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122 Students Received 2010 Special Awards

The Special Awards are given out annually in recognition of students’ achievements in both the academic and non-academic spheres. This year, 122 students received 133 awards at the 2010 Special Awards Presentation Ceremony on 19 August 2010.

2. Two new Special Awards are presented for the first time this year. They are the Award for Outstanding All-Round Achievement and the Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding Bicultural Students. The other Special Awards are the Award for All-Round Excellence, the Prime Minister's Book Prize, the Lee Kuan Yew Award for Mathematics and Science, the Lee Kuan Yew Award for Outstanding Normal Course Students, the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship To Encourage Upgrading, the Lee Hsien Loong Award for Special Achievement, and the Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Book Prize.

3. The Guest-of-Honour for the ceremony, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, Minister, Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Transport, presented the awards at the SEAMEO Regional Language Centre.

New Special Awards

The Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding All-Round Achievement (LHL- OAA)

4. The Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding All-Round Achievement (LHL OAA) is funded by an endownment donated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in 2009. The objective of this award is to recognise the outstanding academic and non-academic achievements of post-secondary students, particularly those who have made outstanding contributions to the community and demonstrated the spirit of innovation and enterprise. There are four awards to be given out each year, with one student from each of the following four groups – Junior Colleges/, Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Polytechnics, and Autonomous Universities. The names of the awardees are given in Annex A.

1 The Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding Bicultural Students (LHLA OBS)

5. The Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding Bicultural Students (LHLA- OBS) is an award set up in 2009 to recognise the top two students in the Bicultural Special Programme (Chinese) [BSP(C)] and the top student in the Regional Studies Programme (RSP). The award underpins the strategic importance of developing a core group of students who are conversant in Chinese/Malay, and are able to engage China/our regional neighbours, as well as relate to the West. The award to the top two students in the BSP(C) will be presented for the first time this year. The award to the top RSP student will be presented in 2014, as the first batch of RSP students will sit for their A-levels in 2013.The names of the awardees are given in Annex B.

Other Special Awards

The Lee Hsien Loong Award for Special Achievement (LHL ASA)

6. The Lee Hsien Loong Award for Special Achievement (LHL ASA) is funded by an endowment donated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The LHL ASA was presented for the first time in 2009 and is given to one outstanding student each from Northlight School and Assumption Pathway School who has done well and progressed to ITE. The award recognises students who have exemplified positive character development and a positive attitude towards learning and self improvement. The recipients must have also shown strong leadership qualities and commitment to serve the community. The names of the awardees are given in Annex H.

The Lee Kuan Yew Award for All-Round Excellence (LKY ARE Award)

7. The Lee Kuan Yew Award for All-Round Excellence is a national-level award for achievement in education that was presented for the first time in 2005. It is a pinnacle award, which recognises well-rounded students who have excelled in both academic and non-academic spheres, and who exemplify positive character development, strong leadership qualities and commitment to service to the community. The award is presented at the end of Secondary education.

8. This award is part of the overall framework of Lee Kuan Yew awards, made possible through the interest proceeds from the principal fund of the Lee Kuan Yew Donation account of the Education Fund.

9. Eight students were presented with this Award. The names of the awardees are given in Annex C.

The Prime Minister’s Book Prize (PMBP)

10. The Prime Minister’s Book Prize, established in 1974, is an annual award for bilingualism given at the primary, secondary and pre-university levels. This year, 37 students are awarded the Prime Minister's Book Prize – 12 in the Primary section,

2 14 in the Secondary section and 11 in the Pre-University section. The names of the awardees are given in Annex D.

The Lee Kuan Yew Award for Mathematics and Science (LKY Maths & Science Award)

11. The Lee Kuan Yew Award for excellence in Mathematics and Science was instituted in 1992. The awards are given under three categories – Secondary, Pre- University and Polytechnic. This year, of the 40 recipients, 15 are in the Secondary category, 10 in the Pre-University category and 15 in the Polytechnic category. The names of the awardees are given in Annex E.

