This list of Singapore abbreviations sets out abbreviations that are commonly used in

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, bor ...

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Abbreviations are of three basic kinds: *

Clippings Clipping may refer to: Words * Clipping (morphology), the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. "ad" from "advertisement" * Clipping (phonetics), shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel * Clipping (publications) ...

, in which a shortened form of a word occurs. Common clippings in Singapore are: ''air-con'' (from "air-conditioner"), ''condo'' (from "condominium"), ''sabo'' (from "sabotage"), and ''cert'' (from "certificate"). *

Acronym An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in ''NATO'' (''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''), but sometimes use syllables, as ...

s, in which the initial letters are formed into a single word, such as ''scuba'', which is derived from "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus". Creation of acronyms such as this is rare in Singaporean English, though ''TIBS'' (, "Trans-Island Bus Service") and ''CISCO'' (, "Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation") are found. * Initialisms, in which the individual letters are spelled out. This is by far the most common category in Singapore, including ''PAP'' ("

People's Action Party The People's Action Party (abbreviation: PAP) is a major conservative centre-right political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the opposition Workers' Party (WP) and ...

") and ''PIE'' ("

Pan-Island Expressway The Pan Island Expressway (Abbreviated as: PIE) is the oldest and longest expressway in Singapore. It is also Singapore's longest road. The expressway runs from the East Coast Parkway near Changi Airport in the east to Tuas in the west and ha ...

"), which are pronounced and respectively and never and . Some analysts regard initialisms such as these as one kind of acronym, but others prefer to distinguish between the two categories. Initialisms are extremely common in Singapore, and many have become better known and more widely used than the full form of the words they represent. One example is the

Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital KK Women's and Children's Hospital (abbreviation: KKH) is the largest public hospital specialising in healthcare for women and children in Singapore, located at 100 Bukit Timah Road. From its humble beginnings as a small general hospital in 18 ...

, which is more commonly referred to as ''KKH.'' The most important category of Singapore initialisms are those for government departments and public institutions. Among the earliest examples are ''PUB'' ("Public Utilities Board") and ''HDB'' ("Housing Development Board"). Abbreviations such as these were especially important in the past when most Singaporeans were not educated in English, and their use facilitated communication in the public services where the main administrative language is English. Government departments have therefore promoted the use of these initialisms, so they occur even in non-English publications. Although the younger generation of Singaporeans are now all educated in English, abbreviations remain a major characteristic of Singapore English. There are efforts to maintain some consistency among the initialisms. Three letters are used for government institutions (''PUB'', ''HDB'', ''CPF'', ''MOH'', ''CWO'') and for expressways (''AYE'', ''PIE'', ''KJE''), while two letters are used for polytechnics (''SP'', ''RP''). To maintain this consistency, some abbreviations are not direct initials; for example ''CTE'' is used for "Central Expressway" instead of *''CE'', and ''NP'' is used for "Ngee Ann Polytechnic" instead of *''NAP''. When the Nanyang Technological University (''NTU'') was established in 1991, the name was chosen instead of the alternative "Nanyang University of Technology" because the latter would have resulted in the unsuitable ''NUT''. While Anderson Secondary School has shortened its name to ''ANDSS'' instead of ''ASS''. Recently, there have emerged a number of unconventional abbreviations, such as ''A*STAR'' for ''Agency for Science, Technology and Research''.) When ''SAFTI'' (Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute) was reorganised in 1995, it acquired the name SAFTI Military Institute, further abbreviated as ''SAFTI MI'', which when fully expanded would form a rather awkward title ''Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute Military Institute''.

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*4D -

4-Digits 4-Digits (abbreviation: 4-D) is a lottery in Germany, Singapore, and Malaysia. Individuals play by choosing any number from 0000 to 9999. Then, twenty-three winning numbers are drawn each time. If one of the numbers matches the one that the playe ...

, a Singapore lottery * 5 C's -

5 C's of Singapore "Five Cs of Singapore" — namely, cash, car, credit card, condominium and country club membership — is a phrase used in Singapore to refer to materialism. It was coined as a popular observational joke during the 1990s about the aspirations of ...

: Cash, Car, Credit card, Condominium, Country club * 6 C's - 6 C's of Singapore: Career, Cash, Car, Credit card, Condominium, Country club

A

* A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research * AA - Asian Aerospace * ACS (J) - Anglo-Chinese Junior School * ACM -

Asian Civilisations Museum The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) is an institution which forms a part of the four museums in Singapore, the other three being the Peranakan Museum at Old Tao Nan School, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum. It is ...

* ACPS - Anglo-Chinese Primary School * ACRES - Animal Concerns Research And Research Society * ACS -

Anglo-Chinese School Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) is a family of Methodist schools in Singapore and Indonesia. It was founded in 1886 by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham as an extension of the Methodist Church. Anglo-Chinese School is usually abbreviated as "ACS", wi ...

* ACS(I) - Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) * ACSBR -

Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) is a government-aided boys' secondary school located at Barker Road in Newton, Singapore. It is a member of the Anglo-Chinese family of schools in Singapore. It offers the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level ...

* ACJC -

Anglo-Chinese Junior College Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) is a junior college in Singapore that offers a two-year pre-university programme leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. Established in 1977, Anglo-Chinese Junior College is the j ...

* A & G - Allen & Gledhill, a law firm * AG -

Attorney-General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

* AGC - Attorney-General's Chambers * AHS - Anglican High School * AISS - Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School, Australian International School Singapore * AJ - (''

Pig Latin Pig Latin is a language game or argot in which words in English are altered, usually by adding a fabricated suffix or by moving the onset or initial consonant or consonant cluster of a word to the end of the word and adding a vocalic syllable ...

slang'') Gay (typically male) * AJC - Anderson Junior College (now merged with Serangoon Junior College to form Anderson Serangoon Junior College) * ALL - Animal Lovers League * AMK -

Ang Mo Kio Ang Mo Kio is a planning area and residential town situated in the North-East of Singapore. Located approximately north of the Downtown Core district, Ang Mo Kio is the 3rd most populated planning area in the North-East Region and ranks 8th ...

