President Nathan receiveds a gold award from IOC
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Eight Singaporeans presented Olympic Order in Silver
By Mustafa Shafawi | Posted: 26 August 2010 1302 hrs
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IOC president RoggeSINGAPORE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has presented eight Singaporeans with the Olympic Order in Silver.
This is in recognition of their contributions to the success of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
The recipients include Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who's also President of the Singapore National Olympic Council and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, the Community Development, Youth and Sport Minister.
The other recipients are:
· Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence
· Dr Tan Eng Liang, Vice President of the Singapore National Olympic Council
· Mr Chris Chan, Secretary General of the Singapore National Olympic Council
· Mr Goh Kee Nguan, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee
· Dr Francis Chong, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee
· Mr Eric Tan Huck Gim, Chief Operating Officer, Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee.
Earlier in the month, the IOC had presented the Olympic Order in Gold to Singapore's President S R Nathan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
This was in honour of Singapore's hosting of the first-ever Youth Olympic Games and the country's outstanding merit in embracing and embodying the Olympic values and ideals of Excellence, Friendship and Respect.
IOC President Jacques Rogge also presented the Olympic Cup to the people of Singapore for their commitment to the Olympic ideals and contribution to the Olympic Movement by hosting a successful first-ever Youth Olympic Games.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean received the award on behalf of all Singaporeans.
The Olympic Cup has been awarded annually by the IOC since the creation of the trophy in 1906 by Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games.
As a perpetual trophy, the original Olympic Cup is kept at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The names of past recipients are engraved on the base of the Olympic Cup.
Annual recipients are presented with an exact replica of the Olympic Cup as part of the ceremony.
The original cup is made from gold and silver with crystals.
The Cup is decorated with sports themes and surmounted by a small statue, raising a laurel wreath in one hand and holding in the other a shield inscribed with the historic date of 23 June 1894.
The date marks the re-establishment of the Olympic Games.
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Congrats to all of them.
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Prataman did nothing also should be congratulated ah lol
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It is a institutional Gift to Singapore. Not as an individual.....