The Lee Kuan Yew Award for Outstanding Normal Course Students (LKY-ONC Award)

12. The Lee Kuan Yew Award for Outstanding Normal Course Students was presented for the first time in 2004. This year, four awards are presented to top Normal (Academic) course students and five awards are given to the top Normal (Technical) students, based on their ‘N’ level examination results. The names of the awardees are given in Annex F.

The Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to Encourage Upgrading (LKY-STEP Award)

13. The Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to Encourage Upgrading (LKY-STEP Award) was presented for the first time in 2001. This award was made possible by Mr Lee Kuan Yew, then , who donated the proceeds from the sales of autographed editions of Volume Two of his memoirs to the Ministry of Education in October 2000. The awards are to encourage upgrading and life-long learning. Selection for this award is based on merit. The award is presented to outstanding Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and polytechnic graduates who have performed well academically and attained good co-curricular activity records. This year, 15 LKY-STEP awards are presented to ITE graduates pursuing full-time studies at the polytechnics and ten LKY-STEP awards are presented to polytechnic graduates pursuing full-time undergraduate studies at the local universities. The names of the awardees are given in Annex G.

The Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Book Prize (SHOAS book prize)

14. The Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Book Prize was made possible by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, who donated the honorarium he had received from the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation for delivering the inaugural Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Memorial Lecture in Brunei in February 2009. This award was presented for the first time in 2009 and aims to recognise the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship to Encourage Upgrading (LKY-STEP Award) recipients who have achieved the most outstanding academic results at ITE. A total of up to six awards are given out each year. This year, there are six recipients of this award. The names of the awardees are given in Annex I.

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3 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

4 Annex A

THE LEE HSIEN LOONG AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ALL-ROUND ACHIEVEMENT (LHL OAA)

RECIPIENTS

S/N Name Former School Present School/ College 1 曾则勋 Chang Ze Xun ITE College West Polytechnic (From 2010)

2 Desmond Thiam Wei 谭伟 National University Of Singapore (From AY2011) 3 Ng Chew Lip (Dr) 黄秋立 National University Of Singapore Serving at National University Hospital 4 Sherlene Chatterji 萱琳 Stanford University (From Aug 2010)

5 Annex B

THE LEE HSIEN LOONG AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BICULTURAL STUDENTS (LHL OBS)

RECIPIENTS

S/N Name Former College 1 Chng Luey Chun 庄礼骏

2 Lim Yan Chun 林衍竣 Dunman High School

6 Annex C

THE LEE KUAN YEW AWARD FOR ALL-ROUND EXCELENCE (LKY ARE AWARD) RECIPIENTS

S/N Name Former School Present School/ College 1 Clare Anne Fong Yoke Kum 冯钰琴 Methodists’ Girls School 2 Goh Duo Geng 吴多庚 Catholic High School Hwa Chong Institution 3 Goh Jiahui 吴佳辉 Yishun Town Secondary ITE College Central (Yishun) 4 Kirk Dsouza Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 5 Ng Li Ki 黄立奇 Hwa Chong Institution Hwa Chong Institution 6 Noor Loic B Satar Mayflower Secondary Mayflower Secondary 7 Thong Carin 汤桂玲 Hai Sing Catholic School ITE College Central (Tampines) 8 Yuhanis Bte Kadis Bedok Green Secondary Bedok Green Secondary

7 Annex D THE PRIME MINISTER’S BOOK PRIZE (PMBP) RECIPIENTS PRIMARY SECTION

S/N Name Former School Present School/ College 1 Cheryl Tan Wenn Min 陈雯敏 Hougang Primary School Raffles Girls’ School 2 Chua Gek Yee* 蔡意琪 Greenridge Primary School Raffles Girls’ School 3 Girish Kumar Rulang Primary School NUS High School of Mathematics and Science 4 Joyce Sin Jie Yin* 沈杰盈 Gongshan Primary School Nanyang Girls’ High School 5 Muhammad Saad Siddiqui* Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