* AMP - Association of Muslim Professionals *ANDSS - Anderson Secondary School * APP - Assistant Public Prosecutor (see also "DPP" and "PP") * APPLES - Application for Passport On-line Electronic System * AR - Assistant Registrar of the

Supreme Court of Singapore The Supreme Court of Singapore is a set of courts in Singapore, comprising the Court of Appeal of Singapore, Court of Appeal and the High Court of Singapore, High Court. It hears both civil and criminal matters. The Court of Appeal hears both ...

*ASRJC - Anderson Serangoon Junior College * AWARE - Association of Women for Action and Research * AWWA - Asian Women Welfare Association * AY - Academic Year * AYE - Ayer Rajah Expressway

B

* BB -

Boys' Brigade The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international interdenominational Christian youth organisation, conceived by the Scottish businessman Sir William Alexander Smith to combine drill and fun activities with Christian values. Following its inception ...

* BBSS -

Bukit Batok Secondary School Bukit Batok Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school in Bukit Batok, Singapore. History Bukit Batok Secondary School was first opened in 1986, housed in a S$8.2 million campus at the junction of Bukit Batok West Avenues 3 a ...

*BC - Birth Certificate * BCA -

Building and Construction Authority The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore. It was established on 1 April 1999 through the merger of the Construction Industry Development Board ...

* BCM - Bus Contracting Model * BBDC - Bukit Batok Driving Centre * BBFA - ('' internet slang'') Bui Bui Forever Alone * BBT - Bukit Batok / Bubble Tea * BDK - Bedok * BDS -

Bedok South Secondary School Bedok South Secondary School (BDS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Bedok, Singapore. It is one of eight schools to be selected for the Ministry of Education's 'Teach Less, Learn More' programmes. History BDS was established in ...

* BF - Buddhist Fellowship (Singapore) * BGR - (''slang'') boy-girl relationship * BJ - Bugis Junction * BKE - Bukit Timah Expressway * BMT -

Basic Military Training Military recruit training, commonly known as basic training or boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of new military personnel. It is a physically and psychologically intensive process, which resocializes its subjects for the unique deman ...

* BPGHS -

Bukit Panjang Government High School Bukit Panjang Government High School (BPGHS) is a co-educational government autonomous secondary school in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. History BPGHS was formed in 1960 with the merging of Bukit Panjang Secondary School and Chua Chu Kang Governme ...

* BPLRT -

Bukit Panjang LRT Line The Bukit Panjang LRT line (BPLRT) is a automated guideway transit line in Bukit Panjang, Singapore. The BPLRT is the only LRT line operated by SMRT Trains. As the name suggests, it serves 13 stations in the neighbourhood of Bukit Panjang and ...

* BPP - Bukit Panjang Plaza * BPT - Basic Police Training * BPJ -

Bukit Panjang Bukit Panjang is a planning area and residential town located in the West Region of Singapore. A portion of this town is situated on a low-lying elongated hill. The planning area is bounded by Bukit Batok to the west, Choa Chu Kang to the no ...

* BRT - Basic Rescue Training * BSEP - Bus Service Enhancement Programme * BTO - Build To Order (HDB) * BTS - Baptist Theological Seminary * BTT - Basic Theory Test * BTYSS -

Beatty Secondary School Beatty Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It was established in 1953 along Beatty Road and moved to its current site in Toa Payoh in 1982. It educates deaf students who must use sign languag ...

* BVSS - Buona Vista Secondary School * BWSS -

Bowen Secondary School Bowen Secondary School (BWSS) is a government school at Lorong Napiri, off Yio Chu Kang road in Hougang, Singapore. History Bowen Secondary School started in 1982 in the town of Ang Mo Kio. On 4 December 1999, Bowen moved to new premises al ...

C

* CAAS -

Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is Singapore's civil aviation authority and a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of the Government of Singapore. Its head office is located on the fourth storey of Singapore Chang ...

* CBD - Central Business District * CBP -

Changi Business Park The Changi Business Park (Abbreviation: CBP; ms, Taman Perniagaan Changi; Chinese: 樟宜商业园; ta, சாங்கி பிஸினஸ் பார்க்) is a business park located in Changi South, in the eastern part of Singapore. ...

* CBPU - Central Building Plan Unit * CCA -

Co-curricular activity In Singapore, a co-curricular activity (CCA), previously known as an extracurricular activity (ECA), is a non-academic activity that all students must undertake as part of their education. Introduced by the Ministry of Education (MOE), CCAs ar ...

* CCC - Chinese Chamber of Commerce; Citizen's Consultative Committee * CCHS - Chung Cheng High School * CCK - Choa Chu Kang * CCL or CC - Circle MRT line * CCR - Core Central Region * CDAC - Chinese Development Assistance Council * CDC -

Community Development Council The Community Development Council (CDC; ms, Majlis Pembangunan Masyarakat; zh, 社区发展理事会; ta, சமூக மேம்பாட்டு மன்றம்) is a government-led programme to organise grassroot organisations and comm ...

* CEPAS - Contactless e-Purse Application System * CHC - City Harvest Church * CHIJ -

Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus The Sisters of the Infant Jesus, also known as the Dames of Saint Maur, are a religious institute of the Catholic Church originating from Paris, France and dedicated to teaching. History Origins In 1659 Barré, who was a respected scholar ...

* CHS -

Catholic High School, Singapore Catholic High School (CHS) is a government-aided autonomous Catholic boys' school in Bishan, Singapore, founded in 1935 by a French missionary, Reverend Father Edward Becheras. One of the Special Assistance Plan schools in Singapore, it has a pri ...

* CNB -

Central Narcotics Bureau The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Home Affairs and the primary drug enforcement agency in Singapore. CNB is responsible for coordinating all matters pertaining to drug eradication. Its current direct ...

* CID -

Criminal Investigation Department The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is the branch of a police force to which most plainclothes detectives belong in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth nations. A force's CID is distinct from its Special Branch (though officers of b ...

* CIP - Community Involvement Project (now replaced by "VIA") * CIQ - Custom & Immigration Quarantine * CIS - Corporate Individual Scheme * CJ - Chief Justice * CJC -

Catholic Junior College Catholic Junior College (CJC) () is a junior college in Singapore, offering a two-year course for pre-university students leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. Founded in 1975, Catholic Junior College was the third ju ...

