TEAM SINGAPORE WINS 3 GOLDS AT WORLDSKILLS LEIPZIG

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1 ITE 06/18/01 Press Release No. 18/13 TEAM SINGAPORE WINS 3 GOLDS AT WORLDSKILLS LEIPZIG 2013 Singapore delivers outstanding results at WorldSkills Competition, with 3 Golds, 2 Silvers and 9 Medallions for Excellence Singapore ranked 7 th globally based on its medal haul at WorldSkills Leipzig 2013, held from 3-6 July 2013, Germany. For a small nation, Singapore has performed outstandingly, outshining advanced countries, such as Australia, Canada, Germany, France, UK and USA. Korea topped the medal standing, with 12 Golds, followed by Switzerland (9 Golds), Taiwan (6 Golds), Austria and Japan (5 Golds each) and Brazil. (4 Golds). 2 With increased global focus on skills education and training for economic and social development of nations, WorldSkills has become a major national agenda for many countries. 3 Unlike her predecessors, 21-year-old Audrey Foo from had a different experience at WorldSkills Leipzig. She is the first competitor of Health & Social Care (formerly known as Caring) after it became a single-member competition area, with different tasks to complete. Despite the change in the competition format, Audrey Foo emerged as the World Champion for Health & Social Care. Singlehandedly, Audrey was able to showcase Singapore s strength in the competition area by displaying high standards of patient care. Singapore has been winning the title since the competition area was introduced in Audrey is also the winner of the Best of Nation Award, an accolade for a country s best performer(s).

2 4 Singapore maintained its winning streak in two other competition areas IT Network Systems Administration and Beauty Therapy. All eyes were on Jason Soh, 19, also from, participating in IT Network Systems Administration. This is one of Singapore s strongest skills areas. Jason brings home a Gold Medal for the seventh-time running for Singapore since 2001, when the competition area was introduced. 5 Catherine Boey, 20, from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), also won the second Gold Medal for Singapore in Beauty Therapy. Catherine was a clear-winner with her grace and poise in providing excellent beauty services, such as different types of make-up, massage treatments, manicure and pedicure. This is ITE s second Gold Medal at the WorldSkills Competition since its debut participation in Two other competitors clinched Silver Medals. Ong Kang Yu, 21, from Republic Polytechnic, got a Silver Medal for Information Network Cabling. Temasek Polytechnic s Tan Wang Leng, 20, also won a Silver Medal for IT Software Solutions for Business. 7 In total, Team Singapore won 3 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals, and 9 Medallions for Excellence over the intense four-day competition. The winners are among the 22-member Team Singapore participating in a record number of 20 skills areas. Team Singapore comprised competitors from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), (NYP), Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP), Republic Polytechnic (RP), Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and Temasek Polytechnic (TP) (see Annex A for the list of competitors and skills areas). The team consists of top Medal winners from the local WorldSkills Singapore Competition held in Jul The Medals and Medallions for Excellence won by Team Singapore are: Competitor Skill Category Institution Medal Catherine Boey Xiao Wei Beauty Therapy ITE Gold 2

3 Competitor Skill Category Institution Medal Audrey Foo Bao Yun Health & Social Care Gold & Best of Nation Award Jason Soh IT Network Systems Administration Gold Ong Kang Yu Information Network Cabling Republic Polytechnic Silver Tan Wang Leng IT Software Solutions for Business Temasek Polytechnic Silver Loh Kay On CNC Milling ITE Medallion for Chia Siew Peng Eunice CNC Turning Medallion for Koh Han Jie Cooking ITE Medallion for Brendan Tan Yan Ming Electrical Installation (New) ITE Medallion for Ng Kai Won Joey Graphic Design Technology Medallion for Dexter Goh Liang En Hairdressing ITE Medallion for Goh Kim Swee Francis Gavin Robert An-Le Davies & Mohammad Asraf B Abdul Hamid Mechanical Engineering Design CAD Mobile Robotics (Team Event) Temasek Polytechnic Medallion for Medallion for Guo Meiling Restaurant Service Republic Polytechnic Medallion for *Given to competitors who scored at least 500 out of 600 points in the Competition. 3

9 WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 is the biggest WorldSkills Competition since it started in 1950.

