Singapore student Sim Li Jin named "World Champion" in Microsoft Office worldwide competition


Yahoo! News, 2 Aug 2012
Certiport recognized Sim Li Jin at the Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office Student Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas, and presented him with a $5,000 scholarship. Ai Hoshino received $1,000 for second place and Robert Phipps sponsored by Prodigy Learning received $500 for third place.
“With more than a half a million exam uploads this year, the growing popularity of the Microsoft Office competition reflects the desire for students to master these key productivity skills worldwide,” said Lutz Ziob, General Manager of Microsoft Learning, Microsoft Corp.
The top 10 Microsoft Word 2007 finalists are:
1. Sim Li Jin, Singapore
2. Ai Hoshino, Japan
3. Robert Phipps, United Kingdom
4. Karanjot Singh, India
5. Heather Plocinik, United States
6. Huang Ting-Yu, China
7. Eduardo Riveros, Chile
8. Madeline Cedeno Gomez, Panama
9. Tsai Tsung-Min, Taiwan
10.Kim Su-Jeong, South Korea
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