Team Singapore
About Us

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Team Singapore
is a concept mooted by the Ministry of Community Development and Sports and launched by DPM Dr Tony Tan on 20 April 2001. It is an approach that will be taken to make sports a winner in Singapore. While Sporting Singapore is the vision, Team Singapore is the way to get there.

Team Singapore is about Singaporeans striving together for sporting excellence for Singapore. At the core of Team Singapore is the notion that by working together, the whole can be much greater than the sum of its parts.

Team Singapore is a collaborative effort of all stakeholders/agencies represented by five key groups: sporting bodies including officials and coaches; athletes; families, friends and public; corporations; and the media.

The Secretariat

Mr Oon Jin Teik,
Chef de Mission
23rd SEA Games Singapore Contingent


The Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Sports Council, Mr Oon Jin Teik holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) as well as a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering (BSc) from Brigham Young University, Utah, USA.

Prior to joining SSC, he worked in different capacities in organisations like National Starch & Chemical Co (member of Unilever) and DuPont Nylon Asia Pacific.

A former national swimmer, he represented Singapore at major competitions like the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

With direct experience as a sportsman, he is often dubbed the "Athlete's Leader", someone who understands them on the ground.

Mr Patrick Lee Choon Meng
Assistant Chef de Mission
23rd SEA Games Singapore Contingent


Mr Patrick Lee is the Chief Knowledge Officer at the Singapore Sports Council. He holds a Bachelor of Business in Business Administration as well as a Master in Business Administration from the Singapore Institute of Management.

A former student of St Joseph's Institution, he joined the SSC as an Assistant Sports Officer in 1976 and has proven himself in a range of increasingly challenging roles.

This is Mr Lee's first appointment as Assistant Chef de Mission for the SEA Games.

Mr Abdul Rahman Hassan
Assistant Chef de Mission
23rd SEA Games Singapore Contingent


Mr Abdul Rahman Hassan, Deputy Director in the High Performance Management Division, Singapore Sports Council, oversees the development as well as the high performance delivery system for elite athletes.

He joined SSC in 1984 as a clerical officer and has moved up steadily. His various appointments have given him a wide range of sports-related experiences, including Administration and Facility Management.

No new comer to major Games, he has been involved in managing many of them since the 1993 SEA Games in Singapore.His most recent assignment involved managing the secretariat for the Singapore team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

In his first appointment as Assistant Chef de Mission for the 2005 SEA Games in Manila, Mr Rahman will assist the Chef de Mission in heading the secretariat team to manage support for the athletes as well as officials of the Singapore contingent.