Eight Singaporeans presented Olympic Order in
Silver
By Mustafa Shafawi | Posted:
26 August 2010 1302 hrs 
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IOC president Rogge
SINGAPORE: 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.
-CNA/wk