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HSK buys some snacks. 
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Saw many families buying delicious snacks and other goodies to stock up for the upcoming festivities. Glad that they are supporting our heartland businesses!
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Heng Swee Keat
Yesterday at 18:00 ·Saw many families buying delicious snacks and other goodies to stock up for the upcoming festivities. Glad that they are supporting our heartland businesses!
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HSK presents edusave awards. 
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Met Nawfal and his dad during the awards ceremony. Congratulations to Nawfal for receiving the EAGLES Awards!
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Heng Swee Keat
16 January at 17:59 ·Met Nawfal and his dad during the awards ceremony. Congratulations to Nawfal for receiving the EAGLES Awards!
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HSK presents edusave awards to children of grassroots adviser. 
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It was nice to meet fellow Grassroots Adviser Patrick Tay 郑德源 and his family. Both his kids, Bethuel and Lemuel, received the Edusave Awards.
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Heng Swee Keat
16 January at 17:59 ·It was nice to meet fellow Grassroots Adviser Patrick Tay 郑德源 and his family. Both his kids, Bethuel and Lemuel, received the Edusave Awards.
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HSK walks with former President TT.
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With Dr Tony Tan, Patron of the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS).
GYSS has come a long way since its first edition in 2013. I hope past and future participants will go on to make significant breakthroughs and inspire future young scientists!
(MCI Photo by Lim Sin Thai)
— with Dr Tony Tan.
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Heng Swee Keat
17 January at 22:44 ·With Dr Tony Tan, Patron of the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS).
GYSS has come a long way since its first edition in 2013. I hope past and future participants will go on to make significant breakthroughs and inspire future young scientists!
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— with Dr Tony Tan.
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HSK presenting a book to TT.
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Presenting the Global Young Scientists Summit 10th Anniversary Publication to Dr Tony Tan in appreciation for his contributions in building the RIE ecosystem that we have today.
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— with Dr Tony Tan.
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Heng Swee Keat
17 January at 22:44 ·Presenting the Global Young Scientists Summit 10th Anniversary Publication to Dr Tony Tan in appreciation for his contributions in building the RIE ecosystem that we have today.
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HSK has dinner with his SM.
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SM Teo Chee Hean with Dr Yvonne Gao, Prof Bertil Andersson, Mr Nakul Rampal and Dr Dan Daniel. SM was the second chairman of NRF — he took Dr Tony Tan’s idea for the GYSS from vision to reality, launching the first edition in 2013.
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— with Teo Chee Hean.
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17 January at 22:44 ·SM Teo Chee Hean with Dr Yvonne Gao, Prof Bertil Andersson, Mr Nakul Rampal and Dr Dan Daniel. SM was the second chairman of NRF — he took Dr Tony Tan’s idea for the GYSS from vision to reality, launching the first edition in 2013.
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HSK pours milk. 
Milk offerings are poured as part of a ritual known as abhishegam. This is a significant part of the Thaipusam festival.
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Heng Swee Keat
18 January at 13:39 ·Milk offerings are poured as part of a ritual known as abhishegam. This is a significant part of the Thaipusam festival.
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East Coast CNY Celebration.
[East Coast Chinese New Year Celebration]
Join Wang Lei, Lee Pei Fen, and many other Getai Singers to celebrate Chinese New Year with us on the 29th January 2022!
Indicate your interest now to stand a chance to get a ticket to watch the performances at Bedok Green Primary School.
The event is open to all East Coast residents.
Limited seats are available. Click on the link here to indicate your interest:
go.gov.sg/eastcoastcnycelebration
Successful registrants will be receiving a confirmation email and e-ticket via email.
Residents can enjoy the performances at the comfort of their home too via the We Love Bedok Facebook page!
We Love Bedok
17 January at 22:45 ·[East Coast Chinese New Year Celebration]
Join Wang Lei, Lee Pei Fen, and many other Getai Singers to celebrate Chinese New Year with us on the 29th January 2022!
Indicate your interest now to stand a chance to get a ticket to watch the performances at Bedok Green Primary School.
