(PD) Is he here?
Good morning, good morning!
You want me to be blind by the end of this shoot or?
Hello Amanda!
Eh? Oh, that's you ah. (Acting blind)
Why am I here this early on a Saturday morning?
The sea is just right over there.
I think it's something to do with being a sailor, lifeguard
Or swim to the sea.
It's a bit bright, let me take out my mask. (Logic has left the chatroom)
Water?!
I cannot swim, like legit!
Oh! Mr Hong Tat Chee.
Okay, okay. I've heard of him before.
He's... one of our ministers, right?
I'm supposed to look for him? He's here?
I'm going to meet him?
When I'm dressed like this?
So I have his photo, but uh...
I think I shouldn't face any issues when finding him.
Because there's only like 400 people here.
And all of them are wearing mask, so...
Should be okay lah! (Sarcasm king)
Congratulations, sir! (Voice crack)
I would say there is a sea of people.
Ah, never let them know where you're going.
Why you hit my shoulder?
Found the man.
You know why? Because he has this aura.
I can sense.
- Hi, good morning. Morning, Hafeez! - Mr Chee, good morning to you too!
Very nice meeting you.
Nice meeting you too, sir.
Hi! Good morning, everybody.
My name is Chee Hong Tat, I'm the Senior Minister of State for Transport.
Today, I'm very happy to meet Hafeez.
Because we have a lot of work for him to do.
A lot of work?!
So, today we are doing to expose you to some of the jobs in Maritime Singapore
We have our Ocean-Going Vessels.
These are what we all call the sea-based, seafaring jobs.
And then we also have our shore-based jobs.
They do data analytics, finance, insurance, legal, arbitration.
Since you mentioned that I will be out at sea
I don't know if I will get sea sick.
Have you ever gotten sea sick before?
I've been out there together with our MPA colleagues.
I've not been sea sick.
But have you taken your vitamin C (sea)?
(Hafeez was too stunned to speak)
I sea what you did there, sir.
I haven't taken my vitamin sea, but...
If anything, I fall sick, I will just take an...
MC.
Look look see see first.
Hello there, my name is Azmi.
Azmi?
I'm from the Hydrographic Division.
Today, I'll be your mentor.
Okay, Hafeez. So...
I will leave you in the good hands of my MPA colleague.
I will see you later after you have completed your various tasks.
By the time you meet me, I'll be the good-est boy.
You will see a lot of all these navigational equipment.
We also have this system over here.
In short form, we call it AIS.
Which is Automatic Identification System.
Ah, you did your homework already.
No, I'm very good at miming words.
Okay, this computer is basically ENC.
We call it Electronic Navigation Chart.
Ah...
So when you actually click on this icon, you will see all the characters.
It's shown here FL(3)R.15s.
In simple terms, it means it will flash 3 times every 15 seconds.
But the flash is red colour.
- Based on the buoy's colour. - Oh...
So we're going onboard, we're going to jump on the buoy.
We're going to jump.
Really really. We're really going to jump onto the buoy.
- Jump onto the buoy... - That's why you're wearing a life jacket.
Let me limber up a bit ah.
(Priorities)
Okay, Hafeez. So, now what we will be doing is
We're going to go onboard the buoy.
Maybe uh... I'll do it first.
- I show you. - Of course!
Not maybe, I will make sure you do it first!
Trust me!
So, when I'm onboard then I'll help you along
- To go onboard. - Yes, please.
Whenever you're comfortable, you can go.
Alright.
Wow wow wow.
- Okay, Hafeez. - Expert ah, Azmi.
(Hafeez) I climb ah?
(Azmi) Ya, you climb. Slowly ah.
You can see the light is actually here.
And then...
This spike here is actually to deter birds from sitting on top.
As you can see around here.
- The white colour... - Oh! That's bird shit ah?
Make a guess ah.
Oh no!
So what we are doing is we're trying to simulate (the) night.
We will cover the light itself.
This light is supposed to be flashing every 15 seconds.
Correct.
One thousand... Two thousand... Three...
Ah, yes. Just nice.
Okay, got it.
Ah!
Captain!
(Moments before disaster)
(The disaster) (Moments before disaster)
(The disaster)
The GoPro...
So, this is my resignation video.
Uh... thank you for having me at TSL.
(Azmi) Welcome to MPA.
Welcome to MPA? Please!
