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News Releases

Press Releases for the Year 2008

January 2008

14 Jan	New Full-Time Marine Course for GCE ‘O’ School Leavers Students to benefit from $500,000 worth of scholarships and sponsorships Statement by Mr Bob Tan, Chairman/ITE Board of Governors, at News Conference After ITE Board Visit to Keppel FELS Limited on Wednesday 16 January 2008 at 1200 Hours

22 Jan	ITE to Launch Seven New Higher Nitec Courses in April 2008 Courses aimed at plugging manpower gaps in emerging industries and growth sectors

25 Jan	ITE Offers First Full-Time Dual Certification Programme on Higher Nitec in Paramedic Emergency Care and Nitec in Nursing Paramedic Curriculum Jointly Developed with Singapore Civil Defence Force

February 2008

15 Feb	ITE to Unveil Design of its Second Regional Campus - a landmark development that supports the new ITE College West’ vision to be a College for Service Excellence Address by Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO/ITE, at the Unveiling of the New ITE College West @ Choa Chu Kang, Held on Monday 18 February 2008 at 1530 Hours at ITE Headquarters at Dover Drive Address by Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister of State for Education and Manpower, at the Unveiling of the New ITE College West on Monday 18 February 2008 at 1530 Hours at ITE Headquarters

18 Feb	NORDAM to Sponsor Composite Training Programme at Institute of Technical Education

26 Feb	ITE Lecturers and Students to Benefit from the L’Oréal Brand of Technology and Expertise Globally-recognised Joint Certificate is among perks of the strategic partnership Welcome Address By Dr Ricky Tam, Principal, ITE College East, at the Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between ITE and L’Oréal Singapore, on Wednesday 27 February 2008, at 1030 Hours, ITE College East Auditorium

March 2008

3 Mar	Invitation to Participate in WorldSkills Singapore 2008 Debut of two new skills areas in this year’s Competition

26 Mar	ITE - First Education Institution Accepted into Prestigious French Global Culinary Network in Southeast Asia Speech by Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO/ITE, at the Signing Ceremony for the Institut Paul Bocuse Worldwide Alliance on Thursday 27 March 2008, 1500 Hours, at the Food and Beverage Resource Room, ITE College West (Clementi Campus)

April 2008

9 Apr	Volkswagen Group Singapore Opens Its Regional Training Centre at ITE College West

14 Apr	ITE and HP to Boost IT Security Competency in Singapore Infocomm Security Resource Centre launched to serve local SMEs and train up to 500 ITE Students over five years Speech by Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO/ITE at MOU Signing Ceremony Between ITE and Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Sales) Pte Ltd on Tuesday 15 April 2008 at ITE College East

30 Apr	ITE College West and Students of Institut Paul Bocuse Exchange Culinary Skills in First Collaborative Initiative

May 2008

9 May	Pioneer Batch of ITE-Certified Dental Surgery Assistants Ready to Make an Impression in the Dental Health Industry

28 May	No Mountain Too High ITE Honours Young Go-Getters with Lee Kuan Yew Awards at the ITE Student Achievers' Awards Presentation Ceremony

30 May	ITE Collaborates with NorthLight and Metta Schools in Social Enterprise and Community Service Project in Laos Welcome Address by Dr Ricky Tam, Principal of ITE College East at the Sending-off Ceremony for Connect.Laos: Social Enterprise in Action on 31 May 2008 (Sat) at ITE College East Speech By Mr Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry Of Manpower & Ministry Of Health at The Connect Laos: Social Enterprise In Action Sending Off Ceremony On Saturday, 31 May 2008, 10.00am at The Event Hall, ITE College East

July 2008

7 Jul	ITE Launches Second Overseas Alumni Chapter in Asia Move to expand business and learning opportunities for ITE students and graduates in Vietnam

16 Jul	ITE and IBM Launch $200,000 Technology Training Centre in Singapore ITE harnesses IBM’s Power Systems technology to equip students with computing skills needed for future job markets.

24 Jul	First Culinary Graduate from Pioneer Batch Wins Top Honours at ITE Graduation Ceremony 2008 Ceremony also marks a celebration of achievements for 706 other top graduands Address by Mr Bruce Poh Geok Huat, Director & CEO/ITE, at the ITE Graduation Ceremony 2008, on Tuesday 29 July 2008 at 1530 Hours, at the University Cultural Centre Speech by RAdm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, at the ITE Graduation Ceremony 2008, on Tuesday 29 July 2008 at 1530 Hours, at the University Cultural Centre

September 2008

1 Sep	Lights…Camera… and Action! First Local Movie with Technical Expertise from ITE to Debut in Cinemas Island-wide

23 Sep	*ITE-WDA Mutual Skills Recognition – Concrete Step for Skills Advancement Between Nitec* and WSQ**

October 2008

8 Oct	Singapore Hosts its First Human Patient Simulation Network Asia Pacific Medical Education and Simulation Conference Welcome Address by Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO/ITE, at the Opening Ceremony of the Inaugural Human Patient Simulation Network (HPSN) Asia Pacific Medical Education and Simulation Conference on Friday 10 October 2008, at 0900 Hours, ITE College East

15 Oct	Battle for Skills Glory Begins at WorldSkills Singapore Competition 2008 Beauty Therapy and Caring to debut in this year’s Competition Welcome Address by Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO/ITE, at the Opening Ceremony of the WorldSkills Singapore 2008 Competition Held on Thursday 16 October 2008 at 1500 Hours at ITE College East Opening Address by RAdm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education & Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, at the Opening Ceremony of the WorldSkills Singapore 2008 Competition Held on Thursday 16 October 2008 at 1500 Hours at ITE College East

22 Oct	What Happens When Stars Collide? Top medal winners at WorldSkills Singapore 2008 to represent Singapore at WorldSkills Competition 2009 in Calgary, Canada Closing Remarks by Mr Bruce Poh, Chairman/WorldSkills Singapore Council, at the Closing Ceremony of the WorldSkills Singapore 2008 Competition Held on Thursday 23 October 2008 at 1000 Hours at ITE College East

29 Oct	Speech by Mr Bob Tan, Chairman, ITE Board of Governors at the Launch of Keppel Offshore & Marine Group Training Centre, on Wednesday 29 October 2008 at 0930 Hours

November 2008

19 Nov	Singapore Excels in Maiden Participation in ASEANSKILLS Competition Team Singapore, comprising ITE students, bags four Gold Medals and five Diplomas of Excellence

24 Nov	ITE Launches Four New Precision Engineering-Related Courses Statement by Mr Bob Tan, Chairman, ITE Board of Governors at News Conference after ITE Board Visit to Precision Engineering Industry, on Wednesday 26 November 2008 at 1115 Hours

December 2008

18 Dec	ITE Rolls Out Seven New Nitec Courses in January 2009 Two new Space Design courses among those opened to GCE ‘N’ School Leavers

2010 / 2009 / 2008 / 2007

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