East Coast Plan unveiled

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HSK enjoyed a lovely banana cake.

Heng Swee Keat​

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We started a community garden in Bedok some time back. The fruits and vegetables are tended by Bedok Grows for Good volunteers from different backgrounds.
Our residents also took it a step further — to have ‘home-cooked’ food on site, using produce harvested from our community garden!
From farm to table — residents and volunteers gathered for this community potluck.
I got to try my hand at stir-frying the freshly harvested spinach, under lots of supervision from an energetic senior, chef Sam.
I also enjoyed a lovely banana cake, with bananas that our residents cultivated.
Thanks to our community gardeners for filling our stomachs and our hearts, with lots of food, fun and laughter.

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Under the guidance of Sam and Lindawati, I whipped up some stir-fried spinach harvested from the community garden.

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Veron (leftmost) is a Bedok Grows for Good participant and our Bedok Bunga Merah RC Chairman. Together with other volunteers, they worked hard to prepare the ingredients beforehand.

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Aloe vera freshly harvested from the community garden!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Shelley (second from right) is a Bedok Grows for Good participant. She lovingly prepared 15 bento boxes with different dishes including lettuce harvested from the community garden. Wonderful effort!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Freshly-baked banana cakes made with bananas from the community garden!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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With Winnie and Lindawati, the organisers of this potluck. We are holding a beautiful “bottle” of pandan plant from Shelley. Very creative!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Thanks everyone for joining in!

 

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HSK congratulates Hummingbird Bioscience.

Heng Swee Keat​

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Hummingbirds are fascinating creatures — small, but agile and determined. Piers and Jerome, the founders of biomedical start-up Hummingbird Bioscience, chose this name as they hoped that their company can exemplify these traits.
Since it was founded in 2015 in Singapore, Hummingbird Bioscience has grown to become a leading start-up in the field of precision biotherapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases. I opened their new 40,000 sq ft facility at Science Park today. Walking around their facility, I was glad to see that they have gathered a diverse group of talented researchers from all around the world, to work on solutions that will make a real difference to the lives of many patients.
Looking forward to seeing Singapore attract more “hummingbirds” to nest and roost. Congratulations to Hummingbird Bioscience!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Toured Hummingbird Bioscience’s new facility. This is the CYTEK Northern Lights cytometer — a lab instrument used to measure the characteristics of cells, in order to better understand the role of different targets in normal development and cancer.

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Was told that the Luminex machine is especially useful for immune oncology projects to better understand inflammatory profiles.

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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HSK visited lucky residents at Lucky Heights.

Heng Swee Keat​

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Visited some of our residents at Lucky Heights NC on Monday!
Thank you all for inviting me into your homes, sharing your concerns, hopes, hobbies and interests with me. I look forward to getting to know more of our residents living in the estate. Hope to see you someday soon!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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With Kenneth, a gardening enthusiast who used to run a floral shop! He showed me part of his impressive collection of ornamental plants at his home.

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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With Kenneth and his wife, Irene. They shared that Irene makes delicious peranakan dishes and had invited me over to try some! Maybe next time!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Mr Ajeet showed me his 1912 Hispano-Suiza. This wonderful vintage car is really something you don’t see every day. Ajeet shared that he’s looking for a replacement engine and other parts to kick-start the car. I hope he gets it working soon!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Kath (left) and her husband have been living with her mom at this house for 15 years! She shared that they chose to stay in the area even after getting married as they love the estate.

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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With Mr Cheng and Mdm Teo. They used to stay at Tampines and had just moved in for about a year. Welcome to the neighbourhood!

 

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HSK visits ONE.

Heng Swee Keat​

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Imagine managing 170 million shipping containers from multiple destinations in real-time? That is what Ocean Network Express (ONE) has been able to do with their digital platform that tracks and plans their global shipping container inventory.
ONE was established in Singapore 5 years ago, and is now the 6th largest container carrier globally. I visited their office recently and learned about how they are driving innovation and sustainability in the maritime industry, including through partnerships with our research institutions and IHLs. I was also glad to see that they have built up a diverse team of international talent, while at the same time creating many opportunities for our workers.
With companies such as ONE pushing the frontiers of innovation, the future of our maritime sector is boundless.

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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This is the heart of ONE’s Global HQ operations in Singapore where officers use state-of-the-art technologies to track vessel operations in real-time. They also manage a network spanning 130 weekly service loops across 120 countries, with 200 vessels in operation.

(MCI Photo by Liu Ying)

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Ms Phyllis Liew, Deputy General Manager from Ocean Network Express (ONE), showing how the company manages the loading and discharging of containers through their container stowage planning system. Powered by cloud-based solutions, this operation is crucial in facilitating container movements at designated ports to enhance efficiency and optimise vessel operations.

(MCI Photo by Liu Ying)