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Keechiu believes in the importance of instilling healthy habits from young. 
#Didyouknow that 1 in 3 Singaporeans are at risk of developing diabetes in our lifetimes?
Was glad to join Diabetes Singapore to generate greater awareness of diabetes screening and care management.
Ministry of Education, Singapore believes in the importance of instilling healthy habits from young:
Healthy Meals in Schools programme nudges students towards healthier F&B choices in schools.
Our school curriculum encourage our students to lead active lifestyles, together with Health Promotion Board, Singapore.
Additional support is provided to students who require more help with their weight management, so that they can make healthier lifestyle choices.
For adults, it is never too late to start. By taking care of our health, eating healthily and exercising regularly, we can be our first line of defence against diabetes.
Let us also remember to extend support to caregivers of diabetic patients in our #WarAgainstDiabetes
Chan Chun Sing
Yesterday at 10:35 ·#Didyouknow that 1 in 3 Singaporeans are at risk of developing diabetes in our lifetimes?
Was glad to join Diabetes Singapore to generate greater awareness of diabetes screening and care management.
Ministry of Education, Singapore believes in the importance of instilling healthy habits from young:
For adults, it is never too late to start. By taking care of our health, eating healthily and exercising regularly, we can be our first line of defence against diabetes.
Let us also remember to extend support to caregivers of diabetic patients in our #WarAgainstDiabetes
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Keechiu wishes all devotees a peaceful and blessed Vesak Day.
Vesak Day is a time of peace and reflection. This year, happy that more of our Buddhist friends will be able to participate in the various temple ceremonies to pray and present offerings, as well as participate in meaningful and worthy causes.
Wishing all devotees a peaceful and blessed Vesak Day.
A wonderful and joyous long weekend to everyone too.
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: Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery 蓮山雙林禪寺]
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16 hrs ·Vesak Day is a time of peace and reflection. This year, happy that more of our Buddhist friends will be able to participate in the various temple ceremonies to pray and present offerings, as well as participate in meaningful and worthy causes.
Wishing all devotees a peaceful and blessed Vesak Day.
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Keechiu had a great time with residents. 
Great time with My Buona Vista residents this afternoon, with a series of Hari Raya workshops and activities across the constituency organised by our colleagues and grassroots leaders and volunteers.
I enjoyed the various activities tremendously. Hope our residents had a good time bonding with neighbours and friends too!
Chan Chun Sing
14 May at 21:13 ·Great time with My Buona Vista residents this afternoon, with a series of Hari Raya workshops and activities across the constituency organised by our colleagues and grassroots leaders and volunteers.
I enjoyed the various activities tremendously. Hope our residents had a good time bonding with neighbours and friends too!
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from straitstimes.com:
SINGAPORE- Pre-university students with a passion for mathematics, science and engineering can tap a new scholarship from early next year.
Funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to deepen the pool of engineering and technology talent here, it aims to benefit 200 students each year.
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing announced this on Wednesday (May 11) during a ceremony to mark the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and James Dyson Foundation, a charitable set-up started by the British inventor.
The engineering and tech programme scholarship is part of MOE's efforts to strengthen Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and facilitate the flow of Stem talent further upstream, particularly in engineering.
During his opening address at the ceremony, Mr Chan said: "Stem education plays a critical role in our schools' curriculum, not only to develop the Stem workforce needed for the economy, but also science-savvy citizens who can apply their understanding into real-life decision making."
The two-year scholarship covers school fees, capped annually at $2,400, and provides a yearly allowance of $1,000, which can be spent on items such as school books.
First-year junior college students can apply, while Millennia Institute students taking the three-year programme should do so in their second year.
Students taking International Baccalaureate programmes and those enrolled in the NUS High School of Math and Science are also eligible for scholarships in their final two academic years.
Mr Chan added that the scholarship supports Singaporean citizens who have a strong foundation in mathematics and science and are interested in applied and interdisciplinary learning.
Scholarship recipients will have more opportunities to master Stem skills, and participate in workshops at tertiary institutions and corporate learning trips hosted by industry representatives.
Students can also gain a deeper understanding of the Stem industry through internships with engineering and technology companies in the public or private sector.
MOE will work with the Economic Development Board to offer corporate internships, with participating companies including ST Engineering, Abbott Laboratories and GlaxoSmithKline.
