President Tony Tan Keng Yam unveiled the masterplan for SJI ’ s upgraded campus and officiated at the “ ground breaking ” ceremony on 20 July 2015 .

The SJI campus redevelopment project marked another significant milestone in the school ’ s 163 years history . With the introduction of the Integrated Programme ( IP ) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme ( IBDP ) in 2013 , there has been a need for SJI to look into the redevelopment of its campus to meet new requirements . There is also a need to critically refurbish existing facilities and buildings which are now more than 25 years old . Since 2011 , SJI has worked on the redevelopment of the Malcolm Road campus to ensure that it is able to meet the demands of education in the 21st century .

In order for SJI to be responsive to new learning requirements and to continue to provide a holistic and balanced education that focuses on character formation and leadership development for our current and future generations of Josephians , SJI ’ s campus redevelopment is timely : it will ensure that the school can meet future learning requirements and continue to provide holistic education to form our current and future students ’ character and leadership . This is why the redevelopment is called - “ Designed for Learning and for Interactions , Now and the Future ”.

President Tony Tan launched the new SJI book , “ Lasallian Pathfinders : Of Ordinary Men and Less Ordinary Leadership ”, a collection of leadership lectures from the second Fullerton – SJI Leadership Lectures Series . This book provides an insight to the leadership experiences of our prominent leaders from the Lasallian family of schools which include SJI alumni such as : the President of Singapore , Dr Tony Tan ( Class of 1958 ); Professor and Director of Special Projects , Faculty of Science at National University of Singapore , Professor Leo Tan Wee Hin ( Class of 1963 ); Judge , Chairman of Public Transport Council and Expert ( IBC ) Member , UNESCO , Richard Magnus ( Class of 1963 ); Chairman of Singapore Business Federation , Tony Chew Leong Chee ( Class of 1965 ); leading jazz musician , Professor Jeremy Monteiro ( Class of 1976 ); founder of Makansutra , KF Seetoh ( Class of 1978 ); and Brother Armin Luistro , Secretary of the Department of Education of the Philippines .

The speeches contain a wealth of interesting personal anecdotes about leadership that reflect their Lasallian heritage . Readers who are interested in the diverse aspects of leadership , entrepreneurship , and management will be able to gain much from this volume .

The S $ 40-million redevelopment project includes adding four new buildings to increase SJI ’ s capacity and refurbishing the existing buildings , which are more than 25 years old . The new sports hall will house basketball , tennis and badminton courts . There will be a 600-seat lecture theatre block with meeting rooms . Two other blocks with a total of 32 classrooms will be built above the existing buildings and connected by a link bridge .

ST JOSEPH ’ S INSTITUTION JOSEPHIAN ANNUAL 2015