A Report on the Hindustan International Industrial Study Tour (HIIST) for the students of the School of Management Studies to Malaysia and Singapore from 04.07.2008 to 09.07.2008
Innovative study programme has always been a trademark for Hindustan University and this facet has once again come to the fore with the latest initiative in the form of GlobExPo, a Global Exposure Programme, intended to apprise the business students with the nuances of Global Market.
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Genting: City of Entertainment |
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| Genting stay for 2 days was exciting and a life-time experience in anybody's life.
In 2006, Guinness World Records listed the First World Hotel as the worlds largest hotel with a total of 6,118 rooms. However, it was later surpassed by The Venetian Las Vegas and MGM Grand Las Vegas, which have 7,128 and 6,852 rooms respectively. Facilities in this resort include two theme parks, a Ripleys Believe It or Not! museum, a wind-turbine sky diving simulator, golf courses and shopping malls. |
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| KL Monorail: An Innovative Transport System |
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| A ride by the KLM gives an amazing upper angle view of the KL city. It is awesome for any tourist to travel by 8.6 km long, serving 11 stations, KL Monorail, previously known as Peoplemover Rapid Transit (PRT), on two parallel elevated tracks. It connects the Kuala Lumpur Sentral transport hub with the Golden Triangle. |
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Visit to NTU: A High Learning Experience |
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| A high learning experience was the visit to Nanyang Technological University and Nanyang Business School in the city of Singapore, where the team had active interactions with the professors and students. NTU Museum, Media Resource Library, Business Library, Lee Wee Nam Library, Wang Gungwu Library and Asian Communication Resource Centre (ACRC) enhanced the learning experience. |
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| Night Safari: Worlds First Nocturnal Zoo |
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| Night Safari was one of the most thrilling experiences in the whole trip. It is the world's first nocturnal zoo and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Singapore. The concept of a nocturnal park in Singapore was mooted in the 1980s by the former executive chairman of the Singapore Zoo, Dr Ong Swee Law. |
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| NEWater Plant: An Industrial Visit of High Learning Experience |
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| Our next visit was to NEWater plant, which situated near Tanah Merah MRT Station and it was an event of erudition. This is a Visitor Centre, which contains a working NEWater factory for educational purposes. The research done on the NEWater segment brings out the following facts. NEWater is the brand name given to reclaimed water produced by Singapore's Public Utilities Board. |
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| Underwater World: An Amazing Oceanarium |
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| An unbelievable ambience of Underwater World sunned not only us but everyone who visited it as well. Underwater World Singapore Pte Ltd, commonly known as Underwater World, is an oceanarium located on the offshore Singapore island of Sentosa. Opened in 1991, it has more than 2,500 marine animals of 250 species from different regions of the world. |
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| At Underwater World Singapore, a 'voyage to the bottom of the sea' begins at the waters edge, with shallow rock turtle and ray pools. Be greeted next by brightly colored corals and exotic ocean dwellers (including moray eels, sea dragons and jelly fishes) before embarking on a spectacular underwater journey through the moving travelator with a tunnel housing the majestic rays, fearsome sharks, great shoals of other fishes and a host of other creatures that inhabit the ocean depths. |
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Songs of the Sea: The world�s only permanent show set in the sea |
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| The marvelous show Songs of the Sea took us to a world of imaginations and fantasies. It opened not only our eyes but of every business-student who visited this fantastic script-based attraction to think out-of-the-box in generating ideas and promoting business in general and tourism in particular. The Songs of the Sea show, started on 26 March 2007, replaced the 25-year-old Musical Fountain show. |
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