarship Fund Board.

Fulbright Scholarship 2006 (Fulbright Singapore Student Programme)

- Fulbright programme is a flagship international educational exchange programme

sponsored by the Government of the United States of America.

Alpha Delta Kappa International Teacher Education Scholarship 2006 (awarded by the

Alpha Delta Kappa Foundation, USA)

Tan Kah Kee Postgraduate Scholarship 2006

- Scholarship awarded by the Tan Kah Kee Foundation (Tan Kah Kee was a well-

known philanthropist and an outstanding Chinese leader in Southeast Asia)

National Construction Silver Medal Award 2001

- Awarded by the Royal Government of Cambodia, presented by Prime Minister Hun

Sen

SIF Student Award 1999

- Awarded by Singapore International Foundation under the SIF-ASEAN Visiting

Student Fellowship program.

National Youth Achievement Award (Pilot Scheme), 1992

- Awarded by President Wee Kim Wee

President s Guide Award, 1989

- Awarded by President Wee Kim Wee

Singapore Girl Guide Association s representative in the Asia-Pacific Environshop The

Earth You Save Today Is Your Earth Tomorrow, Baguio City, the Philippines, 1990.

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C OMMUNITY WORK & HUM ANITARIAN EXPEDITION S

Participant in the 30th Commemoration of Sabra & Shatilla Massacre, Program of

Solidarity with Lebanese & Palestinian Resistance Against Israeli Massacres 1982-2012,

Beirut, Lebanon (16 22 September 2012)

Founding member of Club HEAL

- Club HEAL (Hope, Empowerment, Acceptance & Love) is a registered charitable

society that aims to assist and empower persons with mental illness to regain

confidence in themselves and others in their journey towards community

reintegration. Club HEAL registered on 13 February 2012 (Reg No.: T12SS0028K)

runs two non-profit psychiatric rehabilitative day care centres that provide psycho-

education and supportive counselling to members and their families.

- www.clubheal.org.sg

Co-Founder of Singapore Muslim Students Overseas (SMSO)

- SMSO was set up on 6 May 2011 to create a knowledge awareness platform of unity

whilst catering to the academic, social and spiritual needs of Singaporean Muslim

students and encourage learning and discussion on further education amongst

members and the wider community.

- www.facebook.com/groups/smsouk

A Specialist Singapore Volunteer Overseas (SVO) on the Bhutan W.I.R.E.D project (8

21 Aug 2010)

- Build capacity of 5 pilot-project schools in integrating IT into classroom learning.

- Taught video production to 56 teachers and 49 pupils in 5 schools in Bhutan.

Volunteer in Lehigh University s SummerSERVE (12 19 May 2007)

- Worked with Sioux YMCA on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, Dupree,

South Dakota, USA.

- Initiated the Young Lakota Film-maker Project where I taught Native American

children film-making. Their videos can be viewed at

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPARQrlqD7w

Volunteer in St Luke s Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

Fall: Discharged and transported low risk patients by wheelchair, delivered mail, flowers,

medical reports, guided patients and visitors, and ran errands. Served as back-up

support for various departments.

Spring: Assisted in the delivery of quality patient care by performing essential non-

clinically related services for the patients in the Outpatient Dialysis Center.

Volunteer in Lehigh University s WinterSERVE (2 13 Jan 2007)

- Worked with the Habitat for Humanity team from Warren County to build houses for

Hurricane Katrina survivors in Slidell, Louisiana, USA.

Volunteer in Lehigh University s DC SERVE (7 10 Oct 2006)

- Worked in various soup kitchens and homeless shelters in Washington DC, USA.

Volunteer in the Singapore Red Cross Medical Relief Mission (Team 10), Meulaboh,

Aceh, Indonesia (10 19 May 2005)

- Assisted in the PMI-SRC Mobile Clinic in the tsunami affected region of Meulaboh.

Public Relations Head and Organizing Committee member in the YMS Cambodia

Experience 2001 in Phum Srash, Ponhea Krek District, Kampung Cham Province,

Cambodia (4 17 June 2001).

- A humanitarian community service organized by the Young Muslim Secretariat of the

Singapore Islamic Religious Council

- Our volunteers built wells, village hall, school, operated a mobile clinic as well as

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disbursed clothes and food items such as rice to the villagers. I also helped out the doctor

and nurses at the mobile clinic.

Project Manager in the Operasi Raleigh-Batam 98 in Pulau Bertam, Riau Archipelago (5

13 Sept 1998) and Publicity Committee member.

- Led project team responsible for building a school, clinic and mosque.

Volunteer in the Operasi Raleigh-Batam in Pulau Geranting, Riau Archipelago (24 Aug

1 Sept 1996).

- Project team was responsible for building a school and assisting in a malaria survey.

Participant in Operation Beacon, a Springfield Secondary School community project with

the White Cane Club (9 16 June 1998).

- Guided the visually-handicapped up Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Voluntary Tutor for the Yayasan Mendaki Weekend Tuition Scheme (1993, 1997 2006)

- The tuition programme aims to help financially poor students attain better results in

their examinations.

P UBLICATIONS & PRODU CTIONS

Book

Gedung Kuning: Memories of a Malay Childhood

A collection of 28 short stories revolving around Hidayah Amin s childhood home,

Gedung Kuning (the Yellow Mansion) which was home to the family of Haji Yusoff Tali

Pinggang from 1912 to 1999. Gedung Kuning was acquired by the Singapore government

in August 1999 under the Land Acquisition Act. What used to be a family home from

1912 is now preserved as a historic building under the Malay Heritage Centre. Through

the short stories, readers get a historical narrative detailing the lives of people living in

Gedung Kuning and the Malays of Singapore from 1850s to 1999.

