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"Future leaders must serve with dedication and humility: President Halimah
"Future leaders must serve with dedication and humility: President Halimah
SoINGAPORE: As future leaders, President's Scholars have the responsibility to lead fellow Singaporeans in introducing innovative solutions and implementing practical policies to tackle tomorrow's challenges, President Halimah Yacob said as she presented the scholarship to five recipients at the Istana on Thursday (Aug 16) evening .
“To do this, you must remain closely connected to the ground, and serve with dedication and humility. The Public Service can only succeed if it is built on trust; trust that public officers will uphold Singapore’s best interests," she said.
"We must serve with empathy, and put the needs of others before ourselves,” she added.
The President’s scholarship is the highest accolade to be given to an undergraduate, and is typically awarded to students with a strong ethos for public service.
It is awarded in addition to another public sector scholarship, such as the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Scholarship, Singapore Police Force (SPF) Scholarship and the Public Service Commission (PSC) Scholarship.
This year's recipients are SPF scholars Inspector Alden Tan and Inspector Stefan Liew, SAF scholar Officer Cadet Sharmaine Koh and PSC scholars Penny Shi and Tan Xin Hwee."
I m glad that she did not mention that the recipients need to make at least a million before they can truly be considered "good calibre people" fit for ministerial posts!
Actually, come to think of it, their masters, the gov, can actually adjust their pay to more than a million so that they can join politics after public services, meaning civil services!! That would be PERFECT!!
Or maybe they just focused to be "paid higher than the minister" civil servants n forget abt being a minister?
Good luck to these young Presidential Scholars!!
ps: Let's see how the Chinese deal with Dr M in his coming visit when he will treat some of the contracts like he is treating Sgp!!
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