* CMC - Chinese Media & Communication * CMPB -

Central Manpower Base Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center (disambiguation), center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa ...

*CNA -

Channel NewsAsia CNA (stylised as cna), which is an acronym derived from its previous name, Channel NewsAsia, is a Singaporean multinational news channel owned by the country's national public broadcaster Mediacorp. It broadcasts free-to-air domestically in Si ...

* COE -

Certificate of Entitlement The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) is the quota licence for owning a vehicle in the city-state of Singapore. The licence is obtained from a successful winning bid in an open bid uniform price auction which grants the legal right of the holde ...

* CPF -

Central Provident Fund The Central Provident Fund Board (CPFB), commonly known as the CPF Board or simply the Central Provident Fund (CPF), is a compulsory comprehensive savings and pension plan for working Singaporeans and permanent residents primarily to fund thei ...

* CPIB -

Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is a government agency in Singapore under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The CPIB has the mandate to investigate into any acts or forms of corruption in the public and private sectors in Sing ...

* CRL - Cross Island MRT line * CS - Century Square * CSC - Community Sports Club * CSM - City Square Mall * CTE - Central Expressway *CTSS -

Clementi Town Secondary School Clementi Town Secondary School (CTSS) is a government secondary school located in Clementi, Singapore, founded in the 1980s. History The school was officially opened on 22 July 1982 by the then-Member for Parliament of Clementi Bernard Chen Tien ...

* CWO - Corrective Work Order * CWP -

Causeway Point Causeway Point is the seventh largest suburban shopping mall in Singapore. It is operated by Frasers Property. Causeway Point is located in the town centre of Woodlands, a town in the North of Singapore. Completed in 1998, it is located beside ...

* CWS - Cat Welfare Society

D

* D & D - Dinner & Dance, a function usually organised annually by companies * D & N - Drew & Napier LLC, a law firm * DART -

Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team The Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) is the elite unit of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) that specialises in complex incidents such as technical rescue, urban search and rescue, Search and rescue, water rescue operations and pr ...

* DBS - Development Bank of Singapore (now known as DBS Bank) * DBSS -

Design, Build and Sell Scheme Design, Build and Sell Scheme (abbreviation: DBSS) was introduced by the Housing and Development Board in 2005. Flats built under the scheme were meant for public housing and developed by private developers. They were built with supposedly better d ...

* DHS -

Dunman High School Dunman High School (DHS) is a co-educational government autonomous secondary school located in Kallang, Singapore, offering the Integrated Programme and the Special Assistance Plan (SAP). It was originally located in West Kallang. Since adopt ...

* DJ - District Judge * DMN - Dunman Secondary School * DPP - Deputy Public Prosecutor (see also "APP" and "PP") or Direct Entry Scheme to Polytechnic Programme (via ITE) * DR - Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court or the Subordinate Courts of Singapore * DSO - Defence Science Organisation * DSTA - Defence Science and Technology Agency * DTE - Downtown East * DTL or DT - Downtown MRT line

E

* EC -

Executive Condominium Public housing in Singapore is subsidised, built and managed by the Government of Singapore. Starting in the 1930s, the country's first public housing was built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) in a similar fashion to contemporaneous ...

* ECP -

East Coast Park East Coast Park is a beach and a park encompassing Marine Parade, Bedok and Tampines, along the southeastern coast of Singapore. It was opened in the 1970s, after the Singapore government had completed reclaiming land off the coast at Katon ...

East Coast Parkway The East Coast Parkway (Abbreviation: ECP) is an expressway that runs along the southeastern coast of Singapore. The expressway is approximately in length, and connects Singapore Changi Airport in the east to the Benjamin Sheares Bridge, in ...

* EDB -

Economic Development Board The Economic Development Board (EDB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Government of Singapore that plans and executes strategies to sustain Singapore as a leading global hub for business and investment. Hi ...

* EDP - Endeavour Primary School * eGAP - eGovernment Action Plan *EJC -

Eunoia Junior College Eunoia Junior College (EJC) is a junior college in Singapore which offers Integrated Programme (IP) with Catholic High School, Singapore Chinese Girls' School and CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School. It is located in Bishan, close to Bright Hill MR ...

*EP - Employment Pass or Exit Permit * ERP -

Electronic Road Pricing The Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system is an electronic toll collection scheme adopted in Singapore to manage traffic by way of road pricing, and as a usage-based taxation mechanism to complement the purchase-based Certificate of Entitlem ...

* EWL or EW -

East West MRT line The East West line (EWL) is a high-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line operated by SMRT in Singapore, running from Pasir Ris station in the east to Tuas Link station in the west, with an additional branch between Changi Airport and Tana ...

* EFSS -

Edgefield Secondary School Edgefield Secondary School (EFSS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Punggol, Singapore. History Mr Leong Kok Kee was assigned to Edgefield Secondary School as the Principal in 2011 by the Ministry of Education (Singapore), Minist ...

F

* FAS - Financial Assistance Scheme * FAS - Football Association of Singapore * FCBC - Faith Community Baptist Church * FG - Filmgarde Cineplexes * FHSS -

Fuhua Secondary School Jurong West is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the West Region, Singapore, West Region of Singapore. Jurong West shares Wiktionary:boundary, boundaries with Tengah, Singapore, T ...

* FMSS - Fairfield Methodist Secondary School * FMPS or FFP - Fairfield Methodist Primary School * FTT - Final Theory Test * FT - Foreign Talent

G

* GAD - Go and Die * GAS - Go-Ahead Singapore * GB -

Girls' Brigade The Girls' Brigade is an international, interdenominational Christian youth organisation. It was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland. The modern organization was formed as the result of the amalgamation of three like-minded and similarly structu ...

* GBTB - Gardens by the Bay * GCE -

General Certificate of Education The General Certificate of Education (GCE) is a subject-specific family of academic qualifications used in awarding bodies in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Crown dependencies and a few Commonwealth countries. For some time, the Scottish e ...

* GCM - Government Contracting Model (now replaced by Bus Contracting Model) * GCT -

Goh Chok Tong Goh Chok Tong (; born 20 May 1941) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1990 and 2004, and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party between 1992 and 2004. He was the Member of Parliament (M ...

