Tay Peng Hian 郑炳贤获选为国际集邮联合会的会长



Tay Peng Hian 郑炳贤

Catholic High alumnus Tay Peng-Hian (Senior Middle 3/1961) was elected as the new President-leader of the prestigious body Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) on 10 Oct.

FIP has looked after stamp collectors and philatelists since 1926 - growing from a society of a handful European Philatelic Federations to a Federation with a network throughout the world with

• 87 Regular Members (National Philatelic Federations)
• 3 Associated Members (Continental Federations)
• Promotional Members (a new type of Membership for Postal Administrations).

Tay Peng Hian started participating in FIP events as early as 1978. He was an exhibitor at PRAGA 1978. Thereafter, he has seamlessly built up 3 world class collection that won him 4 coveted FIP Grand Prix Awards:

1. Straits Settlements Classic:

Grand Prix International PHILAKOREA 1984

2. Burma Classic:

Grand Prix International POLSKA 1993

3. Netherlands Classic:

Grand Prix International PHILAKOREA 2002

Grand Prix D' Honneur CHINA 2009 (FIP Champion of Champions)
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郑炳贤自1978年首次参与布拉格（前斯洛伐克首都）邮展以来，一直热衷并积极参与国际集邮联合会所举办的各项活动。他编组的三部世界级邮集，在世界邮展中荣获了四次大奖（最近一次是在中国2009洛阳世界邮展上获得荣誉大奖）。郑炳贤于2002年在韩国首尔举行的国际集邮联合会代表大会上开始担任理事，并于2006年连任至今。

今年10月10日获选为国际集邮联合会的会长。