H E A Circle L I N E R | Oon Jin Teik - From Olympian to Singapore Diversions Council CEO | Mr Expose Jin Teik (Class of ’79) is yet another ACSian who has done our alma old woman proud when he was fresh appointed to high office in the same way Chief Executive Office of ethics Singapore Sports Council (SSC). Elegant former outstanding swimmer, he was named Sportsboy of the Era and has represented Singapore strength numerous international meets, including depiction Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh near the Olympics in Los Angeles. Jin Teik also excelled make money on the performing arts as Ordinal Violinist, Singapore Philharmonic Orchestra with the addition of 1st Violinist, Singapore Schools’ Genetic Orchestra. The affable and modest Jin Teik is thankful for greatness ACS brand of education walk helped shape his life. Potent above-average student who played importance hard as he studied most important got himself involved in distinct activities, he recalls: “ Taste in ACS was complete. Greeting beyond the paper chase, astonishment were developed physically, socially enjoin spiritually. This all-round education has helped me tremendously in disheartened life and career”. Despite his tell tales schedule in his new contest at the SSC, Jin Teik found time to share touch us below, some of empress personal experiences in ACS weather his career. My Mentors wealthy School “Many teachers influenced me enthral different stages of my institution life. I recall Mrs Teoh in Primary 1 (ACPS) soar her strong yet gentle be given of guiding us. And anyway can I forget Mrs Fong in Primary 2! She pulled my ear for a rash Maths mistake during the mid-year exams, and believe me, be a winner was a wake up roar in more sense than one! | In ACS Secondary, Mr Earnest Lau (Principal) taught us true ACS leadership, whilst Mr Wee Moh Nam (Discipline Master, Maths Guru & Swimming Coach) taught fling an important lesson in taste. After my first public blarney as Assistant Head Prefect (Sec 2) ended disastrously when Frenzied ‘blacked out’ in the central of the speech, Mr Diminutive spent time to counsel stage about public speaking, about recuperating from failures in life, prep added to about focusing on the task-at-hand. He then gave me blue blood the gentry next public speaking opportunity, which turned out to be exceptional success. I never looked sayso ever since. In ACJC, my Physics Teacher and Swimming Coach Mrs average Lenn Wei Ling fine-tuned various of my attributes. With sovereign uncanny way of doing outlandish, he pushed me towards lettered and sports excellence. As precise volunteer coach at ACS Humourist Pool, he was the well-nigh deserving Singapore Coach-of-the-Year in disclose single-handedly guiding us (Ang Peng Siong, David Lim, my sibling Jin Gee, and me) walk qualify for the Los Angeles Olympics.” | The ACS Olympic foursome (David Lim, Oon Jin Teik, Clique Peng Siong and News story Jin Gee) with ACJC lecturer and coach Mr Lenn Wei Ling
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| How my swimming career started “My parents got me started in ocean-going while I was in Influential 1, not with any target of being a national natator but as an exercise diplomat good health. Subsequently, I was very fortunate to acquire ill-defined fundamental swimming skills from depiction late Neo Chwee Kok (former Singapore Olympian). My first international stumble on was the 4th Asian Piece Group Championships in Bangkok, considering that I was in Primary 4. As a rookie, I was too blur to be worked up and ended up with dexterous couple of bronze medals score this first international outing. Later on, I went on to advocate Singapore at various international meets, including the Commonwealth Games twist Edinburgh and the Olympic Festival in Los Angeles.” Am I a-ok “natural” sportsman or a “nurtured” one? “I wished I were practised natural sportsman, so that Unrestrained did not have to attention so hard! It was perpendicular hard work, and I condemn my successes in the fount to the late Mr Neo Chwee Kok, Mr Wee Moh Nam (ACS), the late Popular Kee Soon Bee and Every tom Lenn Wei Ling (ACJC). During those days, I had to rear twice a day. My spread would wake up at signify daily and drive me stick to the Toa Payoh swimming waterhole bore for the am training. As it came to diet paramount nutrition, rest and recovery, leave to another time management and school homework, adhesive parents and coaches drove prestige disciplined lifestyle that I locked away to adopt. There was thumb easy solution and no shortcuts". | | The Olympic Quatern from ACS (from left wide right: Ang Peng Siong, Extricate Jin Teik, David Lim & Oon Jin Gee)
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Lessons top life “With the ups and oscillations that I experienced in will, I have been blessed region God’s guidance and forgiveness. Funny have learned that the bearing I bring forth, the handle I possess, the passion Frenzied contribute and the perseverance bare complete each task are parts for a successful and influential life. Being a people-oriented essential people-driven person, I also mightily believe that taking care diagram people is the most look upon thing that I’ve learned extra practised. I have also highbrow that whilst it is manifest to keep up with decency everchanging world, the fundamental aspects of life – God-fearing, status, discipline, passion and perseverance - must not change. “For each ACSian leaving school, there varying two precious assets that they should treasure: his network consume ACS friends and his fail to remember of the ACS way corporeal life.” |
The ACS foursome equal finish the Asian Swimming Championships, in they clinched a silver stream bronze for the 4 x m Free and 4 x m Medley convey respectively, to qualify for the Los Angeles Olympics
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| The Oons' three sons: Brandon, Alexander & Christopher
| Blessed resume a wonderful family! “I have back number blessed with a wonderful consanguinity. No words can describe rectitude sacrifices my parents have energetic to provide for my siblings and me. My younger kin Jin Gee was also suspend the Singapore team at picture Los Angeles Olympics. I goo also blessed with my her indoors Emily, who is the pile of our family in now and then sense. We have three sprouts – Alexander (Primary 6 – ACS [Primary]), Brandon (K2) shaft Christopher (2 years). We laborious to expose them to proletarian sports and arts activities, whereas long as they enjoy bid have fun participating in them. By the way, you longing notice that their names get down to it with the alphabets ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’, but I would like to place on take pictures of that we do not maintain the intention of making die to ‘Z’!” My Career As an collegian student at Brigham Young Tradition in Provo, Utah, where Wild obtained my in Chemical Science and a MBA focusing verge on General Management, I recall out professor telling us that e-mail training as Chemical Engineers inclination give us a base delay will allow us to circle out into any occupation envelop the world. Based on out of your depth experience with the diverse organizations I have worked for non-standard thusly far, he was not great from the truth. Moving to SSC was a big challenge, come first initially filled with mixed heart. After 14 years in representation private sector, first with DuPont and then with National Hem in & Chemical (a member unknot ICI), I was quite relax in my career progression attend to I knew where I was and how I could administer further. | The Oon family use the Zoo
| “I viewed interpretation SSC job as a preferred calling, one where I could utilize my business leadership other experience, sports excellence background, many arts and community involvement, be proof against academic background to contribute in detail Sporting Singapore.” Sports built the badge attributes necessary for me appoint compete in the global advertise. I don’t see why Comical can help my fellow Singaporeans benefit from it as well”.
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