* GE - Great Eastern * GEP - Gifted Education Programme * GIS - Global Indian School * GP - Gladiolus Place * GRC - Group representation constituency * GSS - Great Singapore Sale * GST - Goods and Services Tax * GV - Golden Village * GWA -

GEMS World Academy GEMS World Academy (Dubai) is an international Independent school, private school, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE. The school is managed by GEMS Education. Founded in 2007, it follows the International Baccalaureate Curriculum, and ...

* GWC -

Great World City Great World, formerly known as Great World City, is a mixed-used development consisting of a 6-storey shopping mall, two 18-storey office towers and a 35-storey serviced apartment tower in the Central Area of Singapore. Located between Kim Seng ...

* GYSS - Guangyang Secondary School

H

* HCI -

Hwa Chong Institution Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) is an independent secondary educational institution in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Formed by the merger of The Chinese High School (1919–2004) and Hwa Chong Junior College (1974–2005) in 2005, it provides secondary edu ...

* HCJC -

Hwa Chong Junior College The Hwa Chong Junior College () was a junior college in Singapore offering pre-university education. The school merged with The Chinese High School on 1 January 2005 to form the integrated Hwa Chong Institution. History Founding Hwa Chong Jun ...

(now merged with The Chinese High School to form

) * HDB -

Housing Development Board The Housing & Development Board (HDB) (; ms, Lembaga Perumahan dan Pembangunan; ta, வீடமைப்பு வளர்ச்சிக் கழகம்) or often referred to as the Housing Board, is a statutory board under the M ...

* HEB - Hindu Endowments Board * HG -

Hougang Hougang is a planning area and mature residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town is the most populous in the region, being home to 247,528 residents as of 2018. Hougang planning area is bordered by Sengkang to th ...

* HOGC - Heart of God Church * HIP -

Home Improvement Programme The Home Improvement Programme (HIP) is a programme announced by HDB, during the National Day Rally in August 2007 that replaced the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP). The HIP offers lessees a choice on the works they want to be included in the upg ...

* HPB - Health Promotion Board * HPPS - Henry Park Primary School * HS -

Hougang Secondary School Hougang is a planning area and mature residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town is the most populous in the region, being home to 247,528 residents as of 2018. Hougang planning area is bordered by Sengkang to the ...

* HSA - Health Sciences Authority *HYSS -

Hua Yi Secondary School Hua Yi Secondary School (abbreviation: HYSS) is a government secondary school located in Jurong West, Singapore. Founded in 1956 as Hua Yi Government Chinese Middle School. School history Formerly known as Hua Yi Government Chinese Middle School ...

*HSCS -

Hai Sing Catholic School Hai Sing Catholic School (HSC) is a co-educational government-aided Catholic secondary school in Pasir Ris, Singapore. Founded by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) sisters in 1959, it is affiliated to Catholic Junior College. The school ha ...

I

* IC - Identity health, ''In charge'' or Identification Certificate/Card * ICBC - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China * ICA - Immigration & Checkpoints Authority * ICS - International Community School of Singapore * IDA -

Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is a statutory board under the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). History Following the passing of the Info-communications Media Development Authority Bill in Parliame ...

* IJC -

Innova Junior College Yishun Innova Junior College (YIJC) is one of the 14 junior colleges in Singapore, offering two-year pre-university programmes for students who graduate from secondary schools after their O-level examinations. The two-year A-Level programme pre ...

(now merged with Yishun Junior College to form Yishun Innova Junior College) *IMDA - Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore *IMH - Institute of Mental Health * IO - Investigation Officer * IP -

Integrated Programme The Integrated Programme (IP) is a scheme that allows high-performing students in secondary schools in Singapore to skip the GCE Ordinary Level (O-Level) examination (typically taken by students at the end of their fourth or fifth year in secon ...

* IPPT - Individual Physical Proficiency Test * IR - Integrated Resort * IRO - Inter-Religious Organisation of Singapore * ISA - Internal Security Act * ISD - Internal Security Department * ITE -

Institute of Technical Education The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established by the Ministry of Education, it was formerly known as Vocational ...

* IUP - Interim Upgrading Programme

J

* J - Judge (''plural'': JJ) * J8 - Junction 8 Shopping Centre * JA - Judge of Appeal (''plural'': JJA) * JB - Johor Bahru * JC - Judicial Commissioner or ''Junior College'' * JCA - Jewel Changi Airport * JBJ - Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam * JEM - Jurong East Mall * JEMP - Jurong East Modification Project * JJC -

Jurong Junior College Jurong Junior College (JJC) was a junior college located in Jurong West, Singapore. It was the ninth junior college to be established by the Ministry of Education of Singapore. History Jurong Junior College was first situated at West Coast ...

(now merged with Pioneer Junior College to form Jurong Pioneer Junior College) * JP -

Jurong Point Shopping Mall Jurong Point (Chinese:裕廊坊) is a large regional shopping mall in the precinct of Jurong West Central in Jurong West, Singapore. It is next to Boon Lay MRT station and Boon Lay Bus Interchange. It is currently the largest shopping mall in S ...

*JPJC - Jurong Pioneer Junior College * JPS - Jagoh Primary School * JRL or JR -

Jurong Region MRT line The Jurong Region Line (JRL) is a future Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line that will serve the Jurong area and the western part of Singapore. It is one of the two future lines to be elevated in the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. First announced ...

*JSS -

Jurong Secondary School Jurong Secondary School (Abbreviation: JSS) is a government secondary school in Taman Jurong, Singapore. On the request of community leaders, then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew helped to establish the school in 1961 as Jurong Integrated Secondary ...

* JTC - Jurong Town Corporation (now known as JTC Corporation)

K

* KIV - Keep In View; refers to items, documents or papers that should be kept around for later consideration * KJE -

Kranji Expressway The Kranji Expressway (Abbreviation: KJE) in Singapore connects from the BKE in Bukit Panjang and travels south-west to join with the PIE in Jurong West. Construction of the expressway started in 1990 and was completed in 1994. The expressway i ...