The event is open to all East Coast residents.
Limited seats are available. Click on the link here to indicate your interest:
go.gov.sg/eastcoastcnycelebration
Successful registrants will be receiving a confirmation email and e-ticket via email.
Residents can enjoy the performances at the comfort of their home too via the We Love Bedok Facebook page!
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HSK explores Changi Bay Park connector by bicycle.
Spent a beautiful Saturday morning exploring the scenic Changi Bay Park connector by bicycle, together with Dr Maliki Osman and Indranee Rajah.
This is part of a newly-completed 75km phase of the Round Island Route. You can now cycle from Seletar Airport, to Changi Bay where we were at, to East Coast Park, past Gardens by the Bay to Alexandra Linear Park.
When fully completed in 2035, the Round Island Route will enable you to make a 150km loop around Singapore, about 3 times the length of Singapore! It is part of our broader effort to transform Singapore into a City in Nature.
Do check out the completed phase of the Round Island Route with your family and friends!
(PMO Video by Alex Qiu and Arina Ong)
Heng Swee Keat
5 mins ·Spent a beautiful Saturday morning exploring the scenic Changi Bay Park connector by bicycle, together with Dr Maliki Osman and Indranee Rajah.
This is part of a newly-completed 75km phase of the Round Island Route. You can now cycle from Seletar Airport, to Changi Bay where we were at, to East Coast Park, past Gardens by the Bay to Alexandra Linear Park.
When fully completed in 2035, the Round Island Route will enable you to make a 150km loop around Singapore, about 3 times the length of Singapore! It is part of our broader effort to transform Singapore into a City in Nature.
Do check out the completed phase of the Round Island Route with your family and friends!
(PMO Video by Alex Qiu and Arina Ong)
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from straitstimes.com:
SINGAPORE - Many opportunities in the tech space are available to mid-career entrants willing to venture out of their comfort zones, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Wednesday (Jan 12).
He was speaking at the launch of a scholarship programme by tech giant Google to help 5,000 more Singaporeans acquire "in-demand digital skills" via the company's Google Career Certificate courses.
Although some industries and occupations will be disrupted amid accelerating digitalisation driven by Covid-19 to reduce physical contact, new sectors and jobs will emerge, said Mr Heng, who is also Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies.
He added: "I believe that in the longer run, advancements in technology will create more and better jobs for our workers."
The courses under the scholarship programme are hosted on online course provider Coursera and are developed by Google experts. Each course usually takes between three and six months to complete, with students awarded a Google Career Certificate upon completion.
The scholarships will cover courses in four areas: information technology support, project management, data analytics and user experience design.
"If you look at Singapore today, there are job openings available in these four key areas that exceed the number of people qualified to take these positions," said Mr Scott Beaumont, Google's president for the Asia-Pacific, in his opening remarks on Wednesday at Google's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Mapletree Business City.
The scholarships - worth nearly $3 million - will cover a year's worth of Coursera subscription fees for 5,000 students.
These scholarships form the third pathway of the company's Skills Ignition SG upskilling programme, launched in July 2020 with the support of the Economic Development Board, Infocomm Media Development Authority and SkillsFuture Singapore.
Previously, students could only choose between a six-month vocational training programme with a deeper theoretical curriculum, and a train-and-place programme with three months of vocational training followed by six months of on-the-job training. Students in both programmes are paid.
With over 3,200 already enrolled, Google has expanded its target to 3,800 for the two pathways, up from 3,000 originally, said Mr Beaumont.
Mr Ben King, Google's country director for Singapore, told The Straits Times that the scholarship pathway allows a more rapid expansion of the programme, provides flexibility for those in the workforce wishing to upskill at their own time, and covers topics the other pathways do not, such as user experience design.
"(The pathway) is tailored to people with no prior experience or degree," he added.
Scholarships will be distributed through 13 partners, comprising all five polytechnics, three Institute of Technical Education colleges, social service agencies as well as self-help groups such as The Codette Project, Singapore Indian Development Association and Yayasan Mendaki.