ISBN: 978-***-**-****-2

Published by Singapore Heritage Society and Helang Books

The Mango Tree

((book launch on 16 March 2013)

This children s book (illustrated by Idris Ali, one of Singapore s famous water-colourists),

tells a touching story of family relationship, appreciation for nature, and a rooted sense of

identity that transcends through time and space.

ISBN 978-***-**-****-0

Published by Helang Books

Kampong Glam

(forthcoming)

The book will give a socio-historic view of Kampong Glam that formed the centre of

trade and commerce as well as a religious, intellectual and social hub for the Malays, and

Singapore's earliest Muslim Quarter.

Kampong Tempe

(forthcoming)

The book will give a socio-historic view of Kampong Tempe from the turn of the last

century to the critical moments when it changed to a modern and one of the most

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luxurious areas in Singapore. The book will not only look at the prominent residents but

also attempt to document some of the normal dwellers of the village, their needs, hopes

and dreams.

Short Stories

Hidayah Amin, Demon Wind, Finalist in the Newnham Short Story Competition 2010/11,

Newnham College, University of Cambridge.

Articles

Hidayah Amin, Siram and Param, Karyawan magazine Volume 10 Issue 1, Singapore:

Association of Muslim Professionals, July 2009.

Hidayah Amin, Haji Yusoff Tali Pinggang Patriarch of Gedung Kuning and Pioneering Malay

Entrepreneur, Karyawan magazine Volume 9 Issue 2, Singapore: Association of Muslim

Professionals, January 2009.

Farhan Ali and Hidayah Amin, The Forgotten Infant: Pre-natal Health and the Future of the

Community, Karyawan magazine Volume 9 Issue 1, Singapore: Association of Muslim

Professionals, July 2008.

Productions Short Films

(forthcoming)

I am the producer for a series of 4 short films depicting the plight of people with mental

illness. The films were directed by award-winning director Sanif Olek [2012]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ocdiJFGeU&feature=relmfu

My ABC of Cambridge is a documentary of what Cambridge means to student Hidayah

Amin. The short film has been submitted for 'My Cam' Cambridge Short Film

Competition (www.cam.ac.uk/mycam) [2011]

Potong Andam is an old Malay ritual which brides undergo to determine their virginity. The

film gives a glimpse of the forgotten ritual and the life of Nur, a modern woman who

struggles with her personal beliefs and that of her elders [2009]

Online

www.gedungkuning.com

The website is about Malay ethnography, as portrayed through my family s cultural history.

Pockets of interesting history of the Malays, their culture, religion, language, are presented

in bytes-size information. The website is created to allow better understanding of the

Malays (a minority race in Singapore) who forms about 241 million people in Asia.

www.singaporekopitiam.sg

I wrote 47 articles on Singapore Malay heritage, culture, language and cross cultural

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comparison in Let s Lepak! (Let s Chill!) column on Singapore Kopitiam website (a

Singapore International Foundation s website) July 2009 to September 2012.

P RESENTATIONS & PUBL IC TALKS [ SELECTED]

Date: 22 November 2012 (Thursday)

Time: 8 pm 9.30 pm

Venue: Wardah Books

Topic: Our visit to the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon

Singapore Discovery Trail Malay Showcase (Singapore International Foundation)

Date: 10 August 2011 (Wednesday)

Time: 4.45 pm 5.30 pm

Venue: LT 17B, Singapore Polytechnic

Topic: The Malays

Newnham College MCR Speakers Series

Date: 9 November 2010 (Tuesday)

Time: 7.30 9.30 pm

Venue: MCR

Topic: Writing That First book and Other Hurdles

Singapore Book Club s Book Discussion Series 2010

Date: 3 September 2010 (Friday)

Time: 8 9.30 pm

Venue: The Arts House

Topic: Gedung Kuning

Singapore Management University (SMU) s Lunchtime Talk Series 2010

Date: 3 March 2010 (Wednesday)

Time: 12.30 pm 2 pm

Venue: Wee Kim Wee Centre, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, SMU

Topic: Writing Gedung Kuning

Singapore Heritage Society (SHS) & the National Library Board

Date: 16 May 2009 (Saturday)

Time: 2 pm 4 pm

Venue: Visitor Briefing Room, National Library

Topic: Singapore Historic Buildings 101: Gedung Kuning

American Women s Association of Singapore

Date: 29 April 2009 (Wednesday)

Time: 7.30 pm 9 pm

Venue: American Club, Claymore Hill

Topic: Panel presentation with five women from different communities in Singapore

talking about four generations of women in their families.

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Anglo-Chinese School (Independent),Year 2 Students in the Regional Studies Programme

Date: 9 April 2009 (Thursday)

Time: 3.30 pm 5 pm

Venue: 121 Dover Road, Singapore 139650

Topic: Sharing of cultural research experiences

P ROFESSIONAL MEMBERS HIP/OTHER ENGAGEMENT S

Member of Board of Directors of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), a

community self-help group and NGO (Dec 2008 Sept 2010)

Management of Young AMP, youth wing of AMP (May 2008 Sept 2010)

Member, Media Development Authority (MDA) s Films Consultative Panel [1 November

2009 Sept 2010]

Member of Alpha Delta Kappa, International Honorary Organization for Women

Educators, United States of America

Life member, Oxbridge Society, Singapore

Singapore International Foundation s ASEAN Students Fellowship Alumni

I NTERESTS

Enjoy reading, listening to music, outdoor activities, creative art works, writing,

community work, humanitarian expeditions, research, networking and traveling (www.hida-

amin.blogspot.sg).

BLK 161B, PUNGGOL CENTRAL, #03-97, SINGAPORE 822161 PHONE (65) 9625 0032

E-MAIL: abqcfh@r.postjobfree.com

WEBSITE: www.gedungkuning.com/hidayah_amin

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