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AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS TRUST

MEDIA RELEASE
26 October 2010

Outstanding young Singaporeans win prizes in global competition
 

Two Singaporeans attain a perfect score in the annual Australian Mathematics Competition

A presentation ceremony will be held for the annual Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) on Thursday, 28 October at the Novotel Hotel, Clarke Quay, at 5.30pm. Dr Anton Alblas, First Secretary of the Australian High Commission in Singapore, will present awards to the AMC medallists.

Commencing in 1978 and held in Singapore every year since 1991, the AMC was the first competition of its kind. It is now the major mathematics school enrichment event in the SoutH Pacific region and one of the largest of its type in the world.

Several hundred thousand students of all levels of ability from schools in more than 40 countries entered this year’s Competition. This included approximately 29,000 students from 135 primary and secondary schools in Singapore who sat the competition.

There are seven Singaporean medallists:

Professor Peter Taylor, Executive Director of the not-for-profit Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT) that runs the Competition, said, “ Through the AMC and its other mathematical enrichment programs, the Trust aims to foster the study of mathematics as a means of equipping students to survive and prosper in an increasingly sophisticated workplace.”

“It also serves to improve their problem solving capability, learning and understanding in general. The language of mathematics is international, and the Competition’s popularity in so many countries also demonstrates its transcendence of cultural boundaries and the universal recognition of its
importance.”

Prizes are awarded to approximately one in every 300 students sitting the AMC in each year. In excess of 1000 prizes will be distributed amongst students in more than 40 participating countries. There will be 88 Prize Awards presented at the ceremony to the AMC prizewinners and a total of 96 Prudence Awards to students in Singapore who achieved the highest number of consecutive correct responses in their school.

There will be some very special awards presented. The Peter O’Halloran Award is presented to students who achieve a perfect score in the Australian Mathematics Competition. There will be six of these awards being presented worldwide in the Secondary Division this year, two of these to Singaporean students Cho Ming En and Kor Chong Luck Ryan.

Local students who won prizes in the Australian Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad (AIMO) and the Australian Informatics Competition (AIC), which are also conducted by the Trust, will receive their awards at this special ceremony together with the AMC medallists and award winners.

The AIC seeks to identify computer programming potential in students and this can lead to participation in other informatics events at a higher level. This year 85 Singapore students gained Awards for Excellence for a perfect score in the AIC.

The Australian Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad (AIMO) is an Olympiad for students of Year 10 or under in which students from Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and Hong Kong participate. It is the culmination of a special three-stage enrichment program and a student may enter any or all of the stages.

Awards for the AIMO will be presented to the nine Singapore students who all attained a perfect score.

The University of Canberra is the Trustee and supporting sponsor of the AMT.