NewsMaker Awards – Singapore 2019
Date : Thursday, 21 March 2019
Time : 8:00am - 4:30pm
Venue : Raffles Girls’ Primary School
21 Hillcrest Rd, Singapore 289072
Tel: 6468 4377
Objectives : - To cultivate a love for the English Language through the use of innovative and engaging broadcasting technologies.
- To widen students’ knowledge in the project topic through research and collaboration.

Awards Winners
  • Gold Award Winner:
    Tampines North Primary School
  • Silver Award Winner:
    Teck Whye Primary School
  • Bronze Award Winner:
    Haig Girls' School
  • Merit Award Winner:
    Raffles Girls' Primary School
  • Merit Award Winner:
    Nan Chiau Primary School
 
Guest of Honor:

Mr. Jason Leow 		Jason is the Chairman of the Speak Good English Movement committee.

Jason Leow is currently the Managing Director, Head of Corporate Affairs & Communications at GIC.

With over 20 years of professional experience, Jason has been in a range of industries, from media to engineering services. He has advised senior executives in organizations undergoing global restructuring, and has led multi-country marketing campaigns. Before GIC, he was the General Manager, External Relations for Shell companies in Singapore. Before Shell, he was global head of marketing communications at Meinhardt. Before that he was Asia Pacific change communications lead at AECOM, based in Shanghai. He has been a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, based in New York and Shanghai, and China Bureau Chief for The Straits Times, based in Beijing.

Jason is passionate about future-of-work issues and entrepreneurship. He founded and runs a coaching and psychotherapy practice that works with business executives and youth coping with workplace transformations. He is a volunteer at Aidha, a Singapore NGO empowering women through financial literacy and entrepreneurship. In 2018, he was a judge at the Mumbrella Asia Awards.

Jason has been a recipient of the Raffles (Chevening) scholarship, the Wall Street Journal Fellowship in Asia, as well as the New York Financial Writers Association award. He is a graduate of New York University, Goldsmith College (London) and the National University of Singapore.
 
Judges:

Ms Audrey Lee 		A former Head of Department (English), recipient of the President’s Award for Teachers (2001) and now Master Teacher (English Language), Ms Audrey Lee is interested in the teaching of oracy, thinking skills and visual literacy. She has conducted courses on developing the voice and oral skills for primary and secondary school teachers.
 

Dr Donna Lim 		Dr Donna Lim is a lecturer with the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She specialises in primary English Language (EL) methodology courses. Her interest area is in developing literacy with a focus on teaching writing. She has considerable teaching experience with young learners and finds it fulfilling to work with schools to enhance EL teaching and learning.
 

Mrs Greta Georges 		Mrs Greta Georges is a member of the Speak Good English Movement committee.
 

Ms Toh Ji Rong 		Ms Toh is a winner of the Inspiring Teacher of English Award 2009. She currently teaches at Naval Base Secondary School and is the school’s Head of the English Language & English Literature department.
 

Mr. Patrick Sum 		Mr Patrick Sum is a winner of the Inspiring Teacher of English Award 2013. He currently teaches General Paper at Anglo Chinese Junior College and is a Year Head at his school.
 

Mr. Lai Chin Kwang 		Mr Lai Chin Kwang served the SAF for 23 years helming various positions from leading people, to strategic planning and operationalizing the training system. He left the SAF to join the private sector in a F&B group. During his stint in the F&B sector, he was responsible for both local and oversea business development, running institutional catering business and growth of company to become multiple brands and concepts. He is currently back to public service to champion a national movement for Singaporeans to live better under Vision 2030 aspirations. Through Sport, Mr Lai and his family in ActiveSG, bond our people, inculcate values and inspire the Singapore Spirit and much more.
 
Prizes : Gold Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Gold Medals (for students)
3 x Gold Award Certificate (for students)
4 x Brainy Arkies Plushies (for students and teacher)
4 x MCE Power Bank (for students and teacher)
4 x MCE USB Drive (for students and teacher)
3 x $30 Popular Bookstore Vouchers (for students)
Silver Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Silver Medals (for students)
3 x Silver Award Certificate (for students)
4 x Brainy Arkies Key Chains (for students and teacher)
4 x MCE Power Bank (for students and teacher)
4 x MCE USB Drive (for students and teacher)
3 x $25 Popular Bookstore Vouchers (for students)
Bronze Award -
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Bronze Medals (for students)
3 x Bronze Award Certificate (for students)
4 x MCE Power Bank (for students and teacher)
4 x MCE USB Drive (for students and teacher)
3 x $20 Popular Bookstore Vouchers (for students)
Merit Award -
Each winning team gets:
3 x Merit Award Certificate (for students)
3 x $10 Popular Bookstore Vouchers (for students)
Organised By :
  1. Raffles Girls’ Primary School
  2. Teevers Pte Ltd
Supported by : Speak Good English Movement (SGEM)
Sponsors :
  1. Times Experience Pte Ltd
  2. Marshall Cavendish Education Pte Ltd