Junior Chamber International Singapore
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About
Junior Chamber International The Beginning of JCI JCI’s founder, Henry Giessenbier, Jr., decided to take responsibility for the progress of his community when he established JCI’s first Local Organization, in St. Louis, USA in 1915. When delegates from eight countries met in Mexico City in 1944, they agreed it was time to officially form Junior Chamber International (JCI). This tradition of uniting active citizens from diverse backgrounds fueled the JCI movement and set the groundwork for creating positive change that transcends boundaries.
JCI Around the World JCI is a worldwide community of young active citizens ages 18-40 who share the belief that in order to create positive change, we must take collective action to improve ourselves and the world around us. Engaging in activities ranging from sustainable development to international projects, we take responsibility for our communities while improving ourselves through participation, leadership and action. With about 5,000 Local Organizations, JCI’s international network connects more than 200,000 active citizens in 124 countries. It has consultative status with the Council of Europe, with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and with UNESCO. Members belong to a JCI Local Organization where they implement local projects. Local Organizations are affiliated to National Organizations that coordinate activities on national and international scales. This structure forms a worldwide grassroots movement creating global impact through local action. It encourages young people to become responsible citizens and to participate in efforts towards social and economic development, and international co-operation, good-will and understanding. Last year, JCI celebrated it 100 years movement worldwide.
The JCI Mission To provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change.
The JCI Vision To be the leading global network of young active citizens.
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We Welcome
Our Guest of Honour
Ms Sim Ann
Senior Minister of State Ministry of Culture Community and Youth Ministry of Finance
Sim Ann (Chinese: 沈颖) is currently the Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. She is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. Education and early career Sim Ann was educated at the Hwa Chong Junior College from 1992 to 1993. In 1997, she obtained a B.A (Honours) from Oxford University , where she had studied since 1994. She was awarded an M.A from Stanford University in 2009. Sim Ann also has a Post Graduate Diploma from the Nanyang Technological University. Sim Ann started her career in 1998 as an Assistant Director for Finance Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health. From 2000 to 2003, she worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs as an Assistant Director for Implementation Planning, before moving to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, where she was Deputy Director for Trade until 2006. Between 2007 and 2009, she was the Regional Director (East China) for IE Singapore and in 2009, she became the Director for the National Population Secretariat until she left the Civil Service in 2011. Political career Sim Ann first stepped into the political arena in the 2011 General Elections when she contested in the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC as one of the four-member PAP team led by incumbent Minister for Environment and Water Resources, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. The other PAP members are Christopher de Souza and Liang Eng Hwa. She is currently the MP for the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC.
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JCI
VIP Guests Associate Professor Fatimah Lateef Member of Parliment, Marine Parade GRC JCI TOYP World Honoree - Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership 2006
Mr David Chua Chief Executive, National Youth Council
Mr Koh Choon Hui, JP, BBM (L) Chairman of Children Society Chairman of Singapore Pools
Dato Seri Dr Toh Soon Huat, BBM Chairman of Sian Chay Medical Institution Executive Chairman of Novena Foundation President’s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Award (Adult) 2015
Mr Nick Shen Weijun JCI TOYP World Honoree - Cultural Achievement 2014
Mr Glenn Lim JCI TOYP World Honoree - Personal Improvement and/or Achievement 2007
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Message From
JCI President
Mr Paschal Dike 2016 JCI President
Dear members of JCI Singapore, Warm greetings to each of you on this special occasion! I am honored to address you as you recognize and celebrate your 2016 JCI Singapore Ten Outstanding Young Persons. This JCI program is an opportunity to appreciate young people that act to create sustainable positive change. It is a time for us to observe great achievements and to be inspired to rise and meet the challenges that face our communities. I congratulate each of the 2016 JCI Singapore Ten Young Outstanding Young Persons winners. Your selection of young active citizens includes representatives from all sectors of society and individuals that have had the courage to take action for positive change. These Ten Outstanding Young Persons stand as true leaders of the future. As we face the challenges of today, we must look to unite with those around us for support and strength to ďŹ nd solutions and create change. We must feel more and do more. JCI is more relevant today than ever before. This group of active citizens serves as inspiration and recognition of the actions that are needed to create sustainable change. Again, I congratulate the 2016 JCI Singapore Ten Outstanding Young Persons for having the courage to Just Act. I hope that each one of us continues in seeking solutions to the challenges we face. Thank you for dedication and continuous support of the JCI Mission and Vision. Let us each have the courage to Just Act to better our world. Kind regards,
Paschal Dike 2016 JCI President
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Message From
JCI Singapore National President
Mr Dainial Lim
2016 National President Junior Chamber International Singapore
Dear JCI Singapore Members and TOYP Nominees, JCI Singapore is proud to have successfully completed the Ten Outstanding Young Person Award for 2016. The TOYP Awards was established many years ago as the platform to recognize the achievements and community contribution of youths in Singapore. This awards also aims to inspire more youths to take action in their local community and bring positive impact not only in Singapore but also around the world. This year, we are proud to have many distinguish nominees across all categories this year and we do hope that we will have a nominee that we can send to the JCI World Congress in Quebec, Canada. This project’s success wouldn’t have been possible without the leadership and commitment of TOYP Chairperson Mr. Max Goh and his wonderful team of hardworking individuals. Special mention should also be given to the TOYP steering committee led by National Communications Director and 2014 TOYP Chairman Gregg Lewis and his committee in working hand in hand to achieve this great milestone in TOYP history. Finally, to our ever supportive Chief Adjudicator and Patron, JCI Senator Dr Dato Sri Derek Goh. Your continuous support and commitment was crucial in keeping the integrity and branding for the JCI Singapore TOYP award and we are eternally grateful. Wishing all TOYP nominees the very best! Do remember that no matter the outcome of the results, you are all winners in our hearts. We look forward to your continued contribution to the society and we hope the engagement doesn’t end here. Let’s strive to have more impactful collaborative projects that will create positive change in our society. Dainial Lim 2016 National President Junior Chamber International Singapore
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Message From
2016 TOYP Organizing Chairman
Mr Max Goh
2016 TOYP Organizing Chairman Junior Chambers International Singapore
Firstly, I am honored to be the JCI TOYP Chairman for the year 2016. On behalf of my team members and myself, we would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the all the finalist. After the recognition, I hope that the recipients can embark on a new journey together with JCI to benefit the society positively and continue to inspire future leaders. I joined JCI City in 2009, believing making positive changes in the society. During JCI World Congress 2010 in Osaka, JCI movement “The Impact of One” inspired me. It is amazing how much one with strong leadership can add so much positive changes and joyful contribution to the society. On behalf of my team and myself, I want to thank JCI Senators, Chapters Presidents, JCI members, Sponsors and Vendors, especially JCI Patron Dato Seri Dr Derek Goh, BBM, the 2016 Judging Committee and JCI National Board. Thank you for joining us to witness the future leaders of Singapore! Max Goh 2016 TOYP Organizing Chairman, Junior Chambers International Singapore
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2016 TOYP
Organizing Committee
Organizing Chairman
Max Goh
Director
Josephus Tan
Director
Woon Wee Chun
Director
TJ Lim
Treasurer
Jace Ching
Head of Nomination Committee
Julian Chiu
Head of Judging Committee
Stella Chan
Head of Marketing Committee
Endy Tang
Head of Sponsorship Committee
Carney Mak
Head of Logistics Committee
Edwin Lee
Committee Members
Wayne Goh Aret Chew Gemma Kim Sylvia Ng Kenneth Chia Wang Hui Roxanna Shen
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Message From
Hosting Chapter’s President
Mr Michael Yeo Chin Long 2016 City Chapter President
2016 has been a great year for JCI City and Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awards 2016 is undoubtedly another feather in the cap. As the proud president of JCI City, I would like to thank Senior Minister of State, Ms Sim Ann and 2016 JCI World President Paschal Dike for gracing us with their presence. I extend my heartiest congratulations to Chairperson Max Goh and his hardworking team for executing this edition of Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awards successfully. What we witness today is a result of what this team has been diligently working on for past several months. I would also like to thank our Chief Judge and Patron JCI Senator Dato Sri Dr Derek Goh, BBM for his precious time and guidance, which was crucial in keeping the integrity and values of the JCI Singapore Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awards. In the end, I would like to congratulate all the finalists of Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awards 2016. Each one of you is a success story, a source of inspiration, and important members of our society. During past few months, I have personally learned a great deal from you all, and to be honest have benefitted as well. For years TOYP has emerged as a collaborative platform where award winners and JCI active citizens establish meaningful collections and collectively contribute back to the society. We look forward to your continued contribution and we hope our engagement will not end here. We welcome you to join us in our future JCI events and initiatives. Thank You! Michael Yeo Chin Long 2016 City Chapter President Junior Chamber International
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Message From
JCI Chapters’ President Mr Alvin Yip Fung Kai
2016 Chapter President of JCI Marina The Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) Awards is a very meaningful awards ceremony to honour and appreciate young individuals who have made great contributions to all aspects of society. It is a yearly recognition given to those who have truly exceled in their areas of expertise and the success stories behind these grand achievements would inspire and encourage others to strive for such great heights as well. True wealth is not what is in the pocket but the size of the heart. All altruistic acts and gestures, no matter how big or small, create positive change in the community. Everything starts with a single small step; it takes hard work and perseverance to build up the momentum to greatness. To the awardees, the TYOP award is just a means to an end and not an end in itself. It will spur people on to create greater impacts all around society. Do continue your noble work and together, we can make the world a better place!
