School of Engineering Students Won First Medals for Republic Polytechnic at WorldSkills Singapore 2008
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Five School of Engineering (SEG) 3rd Year students represented Republic Polytechnic (RP) in the finals of the WorldSkills Singapore Competition 2008 – Telecommunication Distribution Technology category. The team displayed strong fighting spirit and emerged victorious with two of the participants clinching 2 silver medals with a cash price of $2000 each and one of our students obtaining the Diploma of Excellence. This victory marks RP’s first medals for the WorldSkills Singapore Competition.
The event was held at the ITE College East from 16th to 18th October 2008 and attracted strong participation from all the local polytechnics and ITEs. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports was the GOH for the prize presentation ceremony.
After 18 months of intensive training from RP coaches, both Yong Tuck Whye (first from left, DAA) and Tay Kai Heng Zack (third from left, DCAE) clinched silver medals in the competition with Celes Tan Si Hui (DIOM), the only female in the team, clinching the Diploma of Excellence. The rest of the RP participants, including Dominic Leow JiCong (DBME) and Pang Yong Kai (DSCM), also put on an impressive display of skills as they competed with other finalists from Singapore Polytechnic and Nanyang Polytechnic.
We would like to thank our SEG TSE, Apple Chiam, for all her time and support in helping out with the competition.
Also not forgetting our Team manager Linda Ong for always helping out on the administration and gathering the support that we needed for our Worldskills Team.
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