Mr Chan also called on more businesses - both local and multinational - to support the scholarship to enrich the learning experience for students and inspire them to join the engineering and technology fields.
He elaborated on the importance of engineering for Singapore's future, outlining three goals for the next lap of the country's development: overcoming land scarcity, energy sustainability and the nation's place in the global value chain.
He said: "To tackle these existential challenges, our young Singaporeans must feel a strong sense of mission to have a stake in the nation's future. Through engineering and technology, they can be vested members of our Singaporean core to provide new transformative solutions not just for ourselves but for the rest of the world."
MOE will announce more details on the scholarship later this year.
Meanwhile, the MOU between SUTD and James Dyson Foundation will see an engineering studio being built at SUTD at the end of this year as part of a five-year tie-up.
SUTD president, Professor Chong Tow Chong, said: "This will greatly benefit SUTD students as they can experience first-hand how design, innovation and engineering take place in a real-world commercial environment. I am sure our students are very much looking forward to this."
New MOE scholarship for pre-university students keen on careers in engineering and technology
SINGAPORE- Pre-university students with a passion for mathematics, science and engineering can tap a new scholarship from early next year.
Funded by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to deepen the pool of engineering and technology talent here, it aims to benefit 200 students each year.
Education Minister Chan Chun Sing announced this on Wednesday (May 11) during a ceremony to mark the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and James Dyson Foundation, a charitable set-up started by the British inventor.
The engineering and tech programme scholarship is part of MOE's efforts to strengthen Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and facilitate the flow of Stem talent further upstream, particularly in engineering.
During his opening address at the ceremony, Mr Chan said: "Stem education plays a critical role in our schools' curriculum, not only to develop the Stem workforce needed for the economy, but also science-savvy citizens who can apply their understanding into real-life decision making."
The two-year scholarship covers school fees, capped annually at $2,400, and provides a yearly allowance of $1,000, which can be spent on items such as school books.
First-year junior college students can apply, while Millennia Institute students taking the three-year programme should do so in their second year.
Students taking International Baccalaureate programmes and those enrolled in the NUS High School of Math and Science are also eligible for scholarships in their final two academic years.
Mr Chan added that the scholarship supports Singaporean citizens who have a strong foundation in mathematics and science and are interested in applied and interdisciplinary learning.
Scholarship recipients will have more opportunities to master Stem skills, and participate in workshops at tertiary institutions and corporate learning trips hosted by industry representatives.
Students can also gain a deeper understanding of the Stem industry through internships with engineering and technology companies in the public or private sector.
MOE will work with the Economic Development Board to offer corporate internships, with participating companies including ST Engineering, Abbott Laboratories and GlaxoSmithKline.
Mr Chan also called on more businesses - both local and multinational - to support the scholarship to enrich the learning experience for students and inspire them to join the engineering and technology fields.
He elaborated on the importance of engineering for Singapore's future, outlining three goals for the next lap of the country's development: overcoming land scarcity, energy sustainability and the nation's place in the global value chain.
He said: "To tackle these existential challenges, our young Singaporeans must feel a strong sense of mission to have a stake in the nation's future. Through engineering and technology, they can be vested members of our Singaporean core to provide new transformative solutions not just for ourselves but for the rest of the world."
MOE will announce more details on the scholarship later this year.
Meanwhile, the MOU between SUTD and James Dyson Foundation will see an engineering studio being built at SUTD at the end of this year as part of a five-year tie-up.
SUTD president, Professor Chong Tow Chong, said: "This will greatly benefit SUTD students as they can experience first-hand how design, innovation and engineering take place in a real-world commercial environment. I am sure our students are very much looking forward to this."
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from straitstimes.com:
SINGAPORE - Singapore has the infrastructure and community to support caregivers of diabetic patients in the nation's war on diabetes, said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing on Saturday (May 14).
While it is important to care for diabetic patients, it is even more important to support their caregivers as without them, patients cannot be cared for, said Mr Chan, who is co-chair of the Diabetes Prevention and Care Taskforce.
"If the caregiver of the diabetic patient goes down, we will have two patients on our hands rather than one," he said.
"And I have a simple message to our caregivers - that is, simply, you're never alone. In Singapore, we have the infrastructure and community to support many of our caregivers."
Mr Chan was speaking at the inaugural charity cycling event organised by the charity Diabetes Singapore at Sentosa on Saturday morning.