Ms Adelyne Fung
2016 President of JCI Mandarin The TOYP program serves to recognize young people who excel in their chosen fields. Honorees selected have attained great achievements and also represented the heights of progress in numerous human endeavours. Thus it is my greatest pleasure to be attending this prestigious award ceremony, to celebrate this joyous occasion together with all the outstanding honorees. I would like to express my sincerest congratulations to Project Chairman Max Goh for the great success of the TOYP Award Ceremony. Through your guidance and good teamwork, you have led your committee to complete this project successfully. May this motivate your members to take up leadership roles in future. Congratulations to all once again!
Ms Jeanette Lim
2016 President of JCI Orchid Jayceettes Dear JCI dignitaries, fellow jaycees, TOYP finalists and distinguished guests. Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award is a wonderful program to recognise young people in our country who are creating positive change in a variety of categories and sectors. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage all nominees, regardless of the award, to continue creating positive change in society. Recognition is a passing phase while what matters is the determination and mindset that we take away after tonight's TOYP gala dinner. Many of our past winners and nominees have in turn become prominent figures in Singapore today, and they all started from your current position. On behalf of Orchid Jayceettes Of Singapore, I would like to give our heartiest congratulations to every single nominees for this year TOYP award, everyone of you is certainly inspirational to us. I would also like to applaud the efforts of hosting chapter JCI City and Chairperson Max Goh along with his organising committee for making all of these possible this year. I was very impressed by the live and repeat telecast mobile app idea at the TOYP press conference! Lastly, I would also like to take this opportunity to extend my appreciation to Orchid Jayceettes’ Senators and founding organising committee team for starting this significant TOYP program in Singapore since 1983. I take great pride to be in Orchid Jayceettes family, one of the longest standing all female voluntary organisation in Singapore. Sisterhood For A Lifetime!
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Message From
JCI Singapore Patron
JCI Senator Dato Seri' Dr Derek Goh, BBM Executive Chairman & CEO of Serial System Ltd. 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award' by Rotary Club and ASME ASEAN Best Entrepreneur of the Year by ASEAN Secretariat Entrepreneur of the Year by the Enterprise Asia Singapore Youth Award (Individual) for Entrepreneurship
It gives me great pleasure to pen a few words for the 2016 Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) Award souvenir magazine. The TOYP Award is a flagship project of JCI Singapore which has recognised and conferred on outstanding young Singaporeans in their accomplishments in their respective fields of excellence and achievements. I am closely associated with the TOYP program for the past two decades since 1996 when I participated in this esteemed Award. I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate JCI City Singapore for successfully organised the 2016 TOYP Singapore Award. Congratulations to the 2016 TOYP Honorees and Merit Finalists for your active participation. I hope your success will continue post 2016 TOYP Award. Best wishes and warmest regards. Yours in Jayceeism JCI Senator Dato' Seri Dr Derek Goh ，BBM 2016 Chief Adjudicator, JCI TOYP Singapore 2014 President, Association of Senators of South East Asian Nations (ASSEAN) 1997 National President, JCI Singapore 1993 Chapter President, JCI City Patron, JCI Singapore Patron, JCI City Patron, JCI Mandarin
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About
JCI Singapore About JCI Singapore Junior Chamber of Singapore (JCS) is affiliated to Junior Chamber International (JCS) and is a leadership training organization of young leaders and entrepreneurs, We believe in learning by experience, and serving by doing. Our projects are created around the 4 opportunities – individual, international, community and business, these projects are organized in the sole purpose of creating a lasting positive change in the society. Through member’s participation in these projects, either as organisers or participants, we learn more about Chairmanship, FundRaising, Marketing, Public Speaking, International Cooperation to name a few and thus, extending our knowledge and potential.
About City Chapter City Chapter is the founding chapter of JCS. Formed on 8th December 1949 with Ted Goh as President supported by 30 members, the membership saw a 70% increase in 1972 and the Singapore Jaycettes became affiliated to the Junior Chamber of Commerce. On 2 April 1975, the Registrar of Societies formally gave us a reply, which included also a guideline on the desired constitutional structure. Several changes were made in the chapter level in 1973. Jurong and Serangoon Chapters were merged to form the Merlion Chapter; the Singapore Jaycettes was dissolved becoming Orchid Chapter and the founding Chapter became known as City Chapter.
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JCI TOYP Every year, JCI selects 10 outstanding young people under 40 who live the JCI Mission in extraordinary ways. Highlighting the accomplishments of these young active citizens in a variety of fields inspire us to be better and realize our full potential as active citizens.
The History of JCI TOYP The JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Program (JCI TOYP) is the result of similar programs run by affiliated National Organizations of JCI. The original program was developed by Durwood Howes, President of The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCI USA) during 1930-31. He conceived the idea of recognizing outstanding individuals by publishing a yearbook entitled, “America’s Young Men” which highlighted the work of twelve exemplary leaders each year. In 1938, the program was officially adopted by JCI USA. Since 1952, numerous JCI National Organizations have established their own Outstanding Young Persons Programs. Past recipients of national awards include such well-known personalities as Orson Welles, Howard Hughes, Nelson Rockefeller, John F. Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Gerald Ford, Benigno Aquino, Bill Clinton and many, many more, all named before the age of 40 and before they had achieved national prominence. In 1983, JCI officially adopted the JCI Ten Outstanding Persons of the World Program and the first ceremony was held in Taipei, Taiwan. The maximum number of ten honorees received the TOYP Award, and the ceremony was hosted by Premier Sun Yun-Suan at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall. Since then JCI has honored hundreds individuals from more than 50 nations. Each TOYP honoree has shown commitment to the motto, reminding all of us that, with creative enterprise and hard work, no problem are too difficult to solve. Each honoree is a living example of JCI’s belief that “Earth’s great treasure lies in human personality and that service to humanity is the best work of life”
JCI TOYP Award Categories Honorees would be selected from the following broad categories: • Business, economic, and/or entrepreneurial accomplishment. • Political, legal, and/or governmental affairs. • Academic leadership and/or accomplishment. • Cultural achievement. • Moral and/or environmental leadership. • Contribution to children, world peace, and/or human rights. • Humanitarian and/or voluntary leadership. • Scientific and/or technological development. • Personal improvement and/or accomplishment. • Medical innovation.
