Richard Sng

Richard is a language coach, as well as a vocal and verbal image consultant & trainer.

He graduated from the Teachers’Training College, now known as the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. He taught English, Mathematics and Science in various Primary and Secondary Government and Government-Aided Schools.

In his 30 years in the Education Industry, both in the public and private sectors, he has shared his experience and expertise with thousands of children and adults in schools, institutions of higher learning, community centres, libraries, corporations and the public at large.

His workshops and courses are value-added. Participants find his presentations systematic and structured, detailed and comprehensive, easy to grasp and understand.

Toastmasters International :
Richard has been a Toastmaster since May 1997 and has contributed much to the organisation.

He has attained the highest award, Distinguished Toastmaster ( DTM ), bestowed by Toastmasters International, U.S.A. A very much sought-after Language Evaluator, he gets invited regularly to numerous Toastmasters clubs all over Singapore, evaluating the creative use, misuse, abuse and overuse of the English language.

Richard is the Charter President of Brilliant Advanced Toastmasters and the Past President of Tampines Regional Library Toastmasters.

He sponsored IFPAS Toastmasters, Kowloon-Singapore Toastmasters, Discovery Toastmasters and NTU Alumni Toastmasters. He is also the club mentor to Nanyang Business School, Jones Lang LaSalle, Raintree, Team Nova, Bishan C.C., Ulu Pandan C.C., Rivervale ( Punggol Park ) C.C., Singhealth Nurses, StarDuS and St Nicholas Girls’ (Teachers) Toastmasters Clubs.

He is also the Trainer, helping to set up the NUS High School of Maths & Science Gavel Club.

Richard has actively participated in numerous International Speech, Humorous Speech, Impromptu Speech and Speech Evaluation Contests. To date he has won more than 50 trophies. He represented Singapore in the International Speech Contest in Kuching, Malaysia in 2003. He emerged among the top 6, out of 16 contestants from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Brunei and Singapore. He also represented Singapore in the Speech Evaluation Contest in Bangkok, Thailand in 2005. He has also judged numerous speech contests locally and regionally.

Twice, Richard has been the awarded the Toastmaster of the Year, in 1999 and again in 2003.
From among the 9980 Toastmasters in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong,
Macau and Brunei in District 51, Richard was selected the Most Outstanding Toastmaster for 2003/2004.

Talks & Presentations :
He has been invited to speak at Rotary Club Garden City, Neptune Orient Lines, CPF Board, Singapore Institute of Management, Life Underwriter’s Association (IFPAS), YMCA, NACLI, ACCA, Compaq Computers, Dynacast, Singapore Nurses Association, SingHealth Group of Hospitals, Singapore Association for Personal & Executive Secretaries ( SAPES ), Buddhist Youth Leadership Training, Singapore Polytechnic, ITE Bishan, ITE College East, The Grassroots’ Club, community centres/clubs, libraries and schools.

Richard is also the coach of the winning team from Singapore General Hospital in the 3rd SingHealth Inter-Institutional Nursing Research Debate 2006.