Our founder, Mr Tony Tan Lay Thiam, has been recently awarded the Spirit of Enterprise Award 2006 by Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Minister in charge of Entrepreneurship and Chairman of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) on 23 October 2006.

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We are grateful to the students and parents who have supported and voted for us.

Press release issued on behalf of the Spirit of Enterprise
by The Pacific West Communications:

Spirit of Enterprise (SOE), the non-profit body that promotes and advances entrepreneurial spirit in Singapore, today unveiled the honourees of this year’s Spirit of Enterprise Awards. Selected by the SOE Board of Governors, with assistance from the general public who voted for their favourite entrepreneurs online from a list of 200 nominees between August and September this year, a total of 41 finalists will be honoured at the awards ceremony on October 23 at The Grand Copthorne Waterfront.

Close to 40,000 votes were received from the general public this year when the online voting system closed on September 15. Each voter was allowed to vote for a minimum of five nominees and a maximum of 41 nominees.

The number of votes received for the nominees was influential to the SOE Board of Governors in deciding who the final 41 honourees would be. The honourees were also selected based on other judging criteria, including growth potential and the inspiration behind the business.
 

Extract from The Straits Times Tuesday 24 Oct 2006