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Past World Honourees - Singapore 2014
Mr Nick Shen Weijun Cultural Achievement, World Congress Leipzig, Germany 2007
Mr Glenn Lim Personal improvement and/or Achievement, World Congress, Antalya, Turkey 2006
Assoc Prof. Fatimah Binte Abdul Lateef Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership, World Congress, Seoul, Korea 2001
Ms See Too Hoi Siang Cultural Achievement, World Congress, Barcelona, Spain 1999
Prof. Wong Tien Yin Academic Leadership and/or Accomplishment, World Congress, Cannes, France 1997
Dr. William Tan Kian Meng Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership, World Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Guest Speaker
Mr Josephus Tan
Director of Fortis Law Corporation
Singapore Youth Award 2015 Pro Bono Ambassador Award 2013 JCI TOYP Singapore Award Recipient - Personal Improvement and/or Accomplishment 2013
Josephus Tan is a Director at Fortis Law Corporation and specializes in criminal defense litigation. He volunteers actively with the various pro bono initiatives by the Law Society of Singapore such as the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS), Project Schools, and the Community Legal Clinics. He was the Project Chairman for the Law Society’s biennial community outreach project "Legalese" which provides basic legal knowledge to local social enterprises in 2013 and also the Vice-Chairman for the inaugural Singapore Law Week 2013 event jointly organized by the Singapore Academy of Law and the Law Society. He is currently spearheading the inaugural "Street Smart Initiative" which aims to provide free legal advice to sex workers on the streets. In 2010, Josephus became the youngest recipient of the CLAS Gold Award and in 2012, he was co-opted into the Council of the Law Society as a Council Member. In the same year, he was appointed as Lead Counsel for the Legal Assistance Scheme for Capital Offences (LASCO) by the Supreme Court of Singapore, again, the youngest to be so appointed. Josephus was one of the awardees of the JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (Merit Award) Singapore 2013 and also a recipient of the prestigious Pro Bono Ambassador of the Year Award accorded by the Law Society in 2013-2014. In 2015, Josephus is conferred the Singapore Youth Award by the National Youth Council, the highest accolade given to a young person in Singapore. Dubbed as an outlier of the legal industry, Josephus is widely featured in mainstream media and the press. In 2015, two of his pro bono cases were featured in the Channel 5 docudrama series “Verdict” and the Channel U drama series “Second Chance” was based loosely on his personal life journey. Two separate Channel 8 documentaries were also made about his personal transformation. Josephus is currently hosting a monthly live radio show on Capital 95.8FM to educate the public about our prevailing laws and is a highly sought after motivational speaker by non-profit organizations, charities, social welfare bodies, government institutions, and schools.
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Chief Adjudicator
JCI Senator Dato Seri' Dr Derek Goh, BBM Executive Chairman & CEO of Serial System Ltd.
'Entrepreneur of the Year Award' by Rotary Club and ASME ASEAN Best Entrepreneur of the Year by ASEAN Secretariat Entrepreneur of the Year by the Enterprise Asia Singapore Youth Award (Individual) for entrepreneurship
Dato Seri Dr. Derek Goh Bak Heng, BBM founded Serial System as a sole proprietorship in 1988, incorporated Serial System Ltd in 1992 and was the founding Chairman and CEO when the Company was listed in 1997 and achieved a turnover of US$1.22 billion in 2015. Serial System Ltd is the largest electronic component distributor listed on the Singapore Exchange and has an extensive regional coverage with 58 sales offices, 10 warehouses and more than 1000 employees in key markets, namely, Singapore, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Australia. Dr. Derek is currently the Executive Chairman & CEO of Serial System Ltd with overall management responsibilities for the Group. As Executive Chairman, Dr. Derek leads the Board in charting the future direction for the Group. As Group CEO, Dr. Derek travels extensively in the region to meet up with the local management team on strategic and operational matters, suppliers and customers to foster stronger relationship, as well as developing new products and markets. His abilities to assess market conditions and read market trends have proven to be extremely invaluable. Dr. Derek holds an honorary MBA degree from the American University of Hawaii and an honorary Doctor of Business Administration in Marketing degree from Wisconsin International University. He was also conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration by the Kennedy - Western University. In 1996, Dr. Goh won the “Entrepreneur of the Year Award”, organised by the Rotary Club of Singapore and the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, supported by the Trade Development Board. In 1997, Dr. Goh was elected the National President of JCI Singapore and was conferred the Singapore Youth Award (Individual) for entrepreneurship, the nation’s highest honour for youths. In 1999, Dr. Goh was conferred the ASEAN Best Young Entrepreneur Award 1999 by the ASEAN Secretariat, and the World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME) Special Honour Award by the World Association of Small and Medium Enterprises on 29 March 2000. In 2004, Dr. Goh was awarded the Public Service Medal by the President of the Republic of Singapore and in 2010, the Public Service Star Medal (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) on the National Day Honours 2010. In 2010, Dr. Goh won the “Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year” organised by Enterprise Asia and APF Group Pte Ltd and in 2011, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Singapore Award for the Electronic Components Distribution Category. In 2014, Dr. Goh was elected the President of JCI Senators of South East Asian Nations. In 2015, Dr Goh was awarded the International-Singapore ASEAN Leading Brand International Enterpreneur of the Year at the ASEAN Outstanding Business Award 2015 and was named the “UN Asia Pacific Most Prominent Entrepreneur” Co-organised by the Trade and Industry Association (“TIAS”) Singapore and the United Nations (“UN”) Association of Singapore. He was also awarded one of the “Top Outstanding Leaders in Asia 2015” in the Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards 2015 (“ACES”) . Dr Goh was conferred the Darjah Indera Mangku Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin III – (D.I.M.S) which carries the title Dato’ by KDYMM Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin III ( D.K.T., D.K., D.K.II., S.S.M.S., S.P.M.S., S.S.S.M., S.S.P.M., S.P.T.M., S.J.N.) Sultan Negeri Palembang Darussalam on 2 May 2014. He was conferred the Seri Pangeran Temenggong Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin III which carries the title Dato’ Seri by The Sultan of Palembang, Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin III on 27 April 2015.
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Adjudicator Professor Dr Patrick Loh, BBM
Co-Founder of Link(THM) Sciences Pte Ltd Dr LOH, Heng Meng Patrick is a Director-Shareholder of LINK (THM) SCIENCES PTE LTD. In 2008 to 2010, he is appointed President Commissioner/Non-Executive Chairman of both IDX-listed PT. Citra Kebun Raya Agri and PT. Royal Oak Development Asia in the Republic of Indonesia. He has served as Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board at SGX-listed Eu Yan Sang International Ltd from 2011 to June 2013 and as its Chief Scientific Officer from 2007 to 2011. In June ‘13, he is appointed Chairman of the Academic Advisory Board of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation-Institute of Higher Learning (working partner with Murdoch University, University of Newcastle, Edith Cowan University in Australia and the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom). A practicing plant scientist, he is one of the early pioneering bio-entrepreneurs in Singapore who has successfully established the commercial application of biological and molecular techniques to plant and crop improvements in the agro-based industries in the ASEAN region. Dr Loh is an Adjunct Professor in the Singapore Management University (SMU), the SIM University (UniSIM) and also at Murdoch University, Western Australia . In March 2011, he has been a Member of the Industry Advisory Panel and later in February 2016, appointed Visiting Professor to the School of Biosciences and the School of Medicine at Taylor’s University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In October 2011, he is appointed Advisor to the Centre for Cancer Research and International Collaborative Partner Global Network (ICPGN) at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)’s Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Malaysia. In June ’13, he is appointed Member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore. He served as Agri-Adviser to the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), Ministry of National Development from 2003 to 2011. He is a qualified Member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture (MCIHort) and the Chartered Institute of Management for Sports & Physical Acitivity (CIMSPA) in the United Kingdom. In 2005, admitted as Member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology (AIAST) and a Certified Practicing Agriculturist (CPAg) of Australia and New Zealand. He is an Advisory Member of the School of Science & Technology at SIM University (UniSIM) and also the School of Chemical & Life Sciences at the Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore. Dr Loh is the Mentor-in-Residence of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) and Member of the Area of Excellence & Core Innovation Working Group at the Provost’s Office in Singapore Management University. Dr Loh completed his doctoral research training in plant virology and tissue culture technology from the Institute of Arable Crops Research, ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION (estb 1843, Harpenden), United Kingdom. He earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration in 1992 from the University of Dubuque (estb 1852, Dubuque), Iowa, USA. In 2015, he received the highest science honor – the Honorary Doctorate of Science (HonDSc) from Murdoch University, Western Australia in recognition of his exceptional contributions to science, academia and agribusiness in the ASEAN region. In 2009, filed a joint-Patent in the USA with researchers from the Nanyang Polytechnic of Singapore on “Method of Making A Red Yeast Rice Extract” (US Patent Application:US61/167543, 2009) and published in the Scientific Reports of Nature.com in March 2012. In 2011, together with food technologists from the Food Science & Nutrition programme of the School of Chemical & Life Sciences at Nanyang Polytechnic, developed “Frozherb” Recipe – a combination of two herbal ice creams consisting of Hawthorn and Wolfberries. “Frozherb” competed with more than 100 flavours from 25 countries including China’s Mengniu Dairy Company (China's biggest supplier of dairy produce) and Japan’s Meiji Dairy Company to win the “Best New Ice Cream” Award at the 2011 International Dairy Federation (IDF) Dairy Innovation Competition in Parma, Italy. In June 2012, he filed a Patent on “Method to Extract Borneol From Exudates of Dryobalanops aromatica” (Grant of New Patent No.PI 2012002620) in Malaysia with medical researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. In April 2014, a Patent (Grant of Patent No:175085) has been granted by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) for the invention of “Plant Extract Comprising Statins And Preparation Techniques And Uses Thereof”. In recognition of his leadership to the community, Dr Loh was conferred the PINGKAT BAKTI MASYARAKAT (PBM – THE PUBLIC SERVICE MEDAL) in 2001 and the BINTANG BAKTI MASYARAKAT (BBM – THE PUBLIC SERVICE STAR) in 2006 by HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE.
