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THE STRAITS TIMES RIDE was flagged off by (from left) Sport Singapore CEO, Mr Lim Teck Yin; OCBC Bank CFO, Mr Darren Tan; and The Straits Times Executive Editor & Managing Editor, English/Malay/Tamil Media Group, Singapore Press Holdings, Ms Sumiko Tan Mr Tan Hun Boon, a BRONZE MEDALLIST at the ASEAN Para Games 2017, rode in The Straits Times Ride. He was one of the guests-of-honour who flagged off The Sportive Ride Over three sessions, 120 OCBC Cycle participants volunteered 26 children to teach from The Business Times Budding Artists Fund and Yu Neng Primary School how to cycle OTHER INITIATIVES UNDER OCBC CYCLE RIDE SAFE PROGRAMME The , now in its third year, was jointly introduced by OCBC Bank and the National Parks Board to promote safe cycling. The programme teaches cyclists to better use Singapore’s Park Connector Network and to adopt good cycling etiquette and practices OCBC Bank sponsored five races to crown the top male and female cyclists as well as the best cycling team in Singapore. The races, which were sanctioned and organised by the Singapore Cycling Federation, attracted more than 800 cyclists OCBC CYCLE SPEEDWAY OCBC Cycle Singapore features a competitive element, in the form of a series of OCBC Cycle Speedway championship races Eight countries competed in the Southeast Asia Championship , with the Philippines capturing the crown in 2017 from Malaysia, which had won the previous two editions Team Singapore Civil Defence Force held off the challenge from Team OCBC, GlaxoSmithKline, Advanced Micro Devices and eight other corporate teams to win the inaugural OCBC Cycle Speedway CORPORATE CHAMPIONSHIP in Singapore TWC Racing came out tops among 15 local cycling clubs in their maiden appearance at the OCBC Cycle Speedway CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP in Singapore BUILDING ON OUR CORPORATE STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 41