4 9 WorldSkills Leipzig 2013 is the biggest WorldSkills Competition since it started in Mr Bruce Poh, Singapore s Official Delegate and Director & CEO, ITE, shared his happiness on Team Singapore s medal haul. He said, The WorldSkills Competition 2013 has raised the bar for skills excellence and standards more countries are sending bigger and stronger teams, as there is an increased interest in skills education for economic competiveness. With tough competition among the best young talents around the world, Team Singapore punched above its weight, with 3 Golds, 2 Silver Medals and 9 Medallions for Excellence. I am extremely proud of every competitor, as they worked very hard, and showcased sportsmanship and perseverance during their WorldSkills journey. For giving them this golden opportunity to shine, I would like to thank partner institutions, experts and coaches for their support. Released on: 8 July 2013 Singapore s Participation is Led by: in Collaboration with: 4

5 Annex A WORLDSKILLS LEIPZIG 2013 TEAM SINGAPORE Competitor Skill Category Institution Chow Wei Li, 22 Aircraft Maintenance (New) Catherine Boey Xiao Wei, 20 Beauty Therapy ITE Loh Kay On, 19 CNC Milling ITE Chia Siew Peng Eunice, 21 CNC Turning Koh Han Jie, 20 Cooking ITE Brendan Tan Yan Ming, 20 Electrical Installation (New) ITE Ng Kai Woon Joey, 20 Graphic Design Technology Dexter Goh Liang En, 20 Hairdressing ITE Audrey Foo Bao Yun, 21 Health and Social Care Fong Jun Qi, 20 Industrial Control Ngee Ann Polytechnic Ong Kang Yu, 21 Information Network Cabling Republic Polytechnic 5

6 Competitor Skill Category Institution Soh Jason, 19 IT Network Systems Administration Tan Wang Leng. 20 IT Software Solutions for Business Temasek Polytechnic Goh Kok Hong & Tan Yan Jie Sean, 19 Mechatronics (Team Event) ITE Goh Kim Swee Francis, 20 Mechanical Engineering Design CAD Gavin Robert An-Le Davies & Mohammad Asraf B Abdul Hamid, 20 Mobile Robotics (Team Event) Temasek Polytechnic Quek Su Zhen Elena, 20 Prototype Modelling Singapore Polytechnic Guo Meiling, 19 Restaurant Service Republic Polytechnic Zoe Lim Kai Ee, 20 Visual Merchandising Junior Lim Jun Xian, 19 Web Design Temasek Polytechnic 6

7 Annex B SINGAPORE S WORLDSKILLS COMPETITION TRACK RECORD IN TERMS OF MEDAL LISTING (1995 TO 2013) WorldSkills Competition 2013, Leipzig, Germany 1. Gold Medal for Beauty Therapy 2. Gold Medal for Health & Social Care 3. Gold Medal for IT Network Systems Administration 4. Silver Medal for Information Network Cabling 5. Silver Medal for IT Software Solutions for Business 6. Medallion for Excellence for CNC Milling 7. Medallion for Excellence for CNC Turning 8. Medallion for Excellence for Cooking 9. Medallion for Excellence for Electrical Installation 10. Medallion for Excellence for Graphic Design Technology 11. Medallion for Excellence for Hairdressing 12. Medallion for Excellence for Mechanical Engineering Design - CAD 13. Medallion for Excellence for Mobile Robotics 14. Medallion for Excellence for Restaurant Service WorldSkills Competition 2011, London, United Kingdom 1. Gold Medal for Beauty Therapy 2. Gold Medal for Caring 3. Gold Medal for IT Network Systems Administration 4. Gold Medal for IT Software Solutions for Business 5. Silver Medal for Mechanical Engineering Design - CAD 6. Bronze Medal for Information Network Cabling 7. Bronze Medal for Visual Merchandising 8. Medallion for Excellence for CNC Milling 9. Medallion for Excellence for Graphic Design Technology 10. Medallion for Excellence for Industrial Control 11. Medallion for Excellence for Men s/women s Hair Fashion Design 12. Medallion for Excellence for Mobile Robotics 13. Medallion for Excellence for Restaurant Service 14. Medallion for Excellence for Web Design 7

