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| Teachers’ Day
Celebrations ... ... At MOE HQ In honour of the teaching service, MOE HQ organised an informal celebration on 30 August 1997, which was attended by teachers and support staff in MOE.
Kicking off the celebrations was Guest-of-Honour, Mr Wee Heng Tin, Director-General of Education, who delivered a short speech in which he wished teachers present a "Happy Teachers’ Day", and acknowledged the contribution of the non-teaching staff as well.
In a symbolic moment, Mr Wee, with right fist across his chest, then led those present in reciting the Teachers’ Pledge. Mr Wee then proceeded to cut a large cake with the words "Happy Teachers’ Day" across it. He was joined by Mr Lim Siong Guan, Permanent Secretary, Education and Mr Chiang Chie Foo, 2nd Permanent Secretary, Education, in the cake cutting. The ceremony over, all guests enjoyed the sumptuous buffet spread.
... At Mandarin Hotel
About 500 Education Officers attended the Teachers’ Day cocktail reception held at the Mandarin Ballroom. Guest-of-Honour was Minister for Education, RAdm Teo Chee Hean, who gave away the value-added awards to the top 20 schools in the 1996 GCE O-level examination for Special/Express and Normal courses. These awards were presented to schools which have helped their pupils perform better than expected based on the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) scores. The top 10 schools in each category received cash awards of $20,000 each and the next top 10 received $10,000 each. The informal setting of the reception saw RAdm Teo, Dr Aline Wong and Mr Peter Chen, Senior Ministers of State, Education, engaging in discussions with guests.
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