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Keechiu wishes everyone a season of bountiful blessings! :wink:

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Today is the start of Pongal. Celebrated over four days, Pongal is a harvest festival traditionally celebrated by the Tamil community to give thanks for a bountiful harvest.
Stopped by the iconic Thambi Magazine Store at Holland Village to wish Mr and Mrs Sam a Happy Pongal.
Wishing everyone a season of bountiful blessings!
My Buona Vista
Our Tanjong Pagar

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Keechiu looks forward to contributions from children. :thumbsup:

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What is success?
We can define success as doing justice to our blessings. Our children are gifted differently and we can help them develop to their fullest potential. We can also define success not just by our achievements, but contributions to our community.
My words of encouragement to our many deserving recipients of My Buona Vista Edusave Awards today. I look forward to their contributions in keeping Singapore going, growing and glowing!

 

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Keechiu wishes everyone good health and success! :smile:

Chan Chun Sing

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The Lunar New Year is just around the corner. I joined our volunteers to wish our stall holders and residents across My Buona Vista
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a blessed
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year ahead.
May everyone enjoy good health and success!
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Keechiu will be on radio tomorrow morning. :wink:

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明早9点 Mark Lee Kok Huang 李国煌、Marcus Chin 陈建彬、陈碧玉和我将聊一聊教育还有听众们所关注的其他话题。大家可通过电台或 Facebook Live 收听和观看节目
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Join Mark, Marcus, Biyu and I on Mediacorp LOVE 972 ‘The Breakfast Quartet’ programme tomorrow morning at 9am, where we will be discussing education issues and other current topics. You can tune in to the radio station, or watch the programme via Facebook Live.

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from straitstimes.com:

$60,000 scholarship launched for ITE graduates by Tan Kah Kee Foundation​

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Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing said the scholarship by the Tan Kah Kee Foundation would greatly benefit ITE students. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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SINGAPORE - Come May, promising Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students will be able to apply for a new scholarship launched to support the next step in their education and training journey.
Awarded by the Tan Kah Kee Foundation, 10 scholarships worth $6,000 each will be given out each year. The scholarship will be open for applications every May from 2023.
Applicants are not limited to only academic courses, such as diplomas or university degrees, for their further studies.

Instead, the merit-based scholarship is also open to those who wish to pursue any structured vocational training or apprenticeship programme as well.
Moreover, an ITE graduate does not need to apply for the scholarship immediately upon graduation to qualify.
Instead, the scholarship will also be open to those who opt to start working first, before deciding to pursue further studies and training, said Associate Professor Eugene Tan. The Singapore Management University law don is vice-president of the foundation, which was set up in 1982 to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and dedication to education displayed by the late philanthropist it is named after.


“This is not meant to be a one-off (scholarship), or a short-term one of five years; the intention is to make it long-running,” added Prof Tan, who also oversees selection of postgraduate scholarship awardees under an existing programme of the foundation.


Proceeds of over $1.3 million raised from a gala dinner held at the Shangri-La Singapore on Sunday to celebrate the foundation’s 40th anniversary will help to initially fund the scholarship for ITE graduates.
The funds raised will also be used to grow the foundation’s flagship activities, including the postgraduate scholarship and Young Inventors’ Awards, which are organised yearly.
The funds will also help to further improve the Pioneers’ Memorial Hall at 43 Bukit Pasoh Road, to better educate the public about pioneers in the Singapore community, such as Tan Kah Kee and Lee Kong Chian.

Prof Tan said the foundation welcomes all donations, especially from small and medium enterprises, to help expand the number of scholarships awarded each year.
There are no restrictions on the field of study for scholarship holders.


This distinguishes the foundation’s scholarship from scholarships offered by other organisations to ITE graduates, which are often targeted at specific fields, noted ITE chief executive Low Khah Gek, who attended the dinner.
“This scholarship is a more generalised one, and the message (it sends) is ‘I support your effort to upgrade, and I’m prepared to give you a scholarship’,” said Ms Low.
Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing, who was guest of honour at the dinner, said in a speech in Mandarin that the scholarship would greatly benefit ITE students, who are a group in need of support within Singapore’s education landscape.
Mr Chan also said that Chinese society bore a virtuous, time-honoured tradition of education, and there are three essential lessons that Singapore could draw from the life of Tan Kah Kee.


The first, he said, is a belief in education underpinned by defining success based on how much better off the next generation is.
The second lesson is to understand personal achievement as merely a means to an end.
“Personal achievements are stepping stones to one’s broader contribution to society,” said Mr Chan.
The third lesson is to foster a spirit of giving and gratitude, as exemplified by the foundation’s scholarships.
“When we award such scholarships, we are reminded that our successes are not purely of our own making but of the community around us.”
 

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from straitstimes.com:

Review of political office holders’ salaries likely to take place in 2023: Chan Chun Sing​

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More details on the review of office holders' salaries will be provided in due course, said Minister-in-charge of the Public Service Chan Chun Sing. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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SINGAPORE - The next review of the salaries of ministers and other political office holders is expected to come this year, Minister-in-charge of the Public Service Chan Chun Sing said on Tuesday.
More details on the review will be provided in due course, he said in a written response to a parliamentary question by Non-Constituency MP Hazel Poa.
Ms Poa had asked whether a committee has been appointed to carry out the five-yearly review of political salaries, noting that the last committee was appointed in 2017.

The Progress Singapore Party member had also asked about the terms of reference provided to the committee, and when a report from this committee could be expected.
Mr Chan replied that in 2012, a White Paper on Salaries for a Capable and Committed Government had recommended an independent committee be appointed every five years to review the salary framework for political appointment holders.
That year, the president’s pay was cut by 51 per cent, while the prime minister’s pay was cut by 36 per cent, following recommendations by the committee, chaired by then National Kidney Foundation chairman Gerard Ee.


Other political office holders – including ministers and the Speaker of Parliament – also took pay cuts in 2012.


In 2018, the committee concluded that the salary framework remained “relevant and sound”, said Mr Chan, who is also Education Minister.
The committee had recommended then, among other things, that political salaries be adjusted yearly in line with annual benchmark movements, so as to keep pace with market developments.
However, the Government decided not to make any changes to political salaries as the economy was still in transition, Mr Chan stated.
That year, then Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said that the issue would be reviewed after five years, or when it becomes necessary.
 

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Keechiu visits ACS. :thumbsup:

Chan Chun Sing is at ACS (Barker Road).​

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The rugby alumni of Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) regularly goes back to coach the rugby team.
I was reminded of my own experience in the Boy Scouts. Our training then was mostly conducted by seniors and old boys. And it taught us that it was our responsibility too, to return after graduation, and share with the younger ones what we had learnt!
It takes many helping hands to nurture our students, and a strong network of alumni can truly make a difference.
Are you an active alumni of your school? Share your experiences below!

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