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A President's Scholar is a recipient of the academic scholarship awarded by the Government of Singapore annually, to pursue undergraduate education at a university, usually abroad. The scholarship is considered to be the most prestigious public undergraduate scholarship in Singapore awarded to students of Singaporean nationality.
The SAF Scholarship, formerly known as the SAF Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS), is a scholarship conferred by the Public Service Commission (PSC). The scholarship is second in prestige to the President's Scholarship. Scholars are groomed for the highest levels of command and management in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and beyond.
The PSC also retains two key non-constitutional roles. It considers the suitability of candidates for appointment as chief executive officers of statutory boards ; it is also responsible for the planning and administration of scholarships provided by the Government of Singapore .
The Civil Service was inherited from the British system. Since Singapore's independence in 1965, the Civil Service has been closely tied with the governing People's Action Party (PAP). [6] [7] One of the ways by which the service recruits Singaporeans is through the competitive Public Service Commission (PSC) Scholarship.
Lee was educated at Nanyang Primary School and Catholic High School—where he played clarinet in the school band, [7] and National Junior College before he was awarded the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1971 by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to study mathematics at Trinity College, University of ...
Menon was educated at Raffles Institution before graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1987 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in economics. [1] [2]In 1993, he went on to obtain a Master of Public Administration degree from the Harvard Kennedy School under a scholarship awarded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Lawrence Wong. Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai[b] (born 18 December 1972) is a Singaporean politician, economist and former civil servant who has been serving as the fourth prime minister of Singapore since 2024 and the minister for finance since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP ...
Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment. Chan Chun Sing (Chinese: 陈振声; pinyin: Chén Zhènshēng; born 9 October 1969) [1] is a Singaporean politician and former major-general who has been serving as Minister for Education since 2021 and Minister-in-charge of Public Service since 2018. [2]