| 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.
(See Extract
from The Straits Times Tuesday 24 Oct, 2006)
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Our founder, Mr Tony Tan
Lay Thiam, has been awarded Chartered
Science Teacher by The Association for Science
Education, UK.
Chartered Science Teacher, is a chartered
designation in line with other awards, such as Chartered Scientist,
Chartered Engineer, Chartered Accountant or Chartered Surveyor,
that recognises the professional standing of an individual
working in that field. The awards are made under powers granted
by the Privy Council to particular organisations and incorporated
in their Royal Charters. As a chartered designation CSciTeach
recognises the unique and demanding combination of skills,
knowledge, understanding and expertise that are required by
individuals involved in practicing and advancing science teaching
and learning.
Chartered Science Teachers, therefore, are
professionals, teachers and educators, who are practicing
and/or advancing science teaching and learning and for whom
knowledge and skills in pedagogy, science education and science
are essential elements in their role. They will have a critical
awareness of current issues which is informed by developments
in educational practice, pedagogy and scientific endeavour.
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