From 15 to 18 January 2017 a FIDE Arbiters' Seminar was organized in Singapore, by the Singapore Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE.
The Lecturer was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), Asian Chess Federation Executive Director and FIDE Lecturer, and Assistant Lecturer was IA Kwai Keong Chan (HKG).
The lectures were in the English language.
Eighteen (18) Arbiters from Singapore, Myanmar, India, Philippines, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Macau participated in the Seminar and in the examination test held after the lectures. The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a FIDE Arbiter Norm, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:
| NAME |
FED |
FIDE ID |
| Nirag Shah |
IND |
25714619 |
| Fam, Jia En Victoria |
SGP |
5803659 |
| Mak, Chin Wah |
SGP |
5822572 |
| Thandar Aye Win |
MYA |
13002864 |
| Polistico, Eliodoro B |
PHI |
5206030 |
| Lai, Robin |
HKG |
6000436 |
| Jagadeesh, Balakrishnan |
SGP |
5817650 |
| Chia, kok Kiang Alex |
SGP |
5823307 |
| Cabe, Arlan |
PHI |
5203627 |
| Yang, Ching Wei, Austin |
TPE |
16300440 |
| Rishi, Kapoor |
SGP |
5822351 |
| Ng, Thai Ee |
SGP |
5823218 |
| Hon, Shin Ming |
SGP |
5825962 |
| Jeganathan, Jerald |
SGP |
5825970 |
| Jayakumar, Vijayamthi |
SGP |
5822980 |
| Parsuvanath Vijayakeerthy |
SGP |
5822882 |
| Ong, Hock Seng |
SGP |
5822963 |
| Ho, Hou-Meng, Herman |
MAC |
16300190 |
IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission