Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008
Announcement of Renewal of Sponsorship
5th June 2008
6 Battery Road

From left: Mr. Loh Lin Kok, Mr. Ray Ferguson, Mr. Richard Seow, Mr. Peter Sands, Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Mr Teo Ser Luck, Mr Jaspal Bindra and Mr Lim Cheng Teck announced the renewal of Standard Chartered Bank sponsorship with Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, setting the first steps of the biggest running event in Singapore

5 June 2008 - Standard Chartered Bank renewed its title sponsorship of its Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008 (SCSM) for the seventh consecutive year. The Bank has nearly doubled the sponsorship fees from $1.05 million to S$2million in 2008. This is the largest sponsorship for a sporting event in Singapore that is opened for local community participation. Organisers are expecting 48,000 runners, a right-fold increase from 2002 when Standard Chartered became title sponsor, and more than 100,000 supporters.

Guests-of-Honour at the announcement were: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Finance Minister; Mr Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports (MCYS); Mr Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive Standard Chartered PLC; and Mr Jaspal Bindra, CEO Asia, Standard Chartered Bank.

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Key personnel at the SCSM 08 title sponsor renewal press conference

The invited guests taking their first step in their new adizero, kindly sponsored by adidas.