The Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) Academic Group was the host and organiser of the sixth Lau Teng Chuan (LTC) Physical Education and Sports Science Symposium on 13 April 2018. The symposium offers an excellent platform for students and staff to commemorate Dr Lau Teng Chuan, his enduring contributions to sport and his role in shaping the physical education and sports landscape in Singapore since the late 1950s. The event was also a valuable opportunity for both our Sport Science and Management (SSM) and PESS students to showcase their research excellence through poster and oral presentations. About 150 students and staff attended the symposium.
The Head of PESS, Associate Professor Koh Koon Teck provided the opening address, and the Guest of Honour, Professor Michael Chia, spoke about the professional contributions of Dr Lau. Ms Lau Li Choo, the daughter of the late Dr Lau, was also invited to share personal recollections about her father’s work. | Read More |
The annual symposium is designed to showcase the educational achievements of PESS students. Short oral presentations were given by PESS graduands, Ms Habibah Najihahbi Ahmad and Ms Patience Leong. Final-year projects by SSM students and Educational Research and Teaching projects by Physical Education student teachers were also on display. The main exhibition, located adjacent to LT1, featured a total of 90 posters this year.
Winning presentations were required to ace two phases of evaluation. PESS faculty members and two research assistants, Ms Kang Heon Jin and Dr Cheryl Tay, conducted the first evaluation phase. Six finalists were then shortlisted for evaluation by two external judges, Dr Haresh Suppiah from the National Youth Sports Institute, and Dr Shigetada Kudo from Republic Polytechnic. Associate Professor Liu Woon Chia, who was the- then Dean of Teacher Education, presented the awards to the three eventual winners:
- Mr. Pang Wei Jun, Benedict
- Ms. Koh Hui Li Alvina
- Mr. Yam Jia Wen
Also acknowledged were the other three shortlisted posters by:
- Mr. Tan Mu Zhou Mark
- Mr. Benson Poh Yixiang
- Mr. Wah Chin Yang Alvin
Certificates of Commendation to the leading SSM Internship students were also given out during the closing ceremony of the symposium. Dr Quek Jin Jong, the-then Dean of PESS, was invited to present the certificates to the following SSM interns:
- Ms. Choo Siok Hui
- Ms. Chua Jia Zhen
- Mr. Lim Jun Wei
- Ms. Quek Jia Ning Bernice
- Ms. Sim Hui Xuan Alexiaa
- Mr. Tan Mu Zhou Mark
- Ms. Tan Yan Fen
- Mr. Wah Chin Yang Alvin