6 Nurhan Sufi B Muhd Azman St. Hilda’s Primary School Raffles Institution

7 Poh Ying Ming 傅英铭 Tao Nan School Raffles Institution 8 Soh Yu Ting 苏裕婷 Nan Hua Primary School National Junior College

9 Syafiqah Nabilah bte S* Raffles Girls’ Primary School Raffles Girls’ School

10 Tan Li Xian Amy 陈丽贤 Raffles Girls’ Primary School Raffles Girls’ School

11 Tay Min Yi 郑敏仪 Nan Hua Primary School Raffles Girls’ School 12 Teo Min Ru 张旻茹 St. Hilda”s Primary School Nanyang Girls’ High School * Among the top PSLE pupils in 2009 8 SECONDARY SECTION

S/N Name Former School Present School/ College 1 Adil Hakeem B Mohamad Rafee Raffles Institution Raffles Institution

2 Cao Ruoxi 曹若曦 Raffles Girls’ School Raffles Institution 3 Chan Wing Yue 陈颖瑜 Dunman High School Dunman High School 4 Divyaa Chandrasekaran Tanjong Girls’ School Raffles Institution

5 Foo Yong Lim 胡扬林 River Valley High School River Valley High School 6 Foong Ke Wei 冯可惟 Dunman High School Dunman High School 7 Ho Shu Hui Joey* 何姝慧 CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School Raffles Institution 8 Khoo Jia Hui 邱嘉慧 Raffles Girls’ School Raffles Institution 9 Ma Chenrui 马晨蕊 Raffles Girls’ School Raffles Institution 10 Muhammad Asraf B Yusoff Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 11 Seah Ying Cong 谢颖聪 Hwa Chong Institution Hwa Chong Institution 12 Tan Mabelyn 陈美宝 River Valley High School River Valley High School 13 Tay Zong Min# 郑宗敏 Raffles Girls’ School Raffles Institution 14 Zhang Mengshi 张梦石 Raffles Girls’ School Raffles Institution

* Listed as one of the top Sec 4 Chinese pupils in 2009 O level # Winner of Prime Minister’s Book Prize (PSLE) in 2006

9 PRE-UNIVERSITY SECTION

S/N Name Former College 1 Chng Luey Chun 庄礼骏 Hwa Chong Institution 2 Chua Kai Jian 蔡恺健 Hwa Chong Institution 3 Cindy Peh Lee Ji 彭丽吉 4 Geeva s/o Gopal Krishnan Raffles Institution 5 Jasleen Kaur Gill Hwa Chong Institution 6 Jaswin Kaur Khosa Anderson Junior College 7 Kee Zhiyin 郭芷吟 Dunman High School 8 Luar Shun Ying 赖舜颖 Dunman High School 9 Ni Manchuo 倪曼女卓 Raffles Institution 10 Nur Amalina Bte Kamal Pioneer Junior College 11 Ong Hui Kuan 王慧娟 Hwa Chong Institution

10 Annex E

THE LEE KUAN YEW AWARD FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE (LKY MATHS & SCIENCE AWARD) RECIPIENTS SECONDARY SECTION

