Our SG Team competitors have done us proud at the 2017 WorldSkills Competition in Abu Dhabi, the "Youth Olympics of Skills".
The 21 polytechnic and ITE students competed in 19 skill areas. They won 2 gold and 3 bronze medals, plus 8 Medallions for Excellence.
Olivia Low, a Logistics & Operations Management graduate from Temasek Polytechnic who currently studies business at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, clinched the gold medal in Freight Forwarding; while Ng Jun Xuan, an ITE graduate in Digital Animation and current Nanyang Polytechnic student in Digital Game Art and Design, scored the gold in 3D Digital Game Art. The contingent also won medals in Health and Social Care, Information Network Cabling, and IT Network Systems Administration.
Congratulations and well done to the SG team! Our students have shown the world that Singapore’s youth are among the best in class in many skills. – LHL
The Singapore team also won three bronze medals and eight medallions of excellence.
