 How
AIESEC Singapore was formed?
It all began in 1968 when the Business
Administration Society in University of
Singapore hosted a visit by Kunio Miki,
Asian Regional Committee President of AIESEC,
who came on a selling mission in Singapore
and Malaysian for the Association. With
the help of Miki, a group of members from
the Society and other counterparts from
the University of Malaya spearheaded the
formation of AIESEC. Mr G. G. Thomson
(AIESEC Singapore's Godfather) also arranged
a series of contacts with the business sector
to promote AIESEC.
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| A breakthrough for AIESEC
Singapore !
 The
final breakthrough came on 17 May 1972 when
the Registry of Societies approved the Constitution
of AIESEC Singapore. From then on, AIESEC Singapore
was officially inaugurated. Membership was small,
and confined to a number of less than 20.
In 1973, an intensive programme was
launched to publicise the AIESEC School
of Thought to undergraduates at the University
of Singapore. On the other hand, it was
by sheer coincidence that Nanyang University
AIESEC was formed. There was an inter-varsity
visit by Nanyang University and they came
upon the University of Singapore AIESEC
exhibition. They showed much interest and
eventually AIESEC Nanyang University was
formed.
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1974
The first National Convention, with the
purpose of formulating the guiding policies
for the various functional bodies was held.
It was intended that the Convention be an
annual affair.
A Management Game was organised by the
Nanyang University LC. This paved the way
for a tradition of many more such games
in the later years.
A local Leadership Development Programme
was organised by the University of Singapore
Local Committee in conjunction with the
National Committee to develop a core of
future potential leaders.
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| 1975
A twin LC link-up between the University
of Singapore and Doshisha University of
Japan was established.
AIESEC Singapore embarked on its most challenging
and prestigious project the 2nd Asian
Congress. Some 50 fellow AIESECers from
neighbouring countries participated. It
was for this Congress that Singapore received
the prestigious Project of the Year award.
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| 1976
The AIESEC Singapore Alumni was formed
at the 4th Anniversary Tea of AIESEC Singapore.
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| 1977
Singapore attended for the first time,
the International Presidents Meeting (IPM)
in Netherlands.
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| 1979
The 1st Asian Motivational Seminar (AMS),
organised by the Nanyang University Local
Committee was held at the Nanyang Campus.
This year saw a total of 21 traineeships.
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1980
The National University of Singapore was
formed and the two existing LCs were abolished.
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| 1981
The NUS Local Committee was formed.
The Stock Exchange Game (SEG) was inaugurated,
signifying a need to increase the number
of projects to meet the growing expectations
of a membership of 836 students.
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| 1982
The first issue of the AIESEC Business
Executive was published.
The Ist Leadership Development Seminar
(LLDS) was organised. It sought to train
and nurture the future leaders of AIESEC
Singapore.
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| 1984
A member welfare programme was implemented.
Attendance at the Discovery Day was overwhelming
and membership crossed the 1,000 mark.
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| 1985
The first Financial Futures Game in the
world was conceived and held. It attracted
80 participants altogether.
A Protem Committee was formed in March
at the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI)
to study the possibility of starting AIESEC.
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