 He also received Spring Singapore’s International Management Action Award 2000.He was named one of the 50 stars of Asia by Business Week in 2001, and went on to receive the Yazhou Zhoukan Young Chinese Entrepreneur Award 2002 and the Ernst & Young Services Entrepreneur Award 2003, among other accolades.Yap graduated with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Singapore Polytechnic in 1985.