SINGAPORE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 1 APRIL 2018 TO 31 MARCH 2019 1 | Page No Content Page No 1 Singapore Table Tennis Association Management 3 Committee Members 2 President’s Message 8 3 Background Of The Association 11 4 High Performance 12 5 Sports Development 28 6 Local Tournaments 30 7 Officiating 31 8 Events 36 9 Sponsorships 39 10 Staff Development 40 11 Conflict of Interest Policy 42 12 Code of Governance 44 13 Charity Status 49 14 GST Registration 49 15 Financial Statements & Reserves 50 16 Remunerations Declaration 51 17 Chief Executive Officer & STTA Secretariat Staff 51 18 Whistle –Blowing Policy 52 19 Review of the financial state and future plans and 52 commitments 20 The policies adopted during the financial year in 54 pursuance of its objectives 2 | Page 1.0 SINGAPORE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS (1 APRIL 2018 TO 31 MARCH 2019) No Title of Office in Name Occupation of Key Office Association Holders 1 President Ms Ellen Lee Geck Hoon, JP, Member of Parliament (Retired), PBM Advocate & Solicitor 2 Deputy President Mr Yam Ziming Alex @ Ren Member of Parliament, Ziming Alex Marsiling -Yew Tee GRC / Executive Director 3 Deputy President Mr Soon Min Sin, PBM Senior General Manager 4 Vice President Mr Lim Soon Hock, BBM Associate Lecturer 5 Vice President Mr Teo Nam Meng Dy General Manager 6 Vice President Mr Han Ngge Juan Retiree 7 Hon Secretary Mr Felix Lim Yan Liang, PBM Assistant Customer Service Manager 8 Hon Asst Secretary Mr Stanley Cornelius Sports & Events Manager 9 Hon Treasurer Mr Jack Soh Tze Churn, JP, Retired BBM (L) 10 Hon Asst Treasurer Mr Ng Boo Wui, Jeffrey, PBM Sales Manager 11 MC Member Mr Pang Tow Chai Richard MD/Marine Consultant 12 MC member Mr Francis Lee Seng Ken, PBM Business Owner/Entrepreneur 13 MC member Mr Alex Tan Yan Boon, PBM Sales Director 14 MC Member Mr Jeffrey Lee Yew Chye Assistant Foreman 15 MC Member Mr Joseph Lau Pub Taai, PBS, Office Assistant PBM 16 MC Member Mr Tang Mun Fai Lawson Senior Executive 3 | Page No Title of Office in Name Occupation of Key Office Association Holders 17 MC Member Ms Lee Yan Peng, PBM IT Lead Consultant 18 MC Member Mr Goh Jin Quan Alan Director 19 MC Member Mr Ho Kok Khun, Deputy Director PBM 4 | Page 1.1 NUMBER OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN FY2018 AND ATTENDANCE S/N Title Name May Jun Aug Oct Jan Mar 18 18 18 18 19 19 1 President Ms Ellen Lee Geck P P P P A P Hoon, JP, PBM 2 Deputy Mr Yam Ziming Alex A A A P A P President @ Ren Ziming Alex 3 Deputy Mr Soon Min Sin, A P P A P P President PBM 4 Vice Mr Lim Soon Hock, P A P P P A President BBM 5 Vice Mr Teo Nam Meng NA NA NA P P P President (Took office after Sep18) 6 Vice Mr Han Ngge Juan P P P P P P President 7 Hon Mr Felix Lim Yan P P P P P P Secretary Liang, PBM 8 Hon Asst Mr Stanley Cornelius NA NA NA A A A Secretary (Took office after Sep18) 9 Hon Mr Soh Tze Churn NA NA NA P P P Treasurer Jack JP, BBM (L) (Took office after Sep18) 10 Hon Asst Mr Ng Boo Wui, P A P P P A Treasurer Jeffrey, PBM 11 MC Member Mr Pang Tow Chai P P A P P P Richard 12 MC Member Mr Francis Lee Seng P P P P P P Ken, PBM 13 MC Member Mr Alex Tan Yan P A P P A A Boon, PBM 14 MC Member Mr Jeffrey Lee Yew NA NA NA P P P (Took office Chye after Sep18) 15 MC Member Mr Joseph Lau Pub P P P A P P Taai, PBS, PBM 16 MC Member Mr Tang Mun Fai NA NA NA P P A (Took office Lawson after Sep18) 17 MC Member Ms Lee Yan Peng, P A P P A P PBM 5 | Page S/N Title Name May Jun Aug Oct Jan Mar 18 18 18 18 19 19 18 MC Member Mr Goh Jin Quan NA NA NA P P P (Took office Alan after Sep18) 19 MC Member Mr Ho Kok Khun NA NA NA A P A (Took office PBM after Sep18) 20 Deputy Mr David Sim Yeow A A P NA NA NA President Kwee, BBM (Left office after Sep18) 21 Vice Mr Desmond Teo Bee A A A NA NA NA President Chiong, PBM, MSID (Left office after Sep18) 22 Hon Asst Mr Don Lee Tiong P P A NA NA NA Secretary Kun (Left office after Sep18) 23 MC Member Mr Winston Tay Wee A A A NA NA NA (Left office Boon after Sep18) 24 MC Member Mr Chia Chong Boon A A A NA NA NA (Left office after Sep18) 25 MC Member Mr Foo Ce Wei PBM P P P NA NA NA (Left office after Sep18) 26 MC Member Mr Lim Chong Beng P P P NA NA NA (Left office Jem after Sep18) P – Present A – Absent with apologies NA – Not Applicable 6 | Page 1.2 NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN FY2018 AND ATTENDANCE S/N Title Name Jul 18 Sep 18 1 President Ms Ellen Lee Geck Hoon, P P JP, PBM 2 Deputy President Mr Yam Ziming Alex @ A P Ren Ziming Alex 3 Deputy President Mr Soon Min Sin, PBM P A 4 Vice President Mr Lim Soon Hock, BBM A P 5 Vice President Mr Teo Nam Meng NA NA (Took office after Sep18) 6 Vice President Mr Han Ngge Juan NA NA (Took office after Sep18) 7 Hon Secretary Mr Felix Lim Yan Liang, P P PBM 8 Hon Treasurer Mr Soh Tze Churn Jack JP, NA NA (Took office after Sep18) BBM (L) 9 Deputy President Mr David Sim Yeow Kwee, P P (Left office after Sep18) BBM 10 Vice President Mr Desmond Teo Bee A A (Left office after Sep18) Chiong, PBM, MSID 11 Hon Treasurer Mr Alex Tan Yan Boon, P P (Left office after Sep18) PBM P – Present A – Absent with apologies NA – Not Applicable 7 | Page 2.0 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE It gives me great pleasure to present the annual report of 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 as the President of Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). We had an exciting year! In 2018, Team Singapore participated in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. At the Commonwealth Games, the Republic's table tennis team ended their campaign with three golds, two silvers and a bronze. Veteran player, Gao Ning claimed two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and he has retired after the Asian Games. Gao had assumed a new role as the men’s head coach starting from 1 January 2019. Gao is now closely involved in mentoring and training the younger generation of players from the national team and intermediate squad. Yu Mengyu secured a bronze in the women's singles at the 2018 Asian Games. It is such a great comeback for Yu as she has suffered back injuries in the earlier part of the year. Not to be outdone are our younger generation of players. Our young paddlers swept all the Top 4 positions in both the men’s and women’s singles event at the 11th South East Asian (SEA) Table Tennis Championships, Bali Indonesia in 2018. Our Singapore youths also record their best-ever gold medal haul at the 24th SEA Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships 2018. They took home 11 gold medals out of the 13 titles at stake. The nation's previous best showing was 10 gold medals at the 2016 edition in Cambodia. The STTA is deeply committed to the development of our young talents. In 2018, STTA has provided every opportunity and resources to our youths to qualify for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Argentina. Our youth paddlers were sent to every YOG continental qualification stop to fight for a chance to qualify for YOG. We are very happy that Koen Pang and Goi Ruixuan did not fail us and have qualified for the YOG. Koen and Ruixuan finished Top 8 and Top 16 respectively in their YOG singles event. Koen and Ruixuan have put their studies on hold to train full time. Starting from January 2019, Koen and Ruixuan together with Josh Chua and Wong Xinru were promoted to the national team. Another noteworthy success is achieved by our junior paddler – Izaac Quek. At 12 years old, Izaac finished top in the 2018 SEA Regional Hopes Week and Asia Hopes Follow Up Camp and Challenge. After his wins at the Regional and Asia Hopes tournament, he was invited to participate in the ITTF World Hopes Week and Challenge. He ended his outing as runner up at the ITTF World Hopes Week and Challenge. We are so proud to share these promising results from our youths and their achievements serve as a testament that our youth development programmes are bearing fruit and we are on the right path of grooming our high potential talents into world-class athletes. Nonetheless, more time and work are needed to narrow the gap between our younger players and the senior players. And so, we ask for everyone’s support to continue to support our work, which is still in progress. 8 | Page High Participation The STTA’s mission is to promote table tennis vigorously by building significant numbers of table tennis players to help make a vibrant sporting Singapore.