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| About Team Singapore contingent at KL 2006 9th Fespic Games |
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The upcoming KL 2006 9th FESPIC Games will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 25 Nov to 1st Dec 2006. Almost 4,000 athletes and officials from 47 nations are participating. About 3 million TV viewers and 200 foreign journalists are expected.
Singapore is sending a contingent of 39 athletes and 31 officials to participate in six sports: athletics, boccia, bowling, sailing, lawn bowl and swimming.
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| About Ms Nancy Chia, Chef-de-Mission |
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In 2005, during the 3rd ASEAN ParaGames in Manila, Ms Chia led the Singapore contingent to an outstanding medal tally of 34 medals, much surpassing the 19 medals won by Singapore in the previous Games. In 2006, Ms Nancy Chia will be leading the Singapore contingent as its Chef-De-Mission for the second time. She is set to demonstrate a similar feat with the strong contingent selected for the FESPIC Games this year.
Ms Nancy Chia is a member of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Disability Sports Council. She is also the Honorary Assistant Treasurer of the Society for the Physically Disabled.
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| About Mr Kevin Wong Cher Meng, Assistant Chef-de-Mission |
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A veteran sports official and qualified exercise physiologist, Mr Kevin Wong has had extensive experiences in both able-bodied and disability sports for the past six years. Besides being involved in the formation of the Singapore Sports School, his active promotion and championing of disability sports have led to disabled athletes getting recognized as part of Team Singapore, and their contributions towards sports given due recognition.
Formerly from the High Performance Division of the Singapore Sports Council, Mr Wong is currently the Executive Director of the Singapore Disability Sports Council. His focus now lies in raising the standard of disability sports and establishing a strong foundation for disabled and able-bodied sports to merge and better interact with each other at the highest level.
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On 20th April 2001, Team Singapore was launched by Deputy Prime Minister ? Dr Tony Tan. Team Singapore is the approach through which the Singapore sporting fraternity works together to realise our vision of a sporting Singapore.
Team Singapore is about putting aside personal or organisational interests and working together as a team. It is about Singaporeans striving together for sporting excellence for the nation.
At the heart of Team Singapore lies three core values - Fighting Spirit, National Pride and Teamwork - stressing the notion that by working together, the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts.
Team Singapore is the means through which Singaporeans can foster closer relations when rallying support for our athletes when they compete for top sporting accolades. Through sports, Team Singapore helps to build a cohesive and resilient national spirit.
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