At Wednesday's launch, Google also unveiled a consortium comprising itself and16 other employers formed to connect graduates from Skills Ignition SG with employers who have a need for qualified candidates in these fields. These employers recognise the Google Career Certificates for recruitment and employee professional development.
One of the employers on board is Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS), which runs the information technology systems of all public healthcare operators here.
IHiS chief executive Ngiam Siew Ying said the Skills Ignition SG programme's comprehensive curriculum, coupled with IHiS' on-the-job training, will create a diverse learning environment that contributes to health-tech applications.
One of the graduates of the programme is Ms Melissa Tan, 33.
Currently working as an accelerated growth strategist at Google, Ms Tan said she had always wanted to explore the tech industry, having worked in business development in the travel industry for the past decade.
"I joined the course in October 2020 and have thoroughly benefited from the programme's on-the-job experience, which was conducted with clear milestones for career progression."
Google launches 5,000 scholarships worth $3m for virtual courses covering 'in-demand digital skills'
SINGAPORE - Many opportunities in the tech space are available to mid-career entrants willing to venture out of their comfort zones, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Wednesday (Jan 12).
He was speaking at the launch of a scholarship programme by tech giant Google to help 5,000 more Singaporeans acquire "in-demand digital skills" via the company's Google Career Certificate courses.
Although some industries and occupations will be disrupted amid accelerating digitalisation driven by Covid-19 to reduce physical contact, new sectors and jobs will emerge, said Mr Heng, who is also Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies.
He added: "I believe that in the longer run, advancements in technology will create more and better jobs for our workers."
The courses under the scholarship programme are hosted on online course provider Coursera and are developed by Google experts. Each course usually takes between three and six months to complete, with students awarded a Google Career Certificate upon completion.
The scholarships will cover courses in four areas: information technology support, project management, data analytics and user experience design.
"If you look at Singapore today, there are job openings available in these four key areas that exceed the number of people qualified to take these positions," said Mr Scott Beaumont, Google's president for the Asia-Pacific, in his opening remarks on Wednesday at Google's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Mapletree Business City.
The scholarships - worth nearly $3 million - will cover a year's worth of Coursera subscription fees for 5,000 students.
These scholarships form the third pathway of the company's Skills Ignition SG upskilling programme, launched in July 2020 with the support of the Economic Development Board, Infocomm Media Development Authority and SkillsFuture Singapore.
Previously, students could only choose between a six-month vocational training programme with a deeper theoretical curriculum, and a train-and-place programme with three months of vocational training followed by six months of on-the-job training. Students in both programmes are paid.
With over 3,200 already enrolled, Google has expanded its target to 3,800 for the two pathways, up from 3,000 originally, said Mr Beaumont.
Mr Ben King, Google's country director for Singapore, told The Straits Times that the scholarship pathway allows a more rapid expansion of the programme, provides flexibility for those in the workforce wishing to upskill at their own time, and covers topics the other pathways do not, such as user experience design.
"(The pathway) is tailored to people with no prior experience or degree," he added.
Scholarships will be distributed through 13 partners, comprising all five polytechnics, three Institute of Technical Education colleges, social service agencies as well as self-help groups such as The Codette Project, Singapore Indian Development Association and Yayasan Mendaki.
At Wednesday's launch, Google also unveiled a consortium comprising itself and16 other employers formed to connect graduates from Skills Ignition SG with employers who have a need for qualified candidates in these fields. These employers recognise the Google Career Certificates for recruitment and employee professional development.
One of the employers on board is Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS), which runs the information technology systems of all public healthcare operators here.
IHiS chief executive Ngiam Siew Ying said the Skills Ignition SG programme's comprehensive curriculum, coupled with IHiS' on-the-job training, will create a diverse learning environment that contributes to health-tech applications.
One of the graduates of the programme is Ms Melissa Tan, 33.
Currently working as an accelerated growth strategist at Google, Ms Tan said she had always wanted to explore the tech industry, having worked in business development in the travel industry for the past decade.
"I joined the course in October 2020 and have thoroughly benefited from the programme's on-the-job experience, which was conducted with clear milestones for career progression."
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