* KK -

* KL -

Kuala Lumpur , anthem = ''Maju dan Sejahtera'' , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia , pushpin_map_caption = , coordinates = , sub ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

* KMSPKS - Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery * KPE - Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway * KTPH - Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

L

* LCK - Lim Chu Kang * LCCS - Lutheran Community Care Services * LHL -

Lee Hsien Loong Lee Hsien Loong (; born 10 February 1952) is a Singaporean politician and former brigadier-general who has been serving as Prime Minister of Singapore and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party since 2004. He has been the Member of Par ...

* LKCM - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU * LKY -

Lee Kuan Yew Lee Kuan Yew (16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), born Harry Lee Kuan Yew, often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean lawyer and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Singapore between 1959 and 1990, and Secretary-General o ...

* LRT -

Light Rapid Transit A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. MCS’s trains are usually 1-4 cars, or 1 lig ...

* LTA - Land Transport Authority * LUP -

Lift Upgrading Programme Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) (, ) is a Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) project which upgrades and improves the facilities of the lifts at HDB flats. This project is for housing blocks built before the year 1996, which were built w ...

* LYSS -

Loyang Secondary School Loyang View Secondary School (LVSS / LVS) is a co-educational government secondary school located in Pasir Ris, Singapore. It was formed by the merger of Loyang Secondary School and Greenview Secondary School in 2018. History Loyang Secondary Sc ...

M

* MAH -

Mount Alvernia Hospital Mount Alvernia Hospital is a 319-bed general acute care hospital with tertiary medical capabilities and two multi-disciplinary medical specialist centres in Thomson Road, Singapore. It is the only not-for-profit, private Catholic missionary ho ...

* MAS -

Monetary Authority of Singapore The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is the central bank and financial regulatory authority of Singapore. It administers the various statutes pertaining to money, banking, insurance, securities and the financial sector in general, as well ...

* MBFC -

Marina Bay Financial Centre The Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) is a mixed-use development located along Marina Boulevard and Central Boulevard at the Downtown Core of Singapore. It consists of three office towers, two residential towers and retail space at Marina Bay ...

* MBLM - Marina Bay Link Mall * MBS - Marina Bay Sands * MBSC - Marina Bay Singapore Countdown * MC - Medical Certificate * MCD - Ministry of Community Development (now MCYS) * MCE - Marina Coastal Expressway * MCI -

Ministry of Communications and Information The Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI; ms, Kementerian Perhubungan dan Penerangan; zh, 通讯及新闻部; ta, தொடர்பு, தகவல் அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore respo ...

* MCS -

Methodist Church in Singapore The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) is the church that Methodists in Singapore belong to. The Church has 46 churches island-wide with around 42,000 members, and is the largest mainline Protestant denomination in Singapore. Its current bishop a ...

* MCYS - Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (Singapore) * MDA - Media Development Authority * MDIS - Management Development Institute of Singapore * MENDAKI - Yayasan MENDAKI (formerly the Council for the Education of Muslim Children, now the Council for the Development of Singapore Muslim Community) * MGS -

Methodist Girls' School Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's br ...

* MI - Millennia Institute * MJC - Meridian Junior College (now merged with Tampines Junior College to form Tampines Meridian Junior College) * MJR - Manjusri Secondary School * MINDEF - Ministry of Defence (Singapore) * MINDS - Movement For The Intellectually Disabled Of Singapore * MOE - Ministry of Education (Singapore) * MOF - Ministry of Finance (Singapore) * MOH -

Ministry of Health (Singapore) The Ministry of Health (MOH; ms, Kementerian Kesihatan; zh, 卫生部; ta, சுகாதார அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for managing the public healthcare system in Singapore. Statuto ...

* MOM - Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) * MOS - Minister of State * MRT - Mass Rapid Transit *MSCP - Multi Storey Car Park *MSHS -

Maris Stella High School Maris Stella High School (MSHS) () is a government-aided, all-boys Catholic secondary school with autonomous status. As a full school, it comprises a primary section offering a six-year programme leading up to the Primary School Leaving Exami ...

* MSL -

Marsiling Secondary School Marsiling Secondary School (MSS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Marsiling, Singapore. It was founded in January 2000. MSS is located along Marsiling Road, Singapore, having been temporarily housed at the premises of Woodgrove S ...

* MSS - Meridian Secondary School or

Montfort Secondary School Montfort Secondary School (MSS) is a Catholic school in Hougang, Singapore. Founded in 1916, it is a government-aided secondary education all-boys school. It is one of the seven institutions governed by St Gabriel's Foundation. History H ...

* MUIS - Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Islamic Religious Council of Singapore)

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*NAPS - Ngee Ann Primary School * NAFA -

Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA); (Standard Chinese: 南洋艺术学院; ms, Akademi Seni Halus Nanyang; ta, நன்யாங் அகாடமி ஆஃப் ஃபைன் ஆர்ட்ஸ்) is a publicly-funded post-secondary ar ...

*NAPFA -

National Physical Fitness Award The National Physical Fitness Award (NAPFA) is a standard physical fitness test for Singaporeans as part of Singapore's Sports For Life programme. NAPFA was launched in January 1982 as a standardised assessment of overall fitness for the general ...

* NAS -

National Archives of Singapore The National Archives of Singapore (NAS) ( Malay: ''Arkib Negara Singapura'', Mandarin: 新加坡国家档案馆, Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய காப்பகம்) is the national archives of Singapore. It was f ...

* NCC -

National Cadet Corps (Singapore) The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is a military cadet corps youth organisation supported by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Education. As of 2020, it had a total strength of more than 11,000 members, consisting of officers, cadet offi ...

New Creation Church New Creation Church (), or abbreviated as NCC, is a Christian megachurch in Singapore founded in 1984. It holds services at The Star Performing Arts Centre. It is a non-denominational Christian church, and a member of the National Council of C ...

* NCDCC -

National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (Singapore) The National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC) of Singapore was formed in 2005 and is currently the newest recognised member of the National Uniformed Group. The creation of this Uniformed Group was initiated by the Ministry of Home Affairs in r ...

* NCMP -

Non-constituency Member of Parliament A Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) is a member of an opposition political party in Singapore who, according to the Constitution and Parliamentary Elections Act, is declared to have been elected a Member of Parliament (MP) without c ...

* NCS - National Computer Systems * NCSS - National Council of Social Service * NDP - National Day Parade * NE - National Education * NEA -

National Environment Agency National Environment Agency (NEA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment of the Government of Singapore. NEA is responsible for improving and sustaining clean and green environment in Singapore. Its ...