S/N Name Former School Present School/ College 1. Alan Aw Jin 胡钧 Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 2. Ang Jie Jun 洪捷君 Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 3. Cheng Herng Yi 郑恒毅 NUS High School of Mathematics and NUS High School of Mathematics Science and Science 4. Chew Hong En 周宏恩 Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 5. Jin Chentian 金晨天 Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 6. Kang Zi Yang 江子扬 Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 7. Li Kewei 李可为 Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 8. Lin Jia Huang 林佳 皇光 Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 9. Matthew Lee Kay Fei 李祈辉 Raffles Institution Raffles Institution 10. Ryan Chan Jun Neng 陈俊能 NUS High School of Mathematics and NUS High School of Mathematics Science and Science 11. Sim Meng Ying 沈孟颖 Hwa Chong Institution Hwa Chong Institution NUS High School of Mathematics 12. Tan Wei Quan Bryce 陈威全 NUS High School of Mathematics and and Science Science 13. Tan Xin Xuan 陈心譞 Raffles Girls School Raffles Institution 14. Tan Zong Xuan 陈宗轩 NUS High School of Mathematics and NUS High School of Mathematics Science and Science 15. Wayne Lin 林伟恩 NUS High School of Mathematics and NUS High School of Mathematics Science and Science

11 PRE-UNIVERSITY SECTION

S/N Name Former College 1 Amyas Chew Weng Khin 赵永建 Raffles Institution 2 Ang Qi Yan 翁绮妍 Hwa Chong Institution 3 Chen Fang Yew Nicholas 曾繁有 NUS High School of Mathematics and Science 4 Chen Hongjie 陈鸿杰 National Junior College 5 Dong Yang Zi 董杨子 Hwa Chong Institution 6 Gani Zhi Hao Terry 颜志豪 NUS High School of Mathematics and Science 7 Tan Wei Han 陈伟翰 Hwa Chong Institution 8 Tan Zhong Ming 陈重铭 NUS High School of Mathematics and Science 9 Wang Daobo 王道博 Raffles Institution 10 Yuan Chengxiang 袁成翔 Raffles Institution

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POLYTECHNIC SECTION

S/N Name Former Polytechnic 1 Alvin Teh 郑凯文 2 Desmond Thiam Wei 谭伟 Singapore Polytechnic 3 Janani Ramadoss 4 Justin Ross Clarke Singapore Polytechnic 5 Lum Jia Jun Brandon 林家俊 6 Makevitage Rameesha Surani Perera 7 Ong Yong Ming 王永铭 Temasek Polytechnic 8 Tan Hui Min 陈慧敏 Republic Polytechnic 9 Tan Jun Liang 陈俊良 Ngee Ann Polytechnic 10 Tan Thiam Shui 陈钿穗 Nanyang Polytechnic 11 Tang Xue Er Sharon 鄧雪儿 Temasek Polytechnic

12 Tay Ying Pei Jocelyn 郑 女英 珮 Ngee Ann Polytechnic 13 Wong Jin Liang, Julius 黄锦良 Nanyang Polytechnic

14 Yee Zheng Kang 佘正康 Singapore Polytechnic 15 Yeo Jin Sheng Anton 杨景升 Republic Polytechnic

13 Annex F

THE LEE KUAN YEW AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NORMAL COURSE STUDENTS (LKY ONC AWARD) RECIPIENTS

NORMAL ACADEMIC

S/N Name Former School Present Campus/ Institution 1 Benedict Lee Jun Xian 李俊贤 Hua Yi Secondary School Anglo-Chinese Junior College 2 Marcus Neo Chao Soon 梁曹舜 Commonwealth Secondary School Ngee Ann Polytechnic 3 Nana Lee Choon Hua 李春花 St Margaret’s Secondary School Anglo-Chinese Junior College 4 Shane Leung Yu Xi 梁宇熹 Fairfield Methodist Secondary School National Junior College

NORMAL TECHNICAL

S/N Name Former School Present ITE Campus 1 Chong Cheryl 钟楚儿 Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School ITE College West 2 Daryn Joshua Henson Junyuan Secondary School Junyuan Secondary School 3 Goh Jia Hui 吴佳辉 Yishun Town Secondary School ITE College Central (Yishun) 4 Lee Li Yi 李丽仪 Bendemeer Secondary School ITE College West 5 Teh Sook Hui 郑淑慧 Riverside Secondary School Riverside Secondary School

14 Annex G

THE LEE KUAN YEW SCHOLARSHIP TO ENCOURAGE UPGRADING (LKY-STEP AWARD) RECIPIENTS

ITE GRADUATES

S/N Name Former ITE Campus Present Polytechnic 1 Alagappan Bhooja Thevar ITE College East Nanyang Polytechnic 2 Ang Weiyang Marklin 洪伟扬 ITE College West Temasek Polytechnic 3 Chang Ze Xun 曾则勋 ITE College West Singapore Polytechnic 4 Cheng Jun Jie Leonard 郑俊杰 ITE College Central (Tampines Campus) Singapore Polytechnic 5 Chua Boon Siah 蔡汶城 ITE College Central (Tampines Campus) Singapore Polytechnic 6 David Christopher Pang Jin-Yang ITE College East Nanyang Polytechnic 7 Kok Chuan Yong ITE College West Ngee Ann Polytechnic 8 Lee Jun Wei 李俊伟 ITE College Central (Yishun Campus) Singapore Polytechnic 9 Ng Mei Lin 黄湄林 ITE College Central (Bishan Campus) Ngee Ann Polytechnic 10 Ong Siong Yong 王祥荣 ITE College West Singapore Polytechnic 11 Siti Hasanah Bte Mohamed Salleh ITE College East Singapore Polytechnic 12 Stephanie Raphaela Ho Shi Qin 何诗琴 ITE College West Temasek Polytechnic

13 Tan Choon Rong Joey 陈春荣 ITE College East Nanyang Polytechnic 14 Yeo Jun Xiong Alan 杨俊雄 ITE College Central (Tampines Campus) Singapore Polytechnic

15 Yue Soon Lye 杨顺来 ITE College Central (Bedok Campus) Singapore Polytechnic

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POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES

S/N Name Present University Former Polytechnic 1. Chong Huixian 张惠贤 Ngee Ann Polytechnic Nanyang Technological University 2. Hong Peixiang 洪佩湘 Singapore Polytechnic National University of Singapore 3. Lim Lu Kai 林禄凯 Temasek Polytechnic Nanyang Technological University 4. Makevitage Rameesha Surani Perera Republic Polytechnic National University of Singapore 5. Margaret Tan Qian Ting 陈倩婷 Singapore Polytechnic Nanyang Technological University 6. Seah Chuan Yong Ronnie 佘全勇 Temasek Polytechnic Singapore Management University 7. Tan Hui Min 陈慧敏 Republic Polytechnic Nanyang Technological University 8. Teo Shi Jia Ngee Ann Polytechnic National University of Singapore 9. Tham Kiat Hoe Timothy Singapore Polytechnic Singapore Institute of Technology 10. Thomas Ng Wenjie 吴文杰 Ngee Ann Polytechnic National University of Singapore

16 Annex H

THE LEE HSIEN LOONG AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT (LHL ASA) RECIPIENTS

S/N Name Former School Present School/ College 1 Haw Choon Kiat Daryl 胡俊杰 Assumption Pathway School ITE College West

2 Liew Yao Jie Aaron 刘耀杰 Northlight School ITE College West

17 Annex I

THE SULTAN HAJI OMAR ALI SAIFUDDIEN BOOK PRIZE (SHOAS BOOK PRIZE) RECIPIENTS

ITE GRADUATES

S/N Name Former ITE Campus Present Polytechnic 1 Chang Ze Xun 曾则勋 ITE College West Singapore Polytechnic 2 Kok Chuan Yong 郭川湧 ITE College West Ngee Ann Polytechnic 3 Lee Jun Wei 李俊伟 ITE College Central (Yishun Campus) Singapore Polytechnic 4 Siti Hasanah Bte Mohamed Salleh ITE College East Singapore Polytechnic 5 Tan Choon Rong Joey 陈春荣 ITE College East Nanyang Polytechnic 6 Yeo Jun Xiong Alan 杨俊雄 ITE College Central (Tampines) Singapore Polytechnic

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