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Adjudicator
Professor Philip Poh
Chair of Board at World Certification Institute Honorary Chairman of Trade & Industry Association (Singapore) Chairman of Singapore Pacific Business Council
Professor Philip Poh has more than 30 years of leadership experience in various industries as well as in academia. His scope of experiences covers the manufacturing and service sectors, as well as in educational establishments. He has served on the boards of several public listed companies in Singapore and South Korea. He also served as a Director on the boards of several private companies in the United States, Europe and in the Asia-Pacific region, specifically in Australia, China, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia. He is Chair of Board at World Certification Institute (United States), Honorary Chairman of Trade & Industry Association (Singapore), Chairman of Singapore Pacific Business Council, Global Distinguished Ambassador for HHI World body (United States). He is currently Chairman of Singapore Institute of Purchasing & Materials Management, as well as SIPMM Academy, and serves on the Senate and Board of Trustees at Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS). In 2006, he was appointed distinguished Professor of Industry Research on occupational certification at World Certification Institute (US). In 1998, he was appointed adjunct Professor of Business Management at Southern Cross University (Australia). In 1999, he was appointed as an Examiner of post-graduate business degrees at the University Of Wales (UK). He has been a visiting professor at several universities in the U.S., U.K. and the Asia-Pacific region. From 2005 to 2009, Prof. Poh was Group Managing Director of a leading Aerospace & Medical electronics manufacturing company in the Asia-Pacific region, a public company that is listed on the main-board of the Singapore Exchange. He also served as a Board director of other companies listed on the stock exchanges in Singapore and South Korea. From 1999 to 2003, Prof. Poh was the Editorial Advisor to Business Briefings Ltd in UK that publishes the global business reports, such as the Global Supply Chain Management, and the European Purchasing and Logistics Strategies. He has been the editorial reviewer for several business journals, such as the Australasian Journal of Business and Social Enquiry, as well as the Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy. In 1998, Prof. Poh designed and developed the Singapore Purchasing Managers’ Index. After a successful pilot survey, the PMI was launched in the following year and Singapore became the first country in Asia, outside United States and Europe, to produce the monthly index. In 2002, Prof. Poh personally coached about 300 senior economists from China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing to develop China’s Purchasing Managers Index. Prof. Poh was conferred the 2004 Garner-Themoin Award by the International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management, for his global leadership in supply management. Previous award recipients include Cabinet Ministers and President of the World Bank. The Director-General of the World Body, Mr. Jack Wagner was quoted in his citation on Prof. Poh as saying that "the contributions made by Professor Philip Poh to the profession are well recognized not only in the Asia Pacific region but also globally, in over 40 countries where the world body is represented". Prof. Poh also received other awards, including the “Institute Meritorious Award” by Singapore Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry in 1993, as well as the “Service to Education Award” by the Singapore Ministry of Education in years, 2003 and 2010. He also received a special “I-Ching Award” (conferred only to foreign dignitaries) from Beijing government for his contribution as advisor on international economic issues and the development of a China manufacturing index in 2002.
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Adjudicator
Mr Max Loh
Managing Partner, Ernest and Young (Singapore and ASEAN)
Max Loh is EY’s Managing Partner for Asean and Singapore and has overall responsibilities for the operations in the Region. With over 29 years of audit and business advisory experience, his clients span a broad range of industries including technology, food and beverage, construction, manufacturing, trading, hospitality, financial institutions and government concerns. Max has been involved as an audit partner with various Singapore Exchange (SGX) listed companies, responsible for their financial statement audits and internal control reviews. He is experienced in acting as reporting accountant for companies from Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Middle East and the People’s Republic of China, listing or doing reverse takeovers on the SGX, Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He is also experienced in strategic planning, reorganization and operations improvement projects for companies as part of their globalization and transformation efforts. He is a Board Member and Public Accountants Oversight Committee Member of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority; Exco member and Audit Committee Chair of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants; Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of Health Sciences Authority and Board Member and Audit Committee Chair of Singapore Polytechnic.
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Mr Terence Quek, PBM
CEO, Emergenetics International (Asia Pacific)
JCI TOYP Singapore Award (Honoree) - Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership 2009
Terence Quek is CEO of Emergenetics International – Asia Pacific where he heads the strategic development and business operations of Emergenetics International across territories in Asia Pacific. As one of a handful of Master Trainers for Emergenetics globally, he conducts Emergenetics certification programmes in English and Chinese, and consults for leaders and teams of multinational, government and non-profit organisations throughout the Asia Pacific region. Having completed 13 years of service in the Republic of Singapore Navy and being involved in a wide spectrum of work ranging from operations to strategic planning, and finally co-establishing the corporate communications department for the Navy, Terence co-founded Caelan & Sage, a creative think tank focusing on strategic communications with four arms offering solutions in branding and design, public relations, corporate training and high profiled events management. Over four years, the company grew from a zero-investment company to a million-dollar turnover company which led it to merge with Emergenetics Asia in 2012 to form Emergenetics Caelan & Sage. As Executive Director of Caelan & Sage, he led numerous projects in the area of training, public relations, event management and branding and design. These projects include training 4,500 volunteers for Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, public relations for Team Singapore in all major games in 2010 and event management for The Royal Trophy in Thailand, Brunei and China. He also edited and launched an e-newsletter for an alumni office of a University business school and worked with the Singapore government on several national campaigns. Apart from work, Terence is actively serving the local and international community. He volunteered as a trainer with Singapore International Foundation, and was involved in several inter-cultural projects with Asia Europe Foundation to build people-to-people understanding among young leaders of Europe and Asia. He is a Founding Member and Director of Communications and Outreach for Project Happy Feet, a non-profit organisation which supports training and education of underprivileged children in developing countries, which since 2008, has raised and disbursed more than $500,000 to support education-related initiatives in Cambodia, India, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. In Singapore, he is District Councillor for South West Community Development Council, Chairman of SAFRA Punggol Clubhouse development committee, member of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business Alumni Board, and an SMU Alumni Ambassador. He was awarded Honoree of JCI The Young Outstanding Person of Singapore 2009 for Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership, and was later conferred the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) by the President of Singapore Dr Tony Tan in 2014. He was also named Singapore Management University's Alumni Rising Star. An active National Serviceman, Terence was awarded Best NSman for his formation in 2015. Terence won two awards from the Republic of Singapore Navy, graduating from Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, UK and with an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Sheffield, UK. He was awarded a scholarship by the Singapore government to pursue a Masters of Science in Communication Management at Singapore Management University. In 2015, he was selected by the Singapore Navy to attend the Command & Staff Course (National Service) at the prestigious Goh Keng Swee Command & Staff Colleage, where he was honoured as Top Graduate from the Navy.
