Lim Yuan Jie (Year 1 student from the Diploma in Information Technology) has won both the MS Word and MS Excel categories of the 2008 Microsoft Office Academic Skills Challenge Competition for Tertiary Level held in Singapore last Friday (27 Jun 2008). This is the first time that one student has won top spot in both categories in Singapore.

Yuan Jie will represent Singapore in the Worldwide Competition in Hawaii from 30 July to 3 August 2008.

Eleven students participated in the finals of the competition under the guidance of Jocelyn Lim and Lai Garluck. Please refer to the details of the official results below.

Microsoft Excel Category
1st Lim Yuan Jie- Temasek Polytechnic (National Champion)
2nd Tan You Hock- Temasek Polytechnic (1st Runner-Up)

Microsoft Word Category
1st Lim Yuan Jie- Temasek Polytechnic (National Champion)
3rd Ham Gao Jie Kenneth – Temasek Polytechnic

4th Tan Pin Xun – Temasek Polytechnic

5th Teo Yi Si Josias – Temasek Polytechnic