Ms Thng Suat Ling, Stella
Qualifications :
B.A. (Communication), Monash University,
Australia
Profile/Areas of Interest :
Stella,
a former magazine editor at MediaCorp, has helmed magazines as diverse
as the youth lifestyle title, LIME (Singapore and Malaysia), to health,
travel, property to parenting genres at its Custom Publishing division.
As a NP alumnus, she first returned to NP as a Marcom Manager with Corporate
Communications. She had been an associate lecturer at NP and
RP while writing for magazines like 8 Days, Home & Decor, Young Parents
& Simply Her.
In 2006, after losing a sister to cancer, Stella launched her book "Cancer Warriors" and a CD of the same name with music from renowned local singers. The Cancer Warriors Project was awarded the Young ChangeMakers Grant by MCYS. Widely featured in newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and local and foreign websites, it received a letter of commendation from PM Lee Hsien Loong & proceeds benefitted local cancer charities.
Stella has also served as a panellist for *scape, was editorial advisor to www.youth.sg and supported national youth events like Noise Singapore, Shine Festival and Singapore Street Festival.