Around 300 cyclists, including para-cyclists, were flagged off by Mr Chan from the Sapphire Pavilion along Siloso Beach.
Cyclists then went on to complete either a 4km or 20km route of their own choosing across Singapore.
About 1,000 cyclists had completed the event's virtual cycle, which started last year.
The event aims to create diabetes awareness and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Diabetes Singapore executive director Satyaprakash Tiwari said the event raised around $100,000 in donations from cyclists and its main sponsor Embecta, a diabetes management company.
"The donations will help subsidise our operation and manpower costs, along with subsidising screening and blood tests for patients so they pay $15 instead of $25," said Mr Tiwari.
The physical cycling event is planned to take place once every two years, with other running and golfing events in the pipeline.
In 2016, Singapore declared a war on diabetes in a bid to tackle the disease.
Statistics in a report of the latest National Population Health Survey published last November showed a slight increase in the prevalence of diabetes for the period of 2019 to 2020.
In that period, the prevalence of diabetes was 9.5 per cent, an increase from 8.8 per cent in 2017. A stable trend was seen after an age adjustment was made.
Citing a study done in 2017, Diabetes Singapore said that by 2025, one in four Singapore residents aged above 21 will have prediabetes, while one in five will have diabetes.
On Saturday, Mr Chan said it is important to start on a right footing at a young age through regular exercise and a healthy diet.
"Once wrong habits are ingrained from a young age, they are hard to change. This is why we want to start our children on proper exercise and diet. These two are fundamental to (preventing) any health issues... so we want to inculcate such positive habits into our young minds as soon as possible," said Mr Chan.
It is also never too late to make lifestyle changes, regardless of one's age, he added.
He said: "Even when we're much older, we can still get our diet right and get our exercise in."
Supporting caregivers of diabetic patients paramount in war against the disease: Chan Chun Sing
SINGAPORE - Singapore has the infrastructure and community to support caregivers of diabetic patients in the nation's war on diabetes, said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing on Saturday (May 14).
While it is important to care for diabetic patients, it is even more important to support their caregivers as without them, patients cannot be cared for, said Mr Chan, who is co-chair of the Diabetes Prevention and Care Taskforce.
"If the caregiver of the diabetic patient goes down, we will have two patients on our hands rather than one," he said.
"And I have a simple message to our caregivers - that is, simply, you're never alone. In Singapore, we have the infrastructure and community to support many of our caregivers."
Mr Chan was speaking at the inaugural charity cycling event organised by the charity Diabetes Singapore at Sentosa on Saturday morning.
Around 300 cyclists, including para-cyclists, were flagged off by Mr Chan from the Sapphire Pavilion along Siloso Beach.
Cyclists then went on to complete either a 4km or 20km route of their own choosing across Singapore.
About 1,000 cyclists had completed the event's virtual cycle, which started last year.
The event aims to create diabetes awareness and promote a healthy lifestyle.
Diabetes Singapore executive director Satyaprakash Tiwari said the event raised around $100,000 in donations from cyclists and its main sponsor Embecta, a diabetes management company.
"The donations will help subsidise our operation and manpower costs, along with subsidising screening and blood tests for patients so they pay $15 instead of $25," said Mr Tiwari.
The physical cycling event is planned to take place once every two years, with other running and golfing events in the pipeline.
In 2016, Singapore declared a war on diabetes in a bid to tackle the disease.
Statistics in a report of the latest National Population Health Survey published last November showed a slight increase in the prevalence of diabetes for the period of 2019 to 2020.
In that period, the prevalence of diabetes was 9.5 per cent, an increase from 8.8 per cent in 2017. A stable trend was seen after an age adjustment was made.
Citing a study done in 2017, Diabetes Singapore said that by 2025, one in four Singapore residents aged above 21 will have prediabetes, while one in five will have diabetes.
On Saturday, Mr Chan said it is important to start on a right footing at a young age through regular exercise and a healthy diet.
"Once wrong habits are ingrained from a young age, they are hard to change. This is why we want to start our children on proper exercise and diet. These two are fundamental to (preventing) any health issues... so we want to inculcate such positive habits into our young minds as soon as possible," said Mr Chan.
It is also never too late to make lifestyle changes, regardless of one's age, he added.
He said: "Even when we're much older, we can still get our diet right and get our exercise in."
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Keechiu pleased to meet guests from Thailand.
Always a pleasure meeting our honoured guests from Thailand.
