Daily battle on the roads

When you are walking on the roads of Wuhan, do not imagine that the drivers will always look out for you
Despite having lived in Wuhan for five years, Dr Rumana Jafarey still watches the roads carefully when she crosses them.
The 27-year-old doctor who works at Renmin Hospital in Wuhan University, says, “Some drivers are very [...]

Living life on the edge

In a narrow sidewalk at Dong Hu Road in Wuhan, a little make-shift fruit stall is propped against a single-windowed wall.
Look into it and you will see the home of Mr Huang Xiaohua and his wife, both 54, which also doubles up as a fruit stall - the rice bowl that covers their daily expenses [...]

A place where the fun never ends

Jiang Han in Wuhan’s Hankou district tantalises with activities round the clock.
If you’re talking about entertainment in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei Province, then there is only one place to go - Hankou.
Undergraduate Mr Liu Wen Xiang, 24, swears by the allure of Hankou, one of the three boroughs of Wuhan. Highlighting Jiang Han, [...]

Not fast, not furious, but fuel-efficient

The first eco car by NP clinches second spot in a regional race
A year of hard work for 13 students paid off when one of their two eco cars came in second at the recent Shell Eco-Marathon (SEM) Asia 2010.
Shell’s challenge was for the teams to design, build and drive an energy-saving car that maximises [...]

Cultural shake-up in Sichuan

A trip to Sichuan Province in China that is still living in the shadow of a seismic earthquake that measured 8.0 on the Richter scale might sound daunting, but for the 20 students and two staff members from The Christieara Programme (TCP), the learning experience triumphed over any fear.
The team spent two weeks in March [...]

Big hearts for little people

Students from the School of Life Sciences & Chemical Technology join hands to reach out to the less fortunate in Batam orphanages
Planting trees, creating landscapes and dressing wounds may not be a student’s sense of holiday fun but for 55 students and four lecturers from the School of Life Sciences & Chemical Technology (LSCT), the [...]

Iban insights

Students on Sarawak trip touched by hospitality of native people

For second-year Mass Communication (MCM) student Aisyah Puteri, 18, her trip to the remote jungles of Sarawak literally started with a bang.
“We had just travelled for over three hours from Kuching airport. When we arrived at the Iban village, it was pitch black. Suddenly there were [...]

Kicking out bullying

By Yeong Kar Yan & Melissa Tan
Student volunteers tackle bullying problems at orphanage by instilling values of friendship and sportsmanship at football tournament

People walking by the Rumah Barkat orphanage on May 2 may be surprised as the usually empty football field is, for once, filled with children playing the game.
As the only orphanage in Johor [...]

Oh baby, it’s a wild world

With overseas trips as hot as the latest iPhone, npTribune gathers the thoughts of those who have returned from abroad and lived to tell their tale.
Hong Kong Media Study Trip
Ng Lye Ee, 19,
Final-year Mass Communication student

In Hong Kong, people in poverty are very different from those in Singapore. They have pride and don’t rely on [...]

That special spark

It was a phone call that changed the course of the next 20 weeks of my life.
The call was from NP, informing me that I will be sent to Hong Kong to complete my final-year internship. Excited as I was, I had never been to Hong Kong before and did not speak a word of [...]