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Ms Michelle Chia Ex-Mediacorp Artist
JCI TOYP Singapore Award (Honoree) - Cultural Achievement 2013
Michelle Chia is Singapore’s new league of modern and talented artiste. Discovered at a tender age of 6, she was a lovable child actor and host who later caught the audience’s attention when at 15, she played the role of a ‘Ma Jie’ convincingly in the award winning documentary “Vow of Celibacy”. She joined MediaCorp after her tertiary education and broadened her artistic skills by trying her hands in hosting. Quick-witted and a fastlearner, Michelle charmed and bonded with the audience and soon became a popular figure and earned her first, out of six, award when she was voted one of the Top Ten Most Popular Female Artistes in 1999. Since then, Michelle has also become the face of many local and international brands through her work in a variety of advertising campaigns. She appeared in countless variety shows and partnered many top local and regional hosts in bringing weekly entertainment to viewers. These include hosting international programmes like CCTV’s “Wanna Challenge” with China veteran host Zhu Jun and the prestigious “Mnet Asian Music Awards” red carpet event which was beamed live worldwide. Her performance as a water polo coach in the English drama “Polo Boys” earned her a Best Actress nomination at Asian Television Awards 2010. Among other social documentaries she’s hosted, she anchored a series “Borders” where she traveled to different country’s borders to find out about the history, social problems and why people cross borders. As an artiste, Michelle hosted and appeared in countless charity shows and programs like “President’s Star Charity” and “Stars for a Cause”. Away from cameras and off stage, Michelle’s strong desire to help people had turned her into a woman on a mission - philanthropy not publicity. In 2008, she was part of the “PURE” committee to raise funds for various charity organizations in Singapore. In 2011, she started helping an acid burn survivor from Cambodia to regain his sight through many surgeries carried out at the Singapore National Eye Centre, with the help of Professor Donald Tan. Believing in living in a society that is inclusive and openminded, Michelle has also taken up the role as an ambassador for Pink Dot 2013. Effectively bilingual, Michelle is not one to rest on her laurels, as she is ever ready to take on new challenges. One of her business ventures is established hairdressing brand “Twister- Monsoon Hair Group” which was awarded the Asia Pacific Brands Award in 2012. In 2013, Michelle was also awarded the JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons Honoree, by not only a select judging panel comprised of JCI partners but also the public. Recently, Michelle became part of the team of a local social enterprise, Baliza Partners Pte Ltd, with a mission to inspire consumers to value those who make their clothes and the impact each garment purchase has on the artisan who makes them. This socially motived fashion brand supports participants of a vocational centre Ladli of I-India, an NGO based in Jaipur, through craft and skills training programs, business and leadership skills development and by providing financial support to help them start or improve their income generating capacity. I-India reaches out to 3,000 street children daily, offering food, accommodation, education and counseling.
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Mr Lee Shy Tsong, John
Partner, Donaldson & Burkinshaw LLP
Lee Shy Tsong is a Partner in the Firm's Intellectual Property Practice. He was called to the Bar in 1994 and joined the Firm in 1996. He has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) degree from National University of Singapore. In addition to his law degree, he holds an Advance Diploma in Computer Studies. He specialises in all areas of intellectual property law. He has extensive experience in IP registration and manages IP portfolios worldwide. He has assisted clients in the following aspects: • Advisory services across the full spectrum of IP issues, entertainment law, digital media, internet and information technology, electronic commerce, media and advertising • Searching, clearance (including risk management and regulatory compliance), protection, management and maintenance of IP rights including trademarks, service marks, patents and designs • Commercialisation, exploitation and licensing of IP rights including trademarks and technology transfers, licensing, agency and distributorship, franchising • Protection of copyright • Confidential information, non-disclosure agreements. He is a registered Patent Agent in Singapore, and a member of the Association of Singapore Patent Agents (ASPA). He is also a registered Trademark and Industrial Design Agent in Malaysia. He regularly attends IP conferences organised by the Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA), ASEAN Intellectual Property Association (ASEAN IPA), and Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA). He conducts talks and seminars on IP laws and practices.
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Joel Lou
Global Managing Director, Agriculture Commodities Allegro Development Corporation Business, Economic, and/or Entrepreneurial Accomplishment
Joel embarked upon his career as a commodity broker and later went on to become the CEO of JustCommodity Software Solutions, the leading commodities trading and risk management software solutions provider in the agricultural commodity space in Asia. JustCommodity was acquired by US-based Allegro Development Corporation in June 2015 and Joel presently serves as Global Managing Director, Agriculture. Under his leadership, JustCommodity has won numerous awards including Singapore Enterprise 50, Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and the Red Herring Global 100 Award. Joel was conferred the “Most Promising Entrepreneur of the Year” by APEA in 2011 and the “Young Professional of the Year” in the IT leader awards in 2012. Joel sets out to accomplish his vision to “innovate”, “empower” and “transform” any given industry by constantly questioning the “status quo” in an era where new technology comes into play ever more frequently. Through his leadership and work culture which he inculcates to his team by working as a family was recognized through his stewardship in achieving the “Best tech company to work for Award” in Singapore in 2015. Joel is active in the Singapore tech community and serves as an Executive committee member for the Singapore Enterprise Chapter at the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation and also serves as an Advisory council member of the Singapore Management University's International Trading Institute, and is a Charter Member of TiE Singapore. Joel is also a Co-Founder of Blue Cloud Ventures (BCV), a late stage venture capital fund based in New York, USA. He received a Master’s of Business Administration from Imperial College London. Being a forward looking and dynamic young business leader, Joel envisages connecting with like-minded individuals in sharing his passion for innovation, exuding a desire to make an impact to the world through the use of technology. His goal through JCI is to further his belief in being a strong advocate and good role model in the area of entrepreneurship and business, assisting and mentoring a new generation of young and dynamic entrepreneurs, and hopefully, taking JCI to even greater heights.
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Founder & CEO, Verztec Consulting Pte Ltd Business, Economic, and/or Entrepreneurial Accomplishment
As Founder and CEO, Nicholas works with the Verztec team globally in helping customers set and meet their multilingual communication technology goals. Together, they introduce current and prospective customers to the breadth of Verztec’s globalization services, e-learning solutions, software products, custom solutions, localization services, and IT engineering services. Today, Verztec supports many global corporations in the localization and translation of their global marketing communication, global learning, ethics and global compliance communication materials into more than 100 foreign languages. Verztec clients include Siemens, Rolls Royce Motors, IBM, Creative Technology, Intel, Microsoft, Fuji Xerox, Yara, Invensys, Total, Standard Chartered Bank, Johnson & Johnson Medical, UBS, Chanel as well as P&G. Nicholas also continually ensures that the Verztec team pays close attention to customer feedbacks and works closely with Verztec’s management team to look into ways to improve existing processes and customer service level experiences. Nicholas has a diverse background in global marketing, globalization consulting & localization project management, IT and new customer acquisition & retention. Nicholas was instrumental in building the company’s globalization business, which has become the company’s fastest growing revenue segment. Nicholas also plays an important role in communicating the clear mission and purpose for the very existence of Verztec to team members - which is to work with our customers as partners, to raise quality standards of their communications and to effectively increase market penetration for their products & services globally. Verztec is privileged to have been appointed the official translation solutions company for conferences, workshops and meetings during the APEC 2009 Summit (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) in Singapore, where Singapore played the host country for a wide spectrum of international delegates comprising of top political leaders, investors, senior corporate executives and entrepreneurs. Prior to Verztec, Nicholas has held technical position at a Technology MNC as well as offered management consultancy on an external basis. Nicholas holds a 2nd-Class Upper Honors Degree, in Computing with Management, from the University of Bradford, UK and has a strong passion in cultures & foreign languages as well as technology. Over the years, Nicholas has led the Verztec team to win several corporate awards such as Promising SME 500 Award, SME One Asia Awards 2012 – Overall Top Winner for Prominent Category, Emerging Enterprise 2013 by OCBC and The Business Times, Spirit of Enterprise, Business Superbrands 2014, Singapore Prestige Brand Award (SPBA Promising Brand Category in 2010, SPBA Established Brands Category for 2013 and 2014) as well as the Global Top 50 Language Services Company in the world by Common Sense Advisory (A Massachusetts-based US Market Research Corporation – see www.commonsenseadvisory.com ) Nicholas has also been awarded the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award – Outstanding Category in 2014 as well as The Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2014 – Established Entrepreneur, jointly organized by ASME & Rotary Club of Singapore. Nicholas is privileged to be involved in a few charity and community initiatives. He served as the appointed Chairman for LCSS Run for Life (www.runforlife.sg ) – a family charity run event that raised $450,000 in 2013 and $600,000 in 2014, and the appointed Chairman for the LCSS Charity Golf Challenge 2015 that raised $350,000 for the beneficiaries of LCSS – www.life-community.org (*consisting of youth-at-risks as well as disadvantaged children whose parents are incarcerated), as Vice Chairman of Life Community Services Society, Past Vice President of Spirit of Enterprise (5 years), Chairman of SEP Charity for Spirit of Enterprise, Board Member of Sim Lim Tower Committee, ex-Board Member of ASME Singapore Prestige Brand Award Organizing Committee 2015, Finance Committee Board Member of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Center (NVPC), Board member of Global Cultural Alliance, Council Member of Workforce Advancement Federation (WAF), amongst some others. Over the years, Nicholas has been invited to speak in a number of conferences and has written/contributed various articles on thought leadership, HR, CSR and cultural diversity at the world place to share with the international business community covering a wide range of industry sectors. Nicholas written articles can be found at http://www.verztec.com/blog/index.php/articles-from-our-ceos-desk/ Nicholas is married with 4 children (3 girls and 1 boy) and worships at the Trinity Methodist Church of Singapore. Hobbies include golf, jogging, and reading.
