ITE Highlights 2011/2012 - Institute of Technical Education

F Y 2 0 1 1 H I G H L I G H T S
F Y 2 0 1 1 H I G H L I G H T S
WE’RE
20!
WE’RE
20!
We ended FY 2011 with great fanfare when we marked our 20th Anniversary on 3 April 2012 with a
Celebration Dinner. Guest-of-Honour, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security
and Minister for Home Affairs, Teo Chee Hean, launched our Commemorative Book, ‘Reliving ITE’s
Transformation’, while declaring the year-long celebration open.
The book chronicles our transformation journey from 1992 to 2012, through first-hand accounts of key
policy makers, Board Members, senior management and staff from the past and present, as well as our
students and alumni. At the event, we also honoured 25 international and local partners, which had
contributed significantly to our Mission and Vision, and had made an impact on students’ outcomes
and success.
Relieving the Years: (From left)
Minister of State for Defence and
Education, Mr Lawrence Wong; Deputy
Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister
for National Security and Minister for
Home affairs, Mr Teo Chee Hean; Mr
Bob Tan, Chairman, ITE; and Mr Bruce
Poh, Director & CEO, ITE, started the
celebrations with the unveiling of the
20th Anniversary Commemorative Book.
Reliving ITE: Former Director & CEO, ITE, Dr Law
Song Seng (left), and former Senior Minister of State
for Education, Mr Peter Chen (right), fondly recall the
early days while flipping through the 20th Anniversary
Commemorative Book.
In Recognition: (Second and Third from left) Minister Gabriele Warminski-Leitheuβer and Minister
Advisor, Mr Hartmut Mattes, from the Ministry for Education, Youth and Sports, Baden-Württemberg,
Federal Republic of Germany, received the ITE Premier Partner Award for their 21-year partnership with
ITE that night. Twenty four others received the ITE Distinguished Partners’ Award.
To the Nines: It was a special evening for all, as everyone – staff,
guests, and partners, dressed in their best to celebrate ITE’s 20th
Anniversary in style.
Blast from the Past: ITE staff, backed up by enthusiastic students, gamely impersonated a
slew of celebrities such as (above) Adam Cheng, Lydia Sum and (right) Anita Sarawak during
the highly entertaining performance item – Down Memory Lane: A Night With The Stars.
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