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ITE College East – A Milestone in Technical Education
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently officiated at the Official Opening of ITE College East. As the first installment of the One ITE System, Three Colleges that is operational, ITE College East represents not just a milestone, but also a dream fulfilled.
“Today, we have facilities that are setting new benchmarks for excellence in technical education. Although ITE College East is mission accomplished, we will not rest on our laurels. We still have other dreams to build and fulfill,” said Mr Tan Seng Hua, Principal, ITE College East.

ITE Receives Prestigious Friendship Award from Vietnamese Government
It is a highly prestigious award, granted to foreign individuals or organisations who “have contributed greatly to Vietnam’s cause of national construction and development.” The Friendship Award, as it is known, was recently bestowed upon ITE by the Vietnamese government. It is presented to ITE for its key role in transforming the Vietnam-Singapore Technical Training Centre (VSTTC), from a new start-up in 1997 to become a reputable and premier training institution in Vietnam.

ITE Wins PRISM Award for Best Public Service Campaign (Government)
Despite stiff competition from over forty organisations, ITE recently beat Public Relations (PR) players from Multi-National Companies and renowned PR agencies to clinch the 2006 PRISM Excellence Award for Best Public Service Campaign (Government). “We are heartened that our concerted efforts to raise the public profile of technical education and ITE through integrated communications strategies and creative messages have made an impact,” said Ms Sabrina Loi, Divisional Director/Corporate Affairs, ITE.

Forging Alliance with Industry on New Hospitality Courses

ITE has recently forged collaboration with ten partners from the hospitality industry to offer students of its new hospitality courses learning and exposure to challenges of the real world. “With the active participation and strong support of the hospitality industry in the development and delivery of these ITE courses, I am confident that we will be able to help raise the overall standards of service in the hospitality industry,” said Dr Ahmad Mohd Magad, Deputy Chairman/ITE, who chaired a News Conference to announce the new Nitec in Culinary Skills (Western Cuisine) and Nitec in Food & Beverage Operations courses.

Run-Up to WorldSkills Singapore 2006
A Debut of Two New Skills Areas
When the curtains rise on the WorldSkills Singapore (WSS) 2006 come 13 July, visitors to Singapore’s only skills competition can expect to see youths pitting their skills in two new technology areas – Robotics and Telecommunications Distribution Network. These will be among 12 skills areas to be showcased at the biennial competition. Said Dr Law Song Seng, Director & CEO/ITE: “We have selected these two new competition areas because these are expanding areas of high-technology critical to Singapore's competitiveness in the global economy.

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