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Public Service Commission (Singapore)
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has a constitutional role to appoint, confirm, promote, transfer, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over public officers in Singapore. It is constituted under Part IX of the Constitution of Singapore. 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. Members are appointed by the president, in consultation with the prime minister. Appointments List of chairmen See also * Organisation of the Government of Singapore * Statutory boards of the Government of Singapore * Singapore Civil Service * President's Scholar * The SAF Scholarship References External linksOfficial website of the Public Service Commission, Singapore {{Authority control Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only in Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Han Hoe
Sir Han Hoe Lim (; 27 April 1894 – 23 March 1983) was a Singaporean physician and politician. Education Lim was educated at Chung Cheng High School (Main), Chung Cheng High School, Saint Andrew's School, Singapore, St Andrew's School, Raffles Institution before enrolling into National University of Singapore, King Edward VII College of Medicine. He subsequently went to study medicine in the United Kingdom, graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1918. Career After graduation, Lim worked at St Andrew's Hospital in Scotland for a year. He was subsequently appointed as ship's surgeon by the China Mutual Steamship Company before returning to Singapore, to start his general practice. Lim was the chairman of the city's Straits Chinese British Association from 1930 to 1932, municipal commissioner of the City Council of Singapore, Municipal Commission, a Justice of the Peace, as well as a member of numeral public bodies like the Chinese Advisory Board and the Education Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship
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. They will generally do another post-graduate degree in Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Public Administration (MPA) or Master of Public Policy (MPP) overseas in the middle of their careers to prepare themselves for appointments beyond the SAF. Upon graduation, scholars go through different tour of duty from other cadet officers. Selection The scholarship is awarded to outstanding officer cadets with excellent A-Level or IB Diploma results, impressive co-curricular activities and outstanding performance in the Officer Cadet School (OCS). Candidates must also graduate from Basic Military Training (BMT) with an acceptable leadership score ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President's Scholar
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. All recipients have legal obligation to serve a bond—in the form of a public service career for a certain period of time, usually ranging from 4 to 6 years, after completing his or her studies in the university. Shortlisted candidates are interviewed by a selection committee chaired by the Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Singapore. The President's Scholarship by itself does not award any money or lead to any particular career in public service. As such, it is generally paired with another scholarship, which could be either of the following: * The SAF Scholarship * The SPF Scholarship * The PSC Scholarship History The Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organisation Of The Government Of Singapore
The Government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore. Ministries are led by a member of the Cabinet and deal with state matters that require direct political oversight. The member of the Cabinet heading the ministry is known as the minister, who is supported by a junior minister known as minister of state in Singapore. The administrative management of the ministry is led by a senior civil servant known as permanent secretary. Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) Committees/Councils * Hindu Advisory Board * Hindu Endowments Board * National Integration Council * Sikh Advisory Board Departments/Divisions * Arts and Heritage Division * Charities Unit * Community Relations and Engagement Division * Corporate Communications Division * Development and Corporate Administration Division * Human Resource and Organisation Development * Information Technology Division * Internal Audit Division * Legal Unit * National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Teo
Eddie Teo Chan Seng () is a Singaporean civil servant who has been serving as Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers since 2019. Education A President's Scholar, Teo graduated from the University of Oxford in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE). He subsequently went to complete a Master of Science degree in international relations at the London School of Economics in 1974. Career Teo joined the Security and Intelligence Division (SID) in 1970, before becoming Director in 1979, a post he served until 1994. From 1982 to 1986, he held the position of Internal Security Department (Singapore)#Directors, Director of the Internal Security Department concurrently. He was Permanent Secretary for Defence from 1994 to 2000 and Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office from 1998 to 2005. He was Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia from 2006 to 2008. He served as Chairman of the Public Service Commission from 2008 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phay Seng Whatt