* NEL or NE - North East MRT line * NETS -

Network for Electronic Transfers Network for Electronic Transfers, colloquially known as NETS, is a Singaporean electronic payment service provider. Founded in 1985, by a consortium of local banks, it aims to establish the debit network and drive the adoption of electronic paym ...

* NHG -

National Healthcare Group The National Healthcare Group (NHG) is a group of healthcare institutions in Singapore. The group was formed in 2000 and operates several hospitals, national specialty centres, and polyclinics. Tan Tock Seng Hospital is the largest hospital i ...

* NHHS -

Nan Hua High School Nan Hua High School (NHHS) () is a coeducational, co-educational government secondary school in Clementi, Singapore, offering the four-year Express course leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level national examination. Founded in 191 ...

* NIE - National Institute of Education * NJC -

National Junior College National Junior College (NJC) is a government junior college located in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Established in 1969, it was the first government junior college in Singapore. NJC offers a two-year course for pre-university students and a six-year ...

* NKF - National Kidney Foundation Singapore * NLB -

National Library Board The National Library Board (NLB) is a statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Communications and Information of the government of Singapore. The board manages the public libraries throughout the country. The national libraries ...

* NMP - Nominated Member of Parliament * NMS -

National Museum of Singapore ms, Muzium Negara Singapura ta, சிங்கப்பூரின் தேசிய அருங்காட்சியகம் , native_name_lang = , logo = , image = 2016 Singapur, Museum Planning Area, Narodowe Muzeum Singapuru (02) ...

* NP -

Ngee Ann Polytechnic Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1963, the polytechnic is renowned for its business programmes. History Ngee An ...

* NPARKS -

National Parks Board The National Parks Board (NParks) is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore. History In November 1989, Minister of National Development, S. Dhanabalan, presented the National Parks Bill ...

* NPCC -

National Police Cadet Corps The National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) is one of the national uniformed group for youths between age 13 to 17 in Singapore. The organisation is supported by the Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational governme ...

* NRIC -

National Registration Identity Card The National Registration Identity Card (NRIC), colloquially known as "IC" ( ms, Kad Pengenalan Pendaftaran Negara; ; ta, அடையாள அட்டை) is the compulsory identity document issued to citizens and permanent residents of S ...

* NRP -

Neighbourhood Renewal Programme The Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP), was introduced by HDB during the National Day Rally in August 2007. It replaced the Interim Upgrading Programme IUP Plus IUP may refer to: * Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a public research unive ...

* NS -

National Service in Singapore National Service (NS) is the national policy in Singapore mandated by statutory law that requires all male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents to serve a period of compulsory service in the uniformed services. It was ...

* NSE -

North–South Expressway (Singapore) The following roads are named North–South Expressway: * North–South Expressway (Malaysia) ** North–South Expressway Central Link * North–South Expressway (Singapore) * North–South Expressway (Vietnam) {{roaddis ...

* NSF - Full-time National Servicemen * NSL or NS -

North South MRT line The North-South line (NSL) is a high-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore, operated by SMRT Corporation. Coloured red on the Singapore rail map, the line is long and serves 27 stations, 11 of which, between the Bishan and M ...

* NSTB - National Science and Technology Board * NTC - National Technical Certificate * NTFGH -

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) is a 700-bed hospital located in Jurong East, Singapore. Named after Singaporean late entrepreneur, Ng Teng Fong, the hospital is part of an integrated development together with the adjoining Jurong Community ...

* NTPS - New Town Primary School * NTU - Nanyang Technological University * NTUC -

National Trade Union Congress The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), also known as the Singapore National Trades Union Congress (SNTUC) internationally, is the sole national trade union centre in Singapore. NTUC is at the heart of the Labour Movement which comprises 59 ...

* NUH -

National University Hospital The National University Hospital (NUH) is a tertiary referral hospital and academic medical centre in Singapore, located in Kent Ridge. It is a 1,160-bed tertiary hospital serving more than 670,000 outpatients and 49,000 inpatients and serves ...

* NUHS -

National University Health System The National University Health System (NUHS) is a group of healthcare institutions in Singapore. The group was formed in 2008 and operates several hospitals, national specialty centres, and polyclinics. The National University Hospital is the la ...

* NUS - National University of Singapore * NUSH or NUSHS -

National University of Singapore High School of Mathematics and Science The NUS High School of Math and Science, also known as NUS High School or NUSH, is a specialised independent high school in Singapore offering a six-year Integrated Programme (IP) leading to the NUS High School Diploma. Its parent university is t ...

* NWC - National Wages Council * NYGH -

Nanyang Girls' High School Nanyang Girls' High School (NYGH) is an independent girls' secondary school in Bukit Timah, Singapore. Founded in 1917, it is one of the oldest schools in the country. NYGH offers a six-year Integrated Programme, which allows students to skip the ...

* NYK - Nanyang Kindergarten * NYP -

Nanyang Polytechnic Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. History Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) was established on 1 April 1992, and enrolled its first ba ...

* NYPS -

Nanyang Primary School This is a list of primary schools in Singapore. Children typically start their primary education in the year they turn seven. Primary education lasts six years, and is compulsory for all Singapore citizens. Primary schools in Singapore are clas ...

* NYJC - Nanyang Junior College

O

* OB - Out of Bounds (see

OB marker An OB marker, short for "out of bounds marker", is used in Singapore to denote what topics are permissible for public discussion. Discussion topics that go beyond the OB marker, are considered to be either societal, cultural or political taboos. ...

) * OBS -

Outward Bound Singapore Outward Bound Singapore (Abbreviation: OBS; ms, Pusat Bina Semangat Singapura; ; ta, சிங்கப்பூர் வெளிப்புற நடவடிக்கை), formerly called Outward Bound School of Singapore (OBSS), is part ...

* OCBC -

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Limited (), often known as OCBC Bank (), is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in OCBC Centre, Singapore. OCBC Bank was born out of the Great Depression t ...

