BME BEST TEAM AWARD CEREMONY
written by: Sgt Yow Chee Boon
posted on: 16 May 2004
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BME NPC held its first ever Best Team Award ceremony on May 7. The ceremony was probably the grandest one that BME NPC has ever held to recognise the good work done by our officers. It was all the more significant as the event also marked the launching of BME NPC's 2 initiatives namely, the BME Logo and BME Intranet.

The event started off with Commander's opening address, followed by CO Dominic John Baptist's speech on BME NPC's performance in FY 2003. CO's speech was both humorous and inspiring. He spoke about how important and heavy our responsibilities are as Singapore is indeed vulnerable to terrorist threats. And it is up to us to protect the public from such threats.

After CO's speech, Commander was invited to launch our BME intranet. The launch, which was prepared by Sgt Patrick Pang of Team B, was magnificent. The music was captivating and everyone was appalled by the launch. After the launch, the Emcee gave a short brief on the intranet's content.

Following the intranet launch was the prize presentation. The prize presentation started off with the 'Best Logo' competition. The winner of the logo competition, Sgt Ridzwan of Team A, gave a short but very inspiring speech on how he derived the logo. After the logo prize presentation was the most significant award presentation for the day, the 'Best Team' award.

After announcing the 4th and 3rd placing, which belonged to Team B and A respectively, everyone's heart was pounding hard to hear who won the 2nd place, as that would inevitably reveal the Champion Team as well. After a few intense moment, the announcement finally came, the Emcee announced the 2nd placing team went to Team C and that means the Champion Team of FY 2003 went to Team Delta.

Upon announcing the result, the team leader, Insp Norlinda went up to the stage to receive the trophy and the challenge shield from CO BME. Thereafter, Commander and Dy Commander, together with CO and OO BME took a group picture with the winning team. Insp Norlinda then gave a heartwarming speech of how she felt winning the award. She attributed the success to the team officers, who had done a great job.

The event ended with an inspiring montage prepared by OO BME. Besides projecting as a report card for BME NPC in FY 2003, the montage also showed the different culture and lifestyles of BME NPCOs. Such was the impact of the presentation that it brought a lot of joy and laughter to the whole auditorium. The montage ended with a bang, showing the 'A' Vision that all BME NPCOs endeavour to achieve. Everyone clapped and cheered at the end of the montage.

A warm lunch reception ensued and all officers ate to their hearts' content.

The success of the event was by no means coincidental. The event planning committee, which comprised Insp Kok Mun Loong, SSgt Palani, Sgt Yow Chee Boon, Sgt Pang Zhiwei, Cpl Janette, Sgt Ihsan, Cpl Victor and Cpl Jack took weeks to prepare for the event. Every meticulous step had been thought through to ensure that the ceremony was a successful and memorable one. We were glad to hear, at the end of the event, that everyone enjoyed themselves. We received feedback that officers felt appreciated for the efforts they put in for the NPC.

In my view, this event marked another milestone in BME NPC's towards its recognition of the effort put in by our officers. There is indeed no winner or loser in the Best Team Competition. As long as everyone puts in their hard work, everyone is a winner. Through this ceremony though, I hope that the four teams will be more motivated and strive harder to achieve better result in the upcoming financial year.

Cheers to BME NPC!