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Hai-Yen is a seasoned outdoor racer/ultramarathoner and a much sought after corporate trainer and external Sports and Outdoor Education lecturer for Monash University. Hai-Yen runs corporate training programmes in the region and is a consultant for adventure skills workshops as well as International outdoor races such as the successful Action Asia Race in 2004 supported by Singapore Tourism Board. She is the founder of the first hearing-impaired Dragonboat Racing team in Singapore where she heads under the community wing of her company Hi-Raleigh. She is also one of the four directors for Women Make a Difference festival which was created to celebrate women's role in society through the arts and sports. A festival created to raise awareness of sex trafficking on women and children (www.womenmakeadifference.org). On 25th September, Hai-Yen completed her first 250km desert race across Sahara to raise $50,000 for Caregiver Counselling and Welfare Association (www.ccwa.org.sg).

Hai-Yen is also an aerobics /aqua aerobics instructress, an avid photographer, a magazine model, a freelance cartoonist/artist trained in the prestigious Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore. She has illustrated and published 2 childrens' books, "Iron Papa" and a poetry book for children by Edwin Thumboo. Her many creative talents has been discovered and developed in window display and stage designs and mural paintings in Singapore, HongKong and Australia.

One of Hai-Yen's passion for the outdoors was rooted back in 1995 when she was the first Singaporean to embark on a 3 months expedition as a Raleigh International venturer working on adventure/scientific /
conservation projects in Belize in Central America. She has since represented Raleigh Singapore in
mountain marathon races and adventure races, ultramarathon races in Taiwan , Hong Kong and Egypt.

In 2001, Hai-Yen was also a recipient of the prestigious Lee Foundation scholarship award to pursue her masters in outdoor education in Brisbane. The plan was put on hold when but she chose life experiences in overseas stints as a marine auditor in Vanuatu as well as an Outward bound Instructor in Hong Kong.

Tertiary Education:

A) College of Physical Education, Singapore
Diploma In Physical Education with English as a teaching subject

B) University Of Western Australia ( Perth )
Bachelor of Physical and Health Education

C) Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Graphic Design

Professional background:

Education
1) Physical and Health Education Teacher
Anglo Chinese School

2) Programme Writer
Hong Kong Management Association

3) Sports and Outdoor Recreation Lecturer ( Monash University )

Sports Management

1) AustSwim Coach
University of Western Australia (Perth)

2) Student Development Officer ( Sports )
Temasek Polytechnic Singapore

3) Outward Bound Instructor (Hong Kong )

4) Senior Swim Instructor/ Manager ( Hong Kong )
Japanese International School

Project and event management
1) Chief Race Consultant
• ( ActionAsia Challenge , Singapore 2004) www.actionasia.com

2) Race Consultant
• ActionAsia Challenge (Malaysia 2003)
• ActionAsia Challenge (Hong Kong 2002)
• AXN Challenge Hong Kong 2001
• Guillin Protrek Adventure Race Challenge 2001

3) Youth Expedition Project ( Manager )
Singapore International Foundation

4) Manager ( Women Sports Promotion )
Singapore Sports Council

5) Festival Director ( Women Make a Difference Festival 2005 )
www.womenmakeadifference.org

6) Founder (All Femme Sail 2006)
http://www.hi-raleigh.com/allfemmesail.html

7) Founder and Organiser ( All Femme Bootcamp/ Adventure PowWow ( Krabi 2006 )