By Joyce Er (15A01A), Wilson Chan (15A01C) and Celine Liu (15A01E)

It takes a special kind of person to maintain all the technology facilities on a campus as large as RI’s while running the lights and sounds at various school concerts and events. “It’s not easy,” shares Mr Philip Lim of the Estate (AV) department as he reclines in an office chair in the Estate office room. When we ask how work gets done in his department, his responses are measured and thorough. From the sound of it, his compact team has it down to a science. “There are seven of us in total, including the RI Y1-4 side. Replacing the projectors takes four years, it’s what we call the cyclical process of maintenance. This June we’re replacing the projectors on levels 2–4. In December we’ll change those on levels 5 to 7. Next June we’ll replace those in block J and the rest of the blocks, and so on…by the time all the projectors have been replaced, it’ll have been a four year cycle and we start all over again.”

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By Liu Fangzhou (14A01C), Hazirah Mohd Helmy (14A01C) and Martin Lim (15A13A)

It’s a miserable Tuesday morning, you’re an hour behind on a PW deadline but you’ve lost your phone and wallet in one go and with that, any hope of begging a classmate or running to the library for a last-minute print job. What do you do?

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By Bryan Chua (14A01A)

Last year, Raffles Press and The Humanz Initiative had the opportunity to feature 55-year old cleaner Maheswari, who has been both a friendly presence in the school and an inspiration to many of us with her nuggets of wisdom.

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By Kang Yi Xi (15S03N), Michelle Zhu (15A01B), Nai Jie Lin (15A13A), and William Hoo (15A01E)

Many Rafflesians fondly know of Yuan’s Western Food as the stall that remains open till 7 pm, providing them with much-needed sustenance for their mugging marathons or CCA activities. Fewer Rafflesians, though, know that Yuan’s Western Food is by far the oldest stall on campus, and has been in existence since RJ’s first year of operation. As part of Appreciation Week, Raffles Press headed down to speak with the sprightly man behind the counter,  60 year-old Mr. Seow Wei Ngen, to find out more.

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By Isaac Leong (15A13A), Katrina Jacinto (15A13A), Marcus Tan (15A01A), and Tan Yi Chern (15S03N)

The finances of our college don’t work their own magic, but instead, in preparing every budget and expenditure sheet is a team of real people who work their magic and do the math to ensure the health of the school’s financial operations. In trying to find out more about this team, Raffles Press met up with and interviewed Ms Lynette Neo, RI’s Manager of Accounting.

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