3.     The delegation leaders were Dr Paul Lim Hock Siah from the National University of Singapore and Mr Goh Wee Sen from Victoria Junior College. Dr Kwek Leong Chuan of the National Institute of Education accompanied the team as an observer.

4.     In terms of medals won, Singapore was placed 10th out of 65 participating countries. The top team was from the Peoples' Republic of China with 4 Gold and 1 Silver medals. Details of our past two year' performances are shown at Annex A, Table 1.

42ND INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD (IMO)

5.     The 42nd IMO was held in Washington D.C., USA from 1 to 14 July 2001. Singapore's team of 6 students won 1 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in a field of 473 participants.

6.     Leung Ngai-hung Zachary, of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) was the 6th member of the team. The delegation leaders were A/P Tay Tiong Seng from the National University of Singapore and Mr Teo Teck Kian, Thomas from Victoria Junior College.

7.     In terms of total score, Singapore was placed 29th out of 83 participating countries. The top three spots went to the People's Republic of China, Russia and the United States of America respectively.

8.     Singapore's performance in IMOs for the past two years is shown in Annex A, Table 2.

INTERNATIONAL CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD (ICHO)

9.     The 33rd IChO was held in Mumbai, India, from 6 to 15 July 2001. All four students representing Singapore received medals in a field of 210 participants.

10.    The delegation leaders were A/Prof Lai Yee Hing and Prof Xu Guo Qin from the National University of Singapore.

11.    In terms of medals won, Singapore was placed 9th out of 54 participating countries. The People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea shared top position with 3 Gold and 1 Silver medals.

12.    Our teams' performance in IChOs for the past two years is summarised at Annex A, Table 3.

INTERNATIONAL BIOLOGY OLYMPIAD (IBO)

13.    The 12th IBO was held in Brussels, Belgium from 8 to 15 July 2001. All four students representing Singapore received medals in a field of 151 student participants:

14.    The team was led by A/P Chia Tet Fatt and A/P Shirley Lim from the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

15.    In terms of medals won, Singapore tied with Taiwan for 3rd place out of 39 participating countries. The Republic of Korea topped the chart with 3 Gold and 1 Silver medals.

16.    Our students' participation in the international olympiads is a joint effort between the Ministry of Education and the following organisations:

Institute of Physics, Singapore,
Singapore Institute of Biology,
Singapore National Institute of Chemistry,
Singapore Mathematical Society,
National University of Singapore, and
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.

Annex A

Table 1: Summary of Results for International Physics Olympiad from 1999 to 2001