8 WorldSkills Competition 2009, Calgary, Canada 1. Gold Medal for IT-PC/Network Support 2. Gold Medal for Caring 3. Gold Medal for Graphic Design Technology 4. Bronze Medal for Mobile Robotics 5. Medallion for Excellence for Beauty Therapy 6. Medallion for Excellence for CNC Milling 7. Medallion for Excellence for Electronics 8. Medallion for Excellence for IT/Software Applications 9. Medallion for Excellence for Mechanical Engineer Design CAD 10. Medallion for Excellence for Mechatronics 11. Medallion for Excellence for Restaurant Service WorldSkills Competition 2007, Shizuoka, Japan 1. Gold Medal for IT/PC & Network Support 2. Gold Medal for Mechanical Engineering Drawing & Design CADD 3. Gold Medal for Caring 4. Bronze Medal for Industrial Control 5. Medallion for Excellence for CNC Turning 6. Medallion for Excellence for Graphic Design Technology 7. Medallion for Excellence for IT/Software Applications 8. Medallion for Excellence for Mobile Robotics 9. Medallion for Excellence for Web Design 10. Medallion for Excellence for Industrial Electronics WorldSkills Competition 2005, Helsinki, Finland 1. Gold Medal for IT/PC & Network Support 2. Gold Medal for IT/Software Applications 3. Bronze Medal for Web Design 4. Diploma for Industrial Electronics 5. Diploma for Mechanical Engineering Drawing & Design CADD 6. Diploma for Mechatronics WorldSkills Competition 2003, St Gallen, Switzerland 1. Gold Medal for IT/PC & Network Support 2. Gold Medal for Mechatronics 3. Silver Medal for IT/Software Applications 4. Bronze Medal for Graphic Design 5. Diploma for CNC Milling 6. Diploma for Industrial Electronics 7. Diploma for Industrial Control 8. Diploma for Mechanical Engineering Drawing & Design CADD 9. Diploma for Restaurant Service 8

9 WorldSkills Competition 2001, Seoul, South Korea 1. Gold Medal for IT/PC & Network Support 2. Gold Medal for IT/Software Applications 3. Silver Medal for Graphic Design 4. Silver Medal for Mechanical Engineering Drawing & Design CADD 5. Bronze Medal for Mechatronics 6. Diploma for CNC Milling 7. Diploma for Industrial Electronics WorldSkills Competition 1999, Montreal, Canada 1. Gold Medal for Information Technology 2. Gold Medal for Industrial Electronics 3. Diploma for Mechanical Engineering Drafting CAD 4. Diploma for Mechatronics 5. Diploma for Industrial Wiring 6. Diploma for Cookery WorldSkills Competition 1997, St Gallen, Switzerland 1. Gold Medal for Mechatronics 2. Silver Medal for Industrial Electronics 3. Diploma for Engineering Drafting CAD 4. Diploma for Information Technology 5. Diploma for Restaurant Service WorldSkills Competition 1995, Lyon, France 1. Gold Medal for Industrial Electronics 2. Bronze Medal for Mechatronics 3. Diploma for Milling 4. Diploma for Cookery 9

ITE COMPETITOR WINS FIRST GOLD MEDAL AT WORLDSKILLS LONDON

ITE 06/18/01 Press Release No. 22/11 For Immediate Release ITE COMPETITOR WINS FIRST GOLD MEDAL AT WORLDSKILLS LONDON 2011 Singapore delivers best medal haul at the World Skills Competition, with 4 Golds