Dr Phay Seng Whatt (died 2009) was the Chairman of Public Service Commission (Singapore), Public Service Commission in Singapore from January 1962 to June 1975. Born in Malaysia, Dr Phay studied at Victoria School and Raffles Institution. Dr Phay distinguished himself in the fair selection, judgement of people and the potential of civil servants at all levels of civil service, especially in the early years of Singapore's statehood. He died on 21 April 2009. References External links Tribute to Dr Phay Seng Whatt Singaporean people of Chinese descent 20th-century Singaporean physicians Singaporean civil servants Victoria School, Singapore alumni Raffles Institution alumni National University of Singapore alumni 2009 deaths Year of birth missing {{Singapore-scientist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yusof Ishak
Yusof bin Ishak (12 August 191023 November 1970) was a Singaporean politician and journalist who served as the first president of Singapore from 1965 until his death in 1970. Prior to becoming head of state, Yusof was a well-known journalist who co-founded ''Utusan Melayu'', a daily newspaper that was in circulation until 9 October 2019. He started journalism after graduating from Raffles Institution in 1929, and joined ''Warta Malaya'', a well-known Malay newspaper company, in 1932. He left the company in 1938 and co-founded ''Utusan Melayu''. Yusof held many appointments within the Singapore Government. He served on the Film Appeal Committee between 1948 and 1950, and was a member of both the Nature Reserves Committee and Malayanisation Commission for a year. In July 1959, he was appointed Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC). He was sworn in on 3 December that year as Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore after the People's Action Party (PAP) won the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Lawson Blythe
Wilfred Lawson Blythe (9 November 1896 – 6 November 1975) was a British colonial administrator who served as the second Colonial Secretary of Singapore from 30 June 1950 to 30 July 1953. Blythe joined Malayan Civil Service as a cadet in 1921 and Chinese Protectorate before rising to the high position of Colonial Secretary of Singapore and retired on 30 July 1953. Education Blythe completed his education at the Birkenhead Institute and Liverpool University. In 1922, Blythe went to Canton to study Cantonese and has also passed his examinations in Cantonese, Hokkien and Malay. Career Blythe joined Malayan Civil Service as a cadet and was attached to Chinese Secretariat at Seremban and then at Kuala Lumpur in 1921. Between 1922 and before the start of Japan occupation in the Malaya and Singapore, Blythe was appointed as Assistant Protector or Protector of Chinese in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang, Johore, Negri Sembilan and Singapore in several instants. While as the assista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Chan
Alan Chan Heng Loon (born 22 February 1953) is a former Singaporean civil servant. He was the former chief executive of the Singapore Press Holdings. Early life Chan was born to a bilingual family fluent in English and Chinese. He studied in Haig Boys School, Raffles Institution and National Junior College. He was awarded the President's Scholarship and French Government Scholarship, and graduated with a Dip Ingenieur from Ecole Nationale de L'Aviation Civile in 1978. He subsequently went to INSEAD and obtained an MBA in 1983. Career After studying in France, Chan worked as a Singapore civil service, civil servant under various Singaporean government ministries. Chan served as the Ministry of Defence’s Director of Manpower. In 1994 Chan successfully applied to be the Principal Private Secretary of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew (as he then was). Thereafter, Chan was appointed as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Strict on making his subordinates speak Chinese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of Singapore
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law of Singapore. A written constitution, the text which took effect on 9 August 1965 is derived from the Constitution of the State of Singapore 1963, provisions of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia made applicable to Singapore by the , and the Republic of Singapore Independence Act itself. The text of the Constitution is one of the legally binding sources of constitutional law in Singapore, the others being judicial interpretations of the Constitution, and certain other statutes. Non-binding sources are influences on constitutional law such as soft law, constitutional conventions, and public international law. In the exercise of its original jurisdiction – that is, its power to hear cases for the first time – the High Court carries out two types of judicial review: judicial review of legislation, and judicial review of administrative acts. Although in a 1980 case the Privy Council held that the fundamenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
