STAR gazers will tell you that there are signs and portents in the sky that foretell the birth of an important body or personage. The signs of the times, in other words, sometimes foreshadow the coming of a person of note.
The Birth of ELLTA(S)
by Oliver Seet
President, ELLTA(S)
STAR gazers will tell you that there are signs and portents in the sky that foretell the birth of an important body or personage. The signs of the times, in other words, sometimes foreshadow the coming of a person of note.
ELLTA(S), our progeny, I believe was conceived in a dry year when the times seemed to indicate the need for such a professional body and no less a 'star' than the Prime Minister himself pointed out the need for timely action to be taken to arrest the apparent decay in the standards of spoken English. I believe ELLTA(S) is our professional response to this call for action.
I suppose the parentage of a baby is also of importance in some circles; ELLTA(S) can indeed boast that it comes from noble stock. It could not have done better than to have been conceived by ELL where such a rich heritage of scholarship and learning resides.
Besides being well-born, the birth of ELLTA(S) was also celebrated by no less than 300 members and by other distinguished organizations on 21 October 2001.
I believe all of us would like to wish ELLTA(S) well as it begins its first year of operation. Its success, however, really depends on the support it receives and we look to you as a true professional to give it the support it needs.
With appreciation,
Assoc Prof Oliver Seet
Interim President
ELLTA(S)