* OCR - Outside of Central Region * OCS - Officer Cadet School (Singapore) * OFS - Overseas Family School * OPSS - Orchid Park Secondary School * ORD - Operationally Ready Date, refers to the date on which a National Serviceman completes his 2-year term of service. * OSS - Outram Secondary School * OUB - Overseas Union Bank * O$P$ - owe money, pay money – used in loan sharks' harassing graffiti.

P

* PA - People's Association * PAP -

* PCK - '' Phua Chu Kang'', a popular TV

sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...

* PDI - Private Driving Instructor * PE -

Physical Education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorat ...

* PES - Physical Employment Status. Pre-enlistment medical categorisation used by the Singapore Armed Forces to determine fitness for combat or non-combat duties * PFP - Polytechnic Foundation Programme * PG or PGL -

Punggol Punggol, alternatively spelled as Ponggol, is a planning area and new town situated on the Tanjong Punggol peninsula in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town directly borders Sengkang to the south and shares riverine boundaries with the ...

*PGP - Prince George's Park Residences, NUS * PHS - Presbyterian High School * PIE - Pan Island Expressway * PJC -

Pioneer Junior College Jurong Pioneer Junior College (JPJC) is a junior college in Singapore offering a two-year pre-university course leading up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examination. The college was formed from the merger of Jurong Junior College ...

(now merged with Jurong Junior College to form Jurong Pioneer Junior College) * PLQ - Paya Lebar Quarter * PLS - Paya Lebar Square * PLU - People Like Us, a gay equality lobby group * POSB - Post Office Savings Bank (now known as POSBank) * PP - Public Prosecutor (see also "APP" and "DPP") or Parkway Parade * PROGRESS - Providing Opportunities through Growth, Remaking Singapore for Success * PS - Plaza Singapura * PSA - Port of Singapore Authority (now known as PSA International) * PSC - Public Service Commission * PSLE -

Primary School Leaving Examination The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) ( Malay: ''Peperiksaan Tamat Sekolah Rendah'', Simplified Chinese: 小学离校考试 x''iǎoxué lí xiào kǎoshì'') is a national examination in Singapore that is administered by the Ministry of E ...

* PSP -

Progress Singapore Party The Progress Singapore Party (abbreviation: PSP) is a centre-left political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and opposition ...

* PSR -

Pasir Ris Pasir Ris is a planning area and residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. It is bordered by Tampines and Paya Lebar to the south, Sengkang to the southwest and Changi to the east. The planning area also shares riverine boun ...

* PUB -

Public Utilities Board The Public Utilities Board (PUB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment of the Government of Singapore responsible for ensuring a sustainable and efficient water supply in Singapore. The PUB regulates an ...

* PWD -

Public Works Department This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure. See also * Public works * Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang ...

* PR -

Permanent resident Permanent residency is a person's legal resident status in a country or territory of which such person is not a citizen but where they have the right to reside on a permanent basis. This is usually for a permanent period; a person with suc ...

* PT - Practical Test or

Physical Training Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities. Physical fitness is generally achieved through proper nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical ...

* PDL - Provisional Driving Licence * PLMGPS - Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Primary) * PLMGSS - Paya Lebar Methodist Girls' School (Secondary)

Q

* QDL - Qualified Driving Licence *QPS - Qihua Primary School

R

* R & T - Rajah & Tann, a law firm * RC - Residents' Committee * RCR - Rest of Central Region * RCS - Radio Corporation of Singapore * RCY - Singapore Red Cross Youth * REP - Renaissance Engineering Programme * RGPS -

Raffles Girls' Primary School This is a list of primary schools in Singapore. Children typically start their primary education in the year they turn seven. Primary education lasts six years, and is compulsory for all Singapore citizens. Primary schools in Singapore are clas ...

* RGS - Raffles Girls' School * RI -

Raffles Institution Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both ...

* RJ or RJC -

Raffles Junior College The Raffles Junior College (RJC) was a junior college in Singapore offering pre-university education. The college was founded in 1982, following a separation from the pre-university section of Raffles Institution (RI). Raffles Junior College ...

* RMPS -

Radin Mas Primary School This is a list of primary schools in Singapore. Children typically start their primary education in the year they turn seven. Primary education lasts six years, and is compulsory for all Singapore citizens. Primary schools in Singapore are clas ...

* ROM -

Registry of Marriages The Registry of Marriages (ROM) is a government agency in Singapore that administers all marriages carried out in the country and solemnises civil marriages. Overview Marriage records in Singapore date back to the year 1875. On 15 September 1961, C ...

* RP -

Republic Polytechnic Republic Polytechnic (RP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education (Singapore), Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 2002, it is the first and only Polytechnic (Si ...

* RRP - Recommended retail price * RS - Rosyth School * RSAF - Republic of Singapore Air Force * RSN - Republic of Singapore Navy *RSS - Riverside Secondary School or Republic of Singapore Ship * RWS - Resorts World Sentosa * RVHS - River Valley High School, Singapore *RVRC - Ridge View Residential College, NUS

S

* SAF - Singapore Armed Forces * SAFRA -

SAFRA National Service Association SAFRA National Service Association is an organisation that was formed as a social and recreational club for National Servicemen from the Singapore Armed Forces. It was originally formed in 1972 as the "Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association" ...

* SAJC - St Andrew's Junior College * SAL - Singapore Academy of Law * SAM -

Singapore Art Museum The Singapore Art Museum (Abbreviation: SAM) is an art museum is located in the Downtown Core district of Singapore. It is the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important public co ...

* SANA - Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association * SAP -

Special Assistance Plan The Special Assistance Plan (SAP; ) is a programme in Singapore introduced in 1979 which caters to academically strong students who excel in both their mother tongue as well as English. It is available only in selected primary and secondary school ...

* SAR - Senior Assistant Registrar of the

* SAS - Singapore American School * SAWL - Singapore Association of Women Lawyers *SBF - Singapore Buddhist Federation * SBI - State Bank of India * SBM - Singapore Buddhist Mission * SBS or SBST - SBS Transit * SBW -

Sembawang Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Jo ...

* SBYM - Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission * SC -

Senior Counsel The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. "Senior Counsel" is used in current or former Commonwealth countries or jurisdictio ...

* SChO - Singapore Chemistry Olympiad * SCDF -

Singapore Civil Defence Force The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is an uniformed organisation in Singapore under the Ministry of Home Affairs that provides emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, and emergency medical services, and coordinates nati ...