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Paul Tan
Lawyer, Singapore Academy of Law Partner of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Political, Legal, and/or Government Affairs
Paul Tan grew up in humble beginnings. His parents worked multiple jobs, and saved money in small white envelopes. He saw his parents start their own businesses, and the many battles they had to fight – sometimes with clients, with suppliers, and even with the authorities. In addition to the tenacity and determination that Paul learnt, he also discovered the importance of reason and persuasion. These are the qualities that Paul now embodies in his career as a lawyer and partner of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. Paul graduated with first class honours from the National University of Singapore and a distinction in his postgraduate degree at Oxford. His primary practice is in international arbitration and litigation, where he acts for and against States, and has represented clients before the highest courts in Singapore. His contributions to the legal fraternity extend beyond his practice. He was involved in the Government-led study to liberalise the legal services sector in 2007 and in the steering committee to launch the Asian Legal Business Institute in 2016. He also co-authored an 888-page monograph on the development of Singapore law since independence; a book that the Chief Justice has described as “destined to be a classic.” In addition, he contributes his time to law reform at the Singapore Academy of Law, and spearheads the Law Society’s taskforce to examine issues affecting young lawyers. He also works on pro bono cases. Paul describes as one of his ambitions to bring greater diversity to the international arbitration community. He says that the time is ripe for Asian voices and perspectives. To this end, he teaches, lectures and speaks at universities and seminars in Singapore, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, London, Paris, Russia and Australia; he serves as the Australasian representative for the Young International Arbitrators Group; and is co-authoring the next edition of the world-renown textbook on international arbitration by the late Lord Mustill and Stewart Boyd QC. For his achievements, he is ranked by legal publications as a “rising star” and has been included in Prestige Magazine’s “top 40 Singaporeans under 40” and Singapore Business Review’s “top 40 lawyers under 40.”
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Muhammad Nazir Bin Amir
Educator, Ministry of Education Academic Leadership and/or Accomplishment
When he first started teaching in a secondary school, Dr Nazir Amir found that hands-on lessons alone did not necessarily engage the academically ‘at-risk’ students that he teaches, as they were easily prone to distraction. Aiming to make his lessons more engaging, he initiated a part-time PhD research study in NIE (whilst teaching in school) to explore, identify and develop feasible teaching approaches that would work well for these students. This led him to develop the ‘Relevant, Appealing and Personal (RAP)’ pedagogical approach, where lessons need to be crafted to not only relate concepts to the real world and students’ own experiences, but also with the promise of making them appealing to keep the students intrinsically motivated and on task. The ‘RAP’ pedagogical approach has contributed to the engagement and motivation of Normal Technical (NT) students, getting them to develop positive attitudes towards their studies, particularly in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects. Dr Nazir is very passionate about sharing, and continuously inspires and mentors professional communities of teachers in his school, across Singapore and regionally through his sharing and workshop sessions. He equips teachers with skills to craft out lessons to motivate students to come to school beyond the sake of attendance or passing examinations, developing a love for the subjects that they learn. He also continuously shares the instructional approaches and findings that are developed from his action-research work in international peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and conferences so that the wider education community may benefit from his classroom research. Dr Nazir has been invited to share and conduct hands-on workshops for teachers and university students both locally and at international platforms. Through Dr Nazir’s regular sharing sessions, teachers are constantly inspired to make lessons ‘Relevant, Appealing and Personal (RAP)’ for their own students. For his outstanding contributions to teaching and professional development of teachers in Singapore and beyond, Dr Nazir was awarded the ‘Presidents’ Award for Teachers (2014)’, the ‘Outstanding Physics Teacher Award (2015) by the Institute of Physics Singapore (IPS)’, the ‘Teacher-Researcher Paper Prize (2013)’, the ‘Fellow of the Academy of Singapore Teachers (2012)’, three ‘Dean’s Commendation for Research Awards by NTU/NIE (2014, 2012)’, the ‘Inspiration Award for Science Teaching (2012)’, and four ‘Outstanding Contribution to School Awards (2015, 2012, 2009, 2005)’. He further led educators in his school to clinch a ‘Gold’ award at the MOE Innergy Awards 2015, a ‘Gold’ award at the Singapore In House IQC Assessment 2015, and a ‘Merit’ award at the Public Service 21st Century (PS21) Excel Awards 2015. He is also a recipient of the ‘Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program (2016)’.
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Singer, Song-writer Cultural Achievement
A Sassy Singaporean singer-songwriter, Kewei used to be the supporting singer of superstars David Tao, A-mei, Wang Lee Hom and our country’s very own JJ Lin. She has sinced released 3 full length albums under her belt, which broke through the Asia market regionally. Kewei was nicknamed the “angel of harmony” and she plays several instruments such as the guitar, ukelele and piano, but catches most attention by playing the er-hu. Kewei’s talents has got her involved in many events and performances, such as the NDP Parade 2014, Celebrate SG50 Countdown show, Temasek Holding’s Jubilee at the Botanics and SEA Games 2015 to name a few. MILESTONES SINGAPORE REPRESENT (OVERSEAS PERFORMANCES) 2015 ASEAN-China Friendship Concert 中国东盟歌会at Beijing TV Centre – Sang Home with 30 piece orchestra Chengdu Music Festival 成都国际友城青年音乐周 – 3 day music festival with international youth acts Singapore Day in Shanghai – organised by Prime Minister's Office NOTABLE WORKS 2015 New Theme Song for Rebranding of Mediacorp Channel 5 – Good To Be Home Mediacorp's The Gift of Song for SG50 – Winning song These Are The Days Theme Song for Channel 8's You Can Be An Angel Too 你也可以是天使 – 爱一直都在 TV / FILM 2016 To Another Me short film for Temasek Polytechnic, for Singapore Discovery Centre 2015 Drama Series on Channel U 我要的幸福 Blissful Living Segment Host for Channel 5's The 5 Show CHARITY XtheHaze Campaign by WWF Children’s Charities Association Christmas Walkathon 2014 Shark Savers Singapore Campaign Sole Singapore representative for Hong Kong “311 Love Without Borders” 2011, where 100 Hong Kong celebrities including Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Bosco collaborated on a song to raise funds for Japanese earthquake.