Talk with HR?
I didn't do it, I swear!
It was not my plan.
Amanda! Amanda is the one! (Lying in 4k)
What a loss eh.
I'm very lost.
I saw the GoPro like woOoOo~
Go inside the water.
Ya, I purposely like bend down to show... but.
Sorry, boss.
Sorry, Bryan.
For...
For dropping the GoPro.
(PD) And the head strap.
Oh, and the strap.
(PD) The battery and the SD card!
I hope the GoPro can see this.
Okay, Hafeez. So, we are approaching...
Don't ask me, I'm still recovering from just now.
We are approaching the first lighthouse.
You have to take about 88 steps. (Huat)
88 steps?
All the way to the top of the lighthouse.
This one no GoPro ah?
Don't worry, I won't drop!\
Okay, Hafeez. So we have reached the Raffles Lighthouse jetty.
For your next task, you will go up the steps and meet my colleague, Pearlyn.
- She'll be guiding you. - She's upstairs ah?
- Tell her come down ah.
Pay her ah.
I know I'm going to climb up the stairs but I don't really know what I'm doing there.
No! Whatever. Don't be lame. (You then)
I don't see any...
Oh! Flying fox? From there?
One... Two...
Three, four, five, six~
Pitstop! Pitstop! Tired already.
24 steps.
Oh no, I think I count wrongly.
So steep eh. Oh no, I think I count wrongly.
So steep eh.
Oh no.
My fear of heights.
Is this even safe?
Why they don't have any more of this...
Oh...
- (Crew dying in the back) - Wah...
Pearlyn!
(PD) Eh, wait lah!
(Hafeez) Oh, sorry!
Oh my! Why is she outside?
(Girly shriek)
How did you get there?
How do I go there?
Find a doorway?\
Oh, do not climb!
Clearly it says 'Do Not Climb'.
Ah...
Welcome... to Narnia.
The lion...
The witch...
The audacity of this b****.
Come on! Open it up, why I cannot?
(Witch laughter)
Pearlyn!
Oh! It's a bit high there.
Aha! She's right there.
So, where you're standing now...
- You're on Raffles Lighthouse - Where I'm trembling now?
Yeah... (Ignores Hafeez)
Did you count the number of steps on your way up?
But I count wrongly.
The Raffles Lighthouse, you're actually at the southernmost turning point.
Which guides ships in their navigation.
So, if you look down from here...
It's okay! I don't have to look down.
I can look here. Can I look here?
- Okay lah, I can look down. - You can peek with the corner of your eyes.
Do you see the sea bed?
Your task today is to find out how deep is the water surrounded.
Will you give me a measuring tape or?
No, you got prepare your diving equipment all that?
Are you serious?
No! I cannot dive!
Don't joke with me!
I don't joke when it comes to high places.
Kidding. We'll be discovering and exploring the waters around us
using a portal called GeoSpace-Sea.
Generally, I would describe GeoSpace-Sea as three components.
First is the data sources.
Second component is the repository where you store all these data.
And then the third component is the portal.
That's what we're gonna look at.
Do we do it here or can we do it somewhere uh... a little shadier?
Wah, the weather.
I think today I'm part-timing as a solar panel also.
So, this is the GeoSpace-Sea home page.
Over here, you can explore data categories and some featured applications and charts.
When we find where we are, which is Pulau Satumu.
How to spell?
S-A-T-U-M-U.
I can spell. (LOL)
- So, we're here. - We're here?
Oh! We're here already. Okay.
Over here, you notice that there is a yellow area.
There is a green area and there is a blue area.
- So, the yellow... - Let me try to make a guess.
Yellow is the land.
What's with the chuckle?
Green is the shallow water.
And then blue is where my GoPro can be found.
Blue is the deeper...
Crevice? Deeper... I don't know.
Trenches? Or something like that. Along those lines.
You're right. Yellow is land area.
Green is actually what we call the intertidal area.
After that, you're right.
It gets deeper with the darker water.
and then a lighter blue after that.
Over here, you see a lot of different feature objects, right?
So this is a general nature of surface around this area, which is coral.
So, hopefully later we can take a peek at some of them.
Maybe I'll find Spongebob ah.
Have you seen them around? It's been awhile ah.
We chart both rocks and corals because they are considered dangers to safety of navigation.
Because it can go against the boats or ships?
Generally, we don't want any vessels knocking into them.
Right now, we are on a break to have our lunch.
And also, I have some time to reminisce about my experiences.
But so far, based on my experiences this morning.
It opened up my eyes to the kind of jobs that the Maritime industry actually offers.
- First one I did was go on top... -(PD) Lose the GoPro.
No, no! That's not part of the job scope.
That was an addition.
For the next location at the lighthouse.
I was showed their portal, GeoSpace-Sea.
A lot of big words were used.
To simplify it, the sea we know... good. (??)
Something like that, I don't know.
Right now, I'm at this very cool location.
As you can see, I have a new mentor with me with me
who is going to go through what tasks I'm going to be doing later on.
Now, we are standing at the control centre of PSA Tuas Port.
This is the nerve centre of the container port, where we plan, monitor and manage the entire logistic cargo.
PSA Singapore is the world's largest and busiest transhipment hub
connected to every major shipping destination in the world.
Over here, when we are dealing with automated vehicles
we still need a sophisticated team of technicians, engineers and programmers.
And even yard controls to manage this fleet.
Jim is actually monitoring the status of the AGVs.
The AGV is fitted with lots of high-tech sensors.
That constantly feedbacks the vehicle telematics to the control centre.
He managed to see that there is a potential vehicle that needs to be called back for maintenance.
And today you will be part of PSA's very own pitstop crew.
I see your uniform like very nice.
Very sachok ah, I would call it.
- Is there a... - We'll get you one of this!
You'll get me one?
Ya!
Is there a name tag though?
Of course.
Let's go, I'm ready!
Over here, we have multiple bases where the AGV will be scheduled for a quick pitstop.
Their job is to carry containers for horizontal transport moving around the port.
This one need to charge?
- Ya, it needs to charge. - How does it work?
I will keep you in suspense and explain a little bit more later on.
- But first, let's... - Always like this ah you.
We have to set up a virtual block before we enter the bay to proceed with our jobs.
If you look at the screen, this is green. That means the area is being blocked.
And of course, we are safe to enter to proceed with our job for today.
Ah... okay, nice.
Over here, I will need you to take over the AGV by selecting it to the standstill mode.
It's standing still for now.
Alright, I just have to flip the switch to the stand still.
As you can see, there is a tire pressure low warning.
So right now, we need to inflate the tires of interest.
It's huge!
That's it! Easy right?
Not bad, not bad.
We just have to wait here, have a little bit of chit chat
while it reaches 10.5BAR as our preset tire pressure.
Good job, Hafeez!
Now, we just have to release the hose.
Okay? I'll do this for you.
Hafeez, your next job today is to...
Top up the greasing tank as part of the preventive maintenance.
This one look like chin chow ah.
Push this in.
Yup, almost there. Good.
We can see that the grease is going up.
And then we reverse the process.
Cap this first?
Yup, we cap this first.
I was testing you.
What you're looking at here is the battery pack for the AGV.
The battery packs deliver the capacity of 68,000 AA batteries.
What you are doing here is to simulate a charging session.
And you can see over there, the arm is extending.
The charging is happening.
- So we just wait for it to... - We just have to go for a little bit of coffee and you know.
Or you want chin chow?
Chin chow! Wah, you remember ah?
So, Hafeez. How was your day?
As you can tell, I might be a few shades darker.
I was out in the sun for quite a bit in the first half of the day.
First half was a bit more tiring, because...
I think in terms of the environment I was in.
It was more outdoors, in the open sea and I was in the lighthouse.
But in the second half of the day, the difference is that I could see how automation actually is a big step in the Maritime industry.
The good thing about Maritime, as you correctly pointed out.
The main thing is you must have an interest.
You know, a passion for this sector.
We believe in hiring for attitude and then training for skills.
I hope my current boss still believes in that, because after my mistake...
I have a positive attitude!
Increasingly, we are going to have greater emphasis on how we can make the Maritime sector greener, more sustainable.
The one that you tried, the AGV, saves manpower because it is automated.
Also, it is running on battery, so it is basically a huge electric vehicle.
It was huge.
(PD) Okay Hafeez, this is your payment for today.
This is like Edusave (Award) photo.
Not payment lah, this is more of a token of appreciation.
This is a notebook.
You had a chance to get very close to a AGV today, right?
This is a mask.
Maritime! (Hire him pls)