30 August 2019
Singapore has won two gold medals at 2019 WorldSkills Competition held in Kazan, Russia.
The WorldSkills Competition is a global competition of vocational skills, dubbed the “Olympics of Skills”.
Singapore’s 32-strong contingent received a total of 22 awards, and finished ninth out of 63 countries.
Students from Singapore’s polytechnics, the Institute of Technical Education, as well as Nanyang Technological University took part in the competition.
Nanyang Polytechnic nursing graduate Ms Regina Chia was awarded a gold medal in her skill area of health and social care. The other gold medal was won by Ms Tan Ying Ying, also from Nanyang Polytechnic, who competed in 3D digital game art.
Singapore clinched a silver in freight forwarding, and two bronze medals in cyber security and water technology.