Singapore
and Thailand
share excellent and multi-faceted bilateral ties. Strong economic links and robust defence ties are key pillars of our relationship.
With Tan Kiat How, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul and Minister of Transport Saksayam Chidchob.
Chan Chun Sing
1 hr ·Always a pleasure meeting our honoured guests from Thailand.
Singapore
Chan Chun Sing
1 hr ·With Tan Kiat How, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health Anutin Charnvirakul and Minister of Transport Saksayam Chidchob.
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1 hr ·With Thai Minister of Labour Suchart Chomklin and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand Chutintorn Gongsakdi.
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Keechiu talks to NJC students.
Will we still be called Singaporeans in 2065? If so, how will we define success for ourselves come SG100?
Struck by the tremendous energy of our National Junior College Singapore students. A really active and fun group of sensible young people!
At a dialogue with them this afternoon, we discussed how Singapore and Singaporeans can continue to thrive in an increasingly uncertain world, as well as how we can better seize and create even more opportunities for our future generations.
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4 hrs ·Will we still be called Singaporeans in 2065? If so, how will we define success for ourselves come SG100?
Struck by the tremendous energy of our National Junior College Singapore students. A really active and fun group of sensible young people!
At a dialogue with them this afternoon, we discussed how Singapore and Singaporeans can continue to thrive in an increasingly uncertain world, as well as how we can better seize and create even more opportunities for our future generations.
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Keechiu is happy for Everton. 
Phew…3-2 to Everton…
Survived and secured a 69th consecutive top-flight season.
Didn’t look likely for some time…
Happiness = Delivery minus Expectations?
[The blue half of Merseyside is happy now. Over to the red half for this weekend.
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Chan Chun Sing
14 hrs ·Phew…3-2 to Everton…
Survived and secured a 69th consecutive top-flight season.
Happiness = Delivery minus Expectations?
[The blue half of Merseyside is happy now. Over to the red half for this weekend.
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Keechiu visits Deyi Secondary School.
Sec 1 students at Deyi Secondary School each gets a plant that journeys with them through their years here. They receive it during orientation, and one of their activities is to personalise their upcycled plastic pots.
This potted plant will stay with them until they graduate. Students will have to care for their plant and contribute to its growth – ensuring that it has enough water and sunlight. It’s a constant reminder for students to care and contribute to their own learning in their time here.
This culture of care and contribution is evident throughout Deyi. I got to visit Frenmily@Deyi, a unique semi-outdoor pavilion space, where students spend time with friends after school relaxing, playing board games, reading, or crafting. The school community of teachers and admin staff contributes their crafting skills such as pottery and weaving. Vice Principal Mdm Tan taught them how to sew, and parent volunteers guided students to make balloon sculptures and Vietnamese spring rolls.
For the school’s upcoming carnival in July, students are making 1,000 macrame band keychains and dream catchers to be sold, and will donate the proceeds to charity!
The school also keeps their alumni close. Azlan, the marching band’s drum major, learnt his skills from his seniors. Alumni return weekly to train their band juniors, passing skills down, from batch to batch.
Thank you Deyi for showing us what care and contribution can look like
#ourschoolstories
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14 hrs ·Sec 1 students at Deyi Secondary School each gets a plant that journeys with them through their years here. They receive it during orientation, and one of their activities is to personalise their upcycled plastic pots.
This potted plant will stay with them until they graduate. Students will have to care for their plant and contribute to its growth – ensuring that it has enough water and sunlight. It’s a constant reminder for students to care and contribute to their own learning in their time here.
This culture of care and contribution is evident throughout Deyi. I got to visit Frenmily@Deyi, a unique semi-outdoor pavilion space, where students spend time with friends after school relaxing, playing board games, reading, or crafting. The school community of teachers and admin staff contributes their crafting skills such as pottery and weaving. Vice Principal Mdm Tan taught them how to sew, and parent volunteers guided students to make balloon sculptures and Vietnamese spring rolls.
For the school’s upcoming carnival in July, students are making 1,000 macrame band keychains and dream catchers to be sold, and will donate the proceeds to charity!
The school also keeps their alumni close. Azlan, the marching band’s drum major, learnt his skills from his seniors. Alumni return weekly to train their band juniors, passing skills down, from batch to batch.
Thank you Deyi for showing us what care and contribution can look like
#ourschoolstories
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