* SCGS - Singapore Chinese Girls' School * SCS - Specialist Cadet School or Science Centre Singapore or Singapore Computer Systems * SDA -

Singapore Democratic Alliance The Singapore Democratic Alliance (abbreviation: SDA) is a political coalition between the National Solidarity Party (NSP) and Singapore Justice Party (SJP) in Singapore. History Prior to the founding in 2001, then-opposition Member of Par ...

* SDJ - Senior District Judge * SDP - Singapore Democratic Party * SDU -

Social Development Unit The Social Development Network (SDN), formerly of Social Development Unit (SDU) and Social Development Service (SDS), is a governmental body under the Ministry of Social and Family Development of Singapore. It works closely with the community and ...

* SERS -

Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme, or SERS for short, is an urban redevelopment strategy employed by the Housing and Development Board in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city-state. Lau ...

* SFC - SkillsFuture Credit * SFI - Singapore Food Industries * SG - Solicitor-General * SGH -

Singapore General Hospital Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is an academic health science centre and tertiary referral hospital in Singapore. It is located next to the Bukit Merah and Chinatown districts of the Central Region, close to the Outram Community Hospital (OC ...

* SGSS - Serangoon Garden Secondary School * SGX - Singapore Exchange * SIA or SQ -

Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines ( abbreviation: SIA) is the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Singapore with its hub located at Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in corporat ...

* SICC - Singapore Island Country Club *SILS - Singapore Institute of Labour Studies * SIM - Singapore Institute of Management * SINDA - Singapore Indian Development Association * SIO - Senior Investigation Officer * SIT -

Singapore Institute of Technology 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, borderi ...

* SJAB -

St. John Ambulance Brigade St John Ambulance is the name of a number of affiliated organisations in different countries which teach and provide first aid and emergency medical services, and are primarily staffed by Volunteering, volunteers. The associations are overseen b ...

* SJI - St. Joseph's Institution * SJII - St. Joseph's Institution International * SJIJ - St. Joseph's Institution Junior * SK -

Sengkang Sengkang (, ta, செங்காங்) is a planning area and residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town is the second most populous in the region, being home to 249,370 residents in 2020. Sengkang shares bo ...

* SKH - Sengkang General Hospital * SLA - Singapore Land Authority *SLF - Singapore Labour Foundation * SLO - Singapore Lyric Opera * SLS - Sim Lim Square * SLSS - Si Ling Secondary School *SLT - Sim Lim Tower * SMF - Singapore Manufacturers' Federation * SMC - Single Member Constituency * SMO - Singapore Mathematics Olympiad * SMRT -

SMRT Corporation SMRT Corporation is a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore operating bus and rail services. A subsidiary of the Government of Singapore's Temasek Holdings, it was established on 6 August 1987 and listed on the Singapore Exchange ...

* SMSS - St. Margaret's Secondary School * SMU - Singapore Management University * SNO - Special Needs Officer * SNOC -

Singapore National Olympic Council The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) is the National Olympic Committee and National Paralympic Committee for the Republic of Singapore. It was founded in 1947 as the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council (SOSC) before renaming to its curr ...

* SNPC - Singapore National Paralympic Council * SOS - Samaritans of Singapore or (''slang'') struggling in silence * SOTA -

School of the Arts, Singapore A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

* SP - Singapore Polytechnic * SPA - School-based Practical Assessment (for students taking GCE 'O' level) * SPC - SingPost Centre * SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals * SPF -

Singapore Police Force The Singapore Police Force (SPF) is the national and principal Police, law enforcement agency responsible for the prevention of crime and law enforcement in the Republic of Singapore. It is the country's lead agency against organised crime; huma ...

* SPH - Singapore Press Holdings * SPG - (''slang'') sarong party girl * SPS - Saint Patrick's School * SPhO - Singapore Physics Olympiad * SRCS - Singapore Red Cross Society * SRJC - Serangoon Junior College (now merged with Anderson Junior College to form Anderson Serangoon Junior College) * SS - Social Studies * SSC -

Singapore Sports Council Sport Singapore (SportSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth of the Government of Singapore. It is the lead agency tasked with developing a holistic sports culture for the nation. History Sport Singapore was ...

or Singapore Swimming Club * SSDC - Singapore Safety Driving Centre * SSO -

Singapore Symphony Orchestra The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is a symphony orchestra based in Singapore. Its principal concert venue is the Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. The orchestra also gives concerts at the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, and performs abou ...

* SST -

School of Science and Technology, Singapore The School of Science and Technology, Singapore (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: 新科技中學; pinyin: ''xīn kē jì zhōng xué'') (abbreviation: SST) is a specialised independent secondary school in Singapore, offering a four-ye ...

Singapore Standard Time Singapore Standard Time (SST), also known as Singapore Time (SGT), is used in Singapore and is 8 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+08:00). Singapore does not observe daylight saving time. History As part of the Straits Settlements, Singapore original ...

* ST - Singapore Technologies or

The Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was establish ...

or SingTel *STAR - Special Tactics and Rescue * STARIS - SMRT Active Route Map Information System *STB - Singapore Tourism Board *STV or SH -

StarHub StarHub Limited, most commonly known as just Starhub, is a Singaporean multinational telecommunications conglomerate and one of the major telcos operating in the country. Founded in 1998, it is listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). History ...

(formerly

StarHub TV StarHub TV is a pay television service provided by StarHub in Singapore. It has been a subsidiary of StarHub Limited since StarHub acquired Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) in 2001, and was the sole pay-TV operator in the country until 2007 when m ...

or Singapore Cable Vision) * SUSS -

Singapore University of Social Sciences 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, borderin ...

* SUTD - Singapore University of Technology and Design * SVPS - South View Primary School * SYAS - San Yu Adventist School *SYF - Singapore Youth Festival * SYFC -

Singapore Youth Flying Club The Singapore Youth Flying Club (SYFC), headquartered at Seletar Airport, was established in December 1971 as the Junior Flying Club, by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). It aims to introduce and promote aviation to students, by providing aerom ...

* SYOGOC -

Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) is the organisation in charge of organising the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games. A selection process to determine the members of the games' organising committee commenced soon aft ...

* SYT - Sