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In the article, “Electric vehicles will take over Singapore”, Dr Sanjay (2020) state that by 2040, Singapore targets to phase out internal combustion vehicles and move towards the wider adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). The article mentions factors like lack of national charging infrastructure, high cost of EVs, the driving range and charging time is of concern. Despite that, the Singapore government has set a goal of creating 28,000 charging points, with the participation of private-sector authorities. The article explains ways to expedite the adoption of EVs through measures like creating a separate Certification of Entitlement (COE) and having sufficient technical personnel with relevant skills to upkeep the ecosystem. Additionally, offering incentives in early conversion schemes can aid in the speed of rolling out EVs. The article claims that Singapore is on the right track but the road to success needs more than just the government's efforts to come through.

  In the article, “Electric vehicles will take over Singapore”, Dr. Sanjay (2020) stated that by 2040, Singapore targets to phase out internal combustion vehicles and move towards the wider adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). The article mentioned factors like lack of national charging infrastructure, high cost of EVs, the driving range and charging time are of concern. Despite that, the Singapore government has set a goal of creating 28,000 charging points, with cooperation of private sector incumbents.  The article stated ways to expedite the adoption of EVs through measures like creating a separate Certification of Entitlement (COE) and having sufficient technical personnels with relevant skills to upkeep the ecosystem. Additionally, offering incentives in early conversion schemes can aid in the speed of rolling out EVs. In conclusion, Singapore is on the right track but the road to success needs more than just the government’s efforts to make it happen.

 Dear Professor Brad, My name is Low Zhen Xuan, and I am a year 1 sustainable infrastructure engineering student in your effective communication class.  I graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a diploma in environmental and water technology.  I developed an interest in engineering when I was doing my internship during my polytechnic where I had opportunity to learn about Green Mark Certification for buildings in Singapore. Therefore I decided to find out more about it by pursuing a degree in sustainable infrastructure engineering. My hobby is playing online games when I have free time or when I am stressed. I view it as a platform for me to relief stress and temporarily escape from reality. I feel that is what differentiate me from others as I am very sociable online and have organized virtual get-togethers with friends that I have met online. These friend have shared a lot about responsibilities and commitments to fulfill. I feel that I am more confident in speaking i...

"Critical Thinking: The Soul of Communication" Communication and critical thinking is the key to working well in the future as a leader. Critical thinking enable leaders to view things at different level by removing personal bias, emotions and subjective opinions. This allows them to make reasonable decision base on data analysis instead of doing things just because it has always been done in a certain way. However with critical thinking, leaders also requires strong communication skill, with strong communication it is much simpler to assign tasks, manage relationships and motivate others. Strong communication does not only mean talks to people but gives others the opportunity to voice their opinions. Therefore having communication and critical thinking is a valuable skills in the future, where it can distinguish you as a leader and a valuable mind to bounce idea off. It helps to improve your work and the ability of being noticed by higher up in the company.

     “Without clear lines of communication, our ideas would stay within our own small development teams instead of becoming mature products. While this is obvious to those of us who have become experienced engineers, the real question is: Why is it lost to us when we are engineering students?”  Dr. Akbar R Khan, Software Systems Engineer, USA, “Good Communication Is Essential...” (2014) Experienced engineers have clear communication skills to articulate their complex ideas and project plans to colleagues in different departments or even clients. Their work is technical and complex and not everyone they work with has a similar background. It is important to have clear communication skills to ensure that all participants of the project are on the same page. As compared to experienced engineers, engineering students are still figuring out the skill required to become experienced engineers and they lack real work experience which would be gain overtime however commu...