PEB held its first Day of Dedication on 6 Oct 07 at the Raffles Hotel. The objective of the event was to emphasize the dedication of service to society and the profession by professional engineers (PEs) and to celebrate the award of registration certificates to newly registered PEs and specialist PEs, ie PEs who have been registered with the Board in the last 12 months.

During the half-day event, the guest of honour, Er. Prof Cham Tao Soon, President of the Board, Er. Chua Koon Hoe and other speakers spoke on several topical issues concerning leadership, conduct and ethics, law and other challenges relating to professional engineering practice.

Er. Chua Koon Hoe presented registration certificates to the newly registered PEs and specialist registration certificates to specialist professional engineers who are registered in the branch of Geotechnical Engineering. This was followed by the taking of the Professional Engineer’s Pledge by the new registrants to affirm their dedication to serve society and the profession. 

The PEB Gold Medals were also presented at the registration ceremony. The guest of honour, Er. Prof Cham Tao Soon, President Emeritus, NTU and Chancellor and Chairman, SIM University presented the PEB Gold Medals for undergraduate programs as well as the PEB Gold Medals for post-graduate Master programs to recipients from NUS and NTU.

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a) Keynote Address by Guest of Honour Er. Prof Cham Tao Soon

b) Welcome address by President PEB Er. Chua Koon Hoe