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David Pong
Co-Founder & CEO, WateROAM Moral and/or Environmental Leadership
David Pong is the CEO & co-founder of WateROAM, a water innovation social enterprise that develops simple, portable, durable & affordable water filtration systems to help affected communities in disaster-hit sites and rural developments obtain clean drinking water. These systems are specially built to bring about the quickest access to clean drinking water at disaster-hit sites, and are deployed in a manner to help promote social change in rural development areas. WateROAM was founded in 2014 when David met a group of friends during his studies in the National University of Singapore. Each of them had a passion to see clean water improve lives around the region, especially with a heightening awareness of a major global water crisis and increasing frequency of natural disasters. David decided that they had to put a firm foot down in helping solve this crisis, and rallied them into founding a proper startup that focuses on innovative water solutions to solve water issues in hard-to-reach rural places. The team decided to name the startup WateROAM, in light of roaming to provide clean water access globally regardless of terrain difficulty. Since then, WateROAM has benefited more than 15,000 beneficiaries by providing water filtration systems deployed through various NGOs in the East Malaysia Flood Relief in Jan 2015, Vanuatu Cyclone Relief in Apr 2015, Nepal Earthquake Relief in May 2015, and in Myanmar Flood Relief in Aug 2015. David believes that it is never too early to give back to those in need globally, especially since many Singaporeans have blessed abundantly with access to education and resources. He has since decided to dedicate his youth to set up WateROAM as a well-managed and sustainable enterprise, so that lives, living & livelihoods can be impacted all around the world continuously through access to clean water. In its early days, WateROAM clinched the top award at the 2014 Singapore Humanitarian Water Filtration Design Competition, and the Rising Hydropreneur Star award at the Singapore International Water Week 2014. In April 2015, the startup was recognized as one of 5 investment-worthy social enterprises in Singapore at the "Learning by Investing" programme organized by the Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philantrophy (ACSEP). In October 2015, they were awarded as the winners of the Young Social Entrepreneur (YSE) programme organized by the Singapore International Foundation. In November 2015, they also clinched the Top Winner position at the Shell LiveWIRE awards 2015. In alignment with the mission of Junior Chamber International, David hopes to inspire and empower young people to become future leaders who can create positive change in society, both locally and globally, by first being willing to improve themselves and the world around them.
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Carrie Tan
Founder, Daughters of Tomorrow Contribution to Children, World Peace and/or Human Rights
Carrie Tan is the founding Executive Director and chief driver of DOT's mission, enabling livelihoods and financial self-sufficiency for underprivileged women since 2012. She holds overall strategic and operational responsibility for Daughters Of Tomorrow's programs, staff, expansion, and execution of its mission. Her previous experience in headhunting and HR consultancy informs her current work greatly in preparing women as well as employers in the women's back-to-work journey. Since 2012, she has impacted more than 90 women in both Singapore and India through advocacy and community mobilization of more than 1000 followers and 120 volunteers to the cause. Carrie has spoken to schools, youth groups and corporate partners such as Google, Facebook, Elsevier and AECOM as an advocate of poverty alleviation through financial self-sufficiency for women. Her leadership of Daughters Of Tomorrow has seen it being awarded the Most Investment-worthy Social Enterprise by the Asian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (ACSEP) under National University of Singapore in April 2014. Currently Carrie is leading Daughters Of Tomorrow in raising public awareness about the plight of the urban poor in Singapore, and forging collaboration among private, public and non-profit sectors to integrate the untapped workforce of underprivileged women into the economy as a strategy to help families break out of poverty. In November 2015, Carrie was selected from amongst 500 young leaders in the region from the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative to do the opening introduction of President Obama at a Town Hall meeting in Kuala Lumpur, where she was recognized by POTUS for her efforts in empowering underprivileged women in Singapore. JCI has a network of talented young people, all leaders in their own fields, eager to contribute to making a difference in the community. The award has given me the opportunity to tap into this network to share about DOT's work, and the plight of women in difficult circumstances who are hopeful and motivated to create better futures for their families. I hope to create new collaboration opportunities within JCI as part of its community so that together, we can do more to enable the women and their families to break out of poverty.
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Emily Teng
Founder, Blessings in a Bag Contribution to Children, World Peace, and/or Human Rights
Emily Teng is Chief of Awesome. She is on a mission to improve the lives of others and motivate young people to believe that their unique talents and inner-awesomeness can change the world – but she’s not going it alone. With an army of WorldChangeAgents (volunteers) through ‘Blessings in a Bag’, she works her way to make sure everyone is celebrated for their own unique-ness and inspires the community to put on their invisible capes of awesome-ness and equip them with the tools to drive their own radical acts of kindness. She has made sure that WorldChangeAgents step up to the plate to manage on-going programs for vulnerable communities - locally and regionally - as well as run CSR campaigns for the big corporates. Emily is also co-founder of The Patatas (http://www.thepatatas.com/) and acts as a ‘matchmaker’ to bring together those who want to help with those who need it. Raised in Jakarta, Melbourne and Singapore, the ex-radio DJ was inspired from a young age to serve the needs of the community around her. She believes that when you put love out into the world, it comes back in the most beautiful way. In 2008, at just 19 years old, Emily started Blessings in a Bag (http://www.blessingsinabag.co) to provide a connection between those in Singapore who wanted to reach out and NGOs within the region who needed the help. She and her team of WorldChangeAgents collected and organized tons of donations before rallying travellers to carry Blessing Bag Packs to be dropped off at desginated ‘drop zones’ whenever they flew off to various South-East Asian destinations. Other items that could be shipped were packed lovingly by the team. No matter the method of getting much needed supplies across, they all were used as incentives for local communities to attend family, health and hygiene as well as educational workshops. At least 150,000 bundles and Blessing Bag Packs have been distributed and used as incentives for communities in need in places such as Cambodia, Philippines, India, Vietnam and Indonesia. In 2014, Emily’s attention turned to issues closer to home and she began working with young Singaporeans to support the communities on their doorsteps. She launched the ‘Beyond Awesome’ programme to inspire kids from low-income families to dream big through a variety of activities focused on creativity, storytelling and writing. The programmed has run for at least six months and has seen dramatic transformations in some of the kids already. For instance, kids who acted out or openly declared their dislike for reading are now the ones who enthusiastically ask for a reading buddy to help read alongisde them and stand up in front of their peers to read stories aloud next to volunteer storytellers. She now plans to launch a new webcast series, Life with Emily, discussing issues that affect youth in Singapore such as failure, celebrating who you are and taking the path less traveled. Her guests will include a variety of individuals across the region from celebrities to influencers or even your next-door neighbor! Her achievements within the community space have been recognised by the likes of the Yahoo! Singapore 9 Awards, Cosmopolitan Singapore’s ‘Fun Fearless Female’, Singapore International Foundation’s Young Social Entrepreneur Program, and the GOOD 100 Global Changemaker. With her wise motto, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”, the social entrepreneur believes in a world where everyone can (and should) find it within themselves to have the courage to be who they are and be kind to others. “By unleashing our inner awesome,” Emily says, “We can all change the world”.
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Bernise Ang
Founder, Syinc Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership
Bernise Ang is Principal and Methodology Lead of Zeroth Labs, an experimental research lab and consultancy which uncovers behavioural insights and applies them to public policy issues. They serve governments from developing countries and multilateral agencies such as the UN; blending methods from anthropology, data, design and other fields to co-create new forms of services, products and to innovate new business models. Bernise’s consulting work spans sectors such as Environment, Airline, Sanitation, Consumer Technology, Youth, Higher Education, Healthcare, and Public Services. Although trained in psychology, her work at Zeroth involves playing alchemist of multiple disciplines to tackle complex problems. She is known for her work with Syinc, a youth development nonprofit that worked with young people to translate their passions and causes into actionable projects. From working just with young people, Syinc then worked also with youth organisations and other social sector players in Singapore. Syinc was one of the earliest users of design methods for social impact, and soon was engaged by Singapore government agencies on social policy issues. Through this a new consulting practice emerged, and it was this work which led to the spin-off of Zeroth Labs. She is a TEDx speaker, and has been featured in Financial Times among others for her work. She has also been a speaker and/or guest lecturer at Harvard Kennedy and Business Schools, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy, South by SouthWest (SXSW), United Nations Development Programme, and others. Bernise had a previous life in finance, in private equity and in M&A. She was also engaged in international policy work for 4 years with the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN CSD), where her efforts also contributed to the official recognition of Youth as a constituent stakeholder at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Bernise is an Emeritus Board member of the International Youth Foundation, YouthActionNet Award & Fellowship recipient, and Asia21 Young Leader of the Asia Society and Board Director of the International Young Professionals Foundation.
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David Hoe
Founder, I Am Talented Humanitarian and/or Voluntary Leadership
‘A head for figures and a heart for others’; this is often used to describe David Hoe. A newly-minted educator and recent Economics (Honours) graduate from the National University of Singapore (NUS), David took a route less travelled. His university education didn’t come easy, as he took an extended eight-year trek from the Normal (Technical) stream in Secondary School to the end of Junior College. However, David is fully aware that his path to his dream of becoming an educator was not forged by his sheer effort alone; but by standing on the shoulders of the many giants. In the same way, he seeks to live out the attitude of paying it forward. As part of his philosophy of giving as he has received, David has initiated many social empowerment programmes that seek to benefit youth without access to opportunities. I Am Talented (IAT), for instance, seeks to empower youth with a simple yet powerful message – to unearth their talents and interests. To do this, IAT creates platforms for participants to explore a range of skillsets such as photography, programming, robotics, entrepreneurship, journalism, and the like, in partnership with the Central Singapore Community Development Council. Beyond mere discovery, IAT instructors share with participants how, and where to further develop and hone their talents. Now into its fifth iteration, IAT sees past participants even returning to volunteer of their own accord to contribute to event programming. David continuously draws strength from IAT participants as many begin irresolute but end feeling empowered; and from instructors and corporations willingly devoting time and energies on a pro-bono basis to empower youth. Another youth empowerment initiative that illustrates David’s passion for helping others is Collaborate, which seeks to empower pre-university students with relevant information useful in their decisions as to which university courses to choose. Supported by the National Youth Council, this is done via a novel human library format, whereby participants are linked up to several people-in-industry to ask questions with regard to career pathways and expectations in a focus-group setting. Though this platform does not ensure that participants will make the perfect decision, but it has surely helped many individuals to make better decisions. Beyond larger-scale programmes, David firmly believes in the value of inspiring other youth to serve and make a difference in the lives of others too. During his time at Tembusu College (NUS), he founded TMentors, an in-house mentoring programme, where undergraduates tutor and mentor New Town Secondary School students on a weekly basis, one-on-one. Resource-intensive and a coordination feat, David grew this community outreach project ground-up by personally liaising with the relevant parties, and spurring like-minded student volunteers within Tembusu College to action. Though having started the programme many years ago, David still facilitates training sessions and gives talks to the students frequently. He is at present advising other similar ground-up mentoring initiatives helmed by like-minded youth. One such programme is Cooperate. Through Junior Chamber International, David hopes to live out its creed of service to humanity as the best work of life, and create more opportunities for people to serve and greater positive social change via its networks of young active citizenry. Through collaboration and the leveraging of differing strengths, David hopes to create sustainable impact, and inspire others to do likewise.
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Wan Yue
Junior Principal Investigator, A-Star Scientific and/or Technological Development
Similar to a complex machine, the cell is made up of tens of thousands of macromolecules, each of which has its own shape. Knowing the shapes of each component is key to understanding how they fit together for proper functioning of the cell. When Yue Wan started her PhD, one major class of macromolecules, RNA, is known to be very important for cellular function. However, deciphering the shapes of each individual RNA to understand its impact on human cells is slow and tedious. To overcome this difficulty, Yue Wan married techniques from different fields, including the RNA biochemistry, genomics, and yeast genetics, to develop a new technique that allows the mapping of thousands of RNA shapes at one time. This breakthrough technology was published in the top journal Nature, and highlighted as a method to watch in the year 2012 by Nature Methods, and opened the field of RNA genomics to allow first glimpses into the organization of cellular RNAs. Armed with this new method, Yue Wan and colleagues were able to study how these RNA mini-machines can change its shape to allow an organism to adapt to environmental changes in a timely manner. This resulted in high impact publication in the journal Molecular Cell, whereby Yue Wan identified RNA components that changed shape with temperature. In addition, Yue also discovered that human to human variations can also result in RNA shape changes, potentially explaining why individuals are different from each other. This surprising discovery lead to another high impact publication in Nature, and provides potential explanations to how variations in certain individuals could cause disease. Since returning to start her own lab at the Genome Institute of Singapore, Yue Wan is interested in continuing developing and utilizing new genomics technologies in understanding human health. Her work in RNA technologies allowed her to be awarded the Society in Science fellowship, which is a Swiss fellowship that is awarded internationally to outstanding scientists who use cutting edge technologies to solve important societal problems. She aims to apply these technologies to study infectious organisms, including pathogenic bacteria and Dengue and Zika viruses, in order to understand how RNA shapes and networks in these pathogens allow it to infect human cells. Through understanding microbial pathogenicity, she aims to contribute to new anti-microbials/anti-virals or vaccines against these pathogens and assist in the global fight against antimicrobial resistance. Yue is also selected as “40 under 40” by the Prestige magazine in 2015, and is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award and a TR35 Asia Finalist. Besides doing science, Yue Wan is also passionate about mentoring the younger generation of scientists and has taken on numerous interns in her lab from polytechnic institutions. She aims to share her scientific training to her students and believes that a good education is the true leveling ground for all individuals. Yue is also passionate about promoting women in science. As an ambassador of the Girls2Pioneers program with UN women, Yue hopes to change the demographics of science such that males and females hold equally important positions in science leadership and education. Through JCI TOYP award, she aims to connect with other young leaders and to inspire young women to follow their dreams to achieve success in both work and life.
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Kim Whye Kee
Founder, Qi Pottery Personal Improvement and/or Accomplishment
KIM WHYE KEE (b.1979) spent a decade of his youth in prison for his involvement in gangs. Having grown up in a single parent family, with his father who eventually gambled all the family's assets away, Kim grew up to be resentful and bitter inside. This was alongside the bullying he received when he was in lower secondary school which all culminated into him joining a gang to seek revenge. He eventually rose up to the rank of 'Headman' and at one point had strength of a thousand men under him. The law eventually caught up with him and he was detained without trial under the Criminal Law Detention Act in 1998. Kim was released after four years of sentence, but was incarcerated again a few months later for drug abuse and for his role as a 'Headman'. On his third imprisonment, his father's sudden departure and his discovery for pottery turned his life around. He decided to focus his energy and time into art. Upon his release, Whye Kee started volunteering at Taman Jurong Grassroots Meet-The-People session every Monday, and found a niche in dealing primarily with drugs and gang-related cases. He also enrolled in LASALLE College of the Arts and went on to graduate with a BA Hons. Degree in Fine Arts at LASALLE. He has since founded his own pottery studio, Qi Pottery. As the co-founder of Beacon of Life (BoL) and Beacon of Life Academy (BoLA), an initiative working with ex-convicts and at- risk youths, respectively, Kim finds strength through these programmes in contributing back to the community. Since 2010, BoL has helped many ex inmates pursue higher education and has proven to be a valuable support group for the community. Amongst BoL's members include lawyer Darren Tan, social worker Weeyvn Toh, current NTU undergraduate Sunny Swee. Apart from the weekly soccer trainings that draw the youth in, there is a focus on holistic development as well – through tuition and also sharing sessions. As the founder and chief advisor of BoLA, Whye Kee not only spends time planning for the weekly activities for the 40 boys under his wing, he also commits a few hours everyday to mentoring and hanging out with them to know them better. He draws street credibility and great respect from his reformation from an ex-headman of a street gang to a degree holder involved in grassroots and community work. Despite his raw talent and passion in art, upon graduation Whye Kee put aside his dreams of embarking on a career as an artist and dedicated his time into doing community work instead. While his involvement in BoL and BoLA was rewarding, it was very time consuming and emotionally draining as well. There were months when he did not draw any monthly income, but that did not stop him from reaching out. He committed his entire savings into helping the youths and ex-convicts in Taman Jurong. To Whye Kee, saving money for himself can wait. Afterall he came from a similarly-disadvantaged background and understands what it is like to be on an empty stomach, as such, his creed is to serve others before himself. The world keeps spinning and there are always people left behind; those who could not catch up. Through JCI's network, Whye Kee hopes to know more people, to exchange experiences, ideas and methods in order to implement better programmes and solutions. He also hopes to make known the causes he is fighting for and in turn draw in more likeminded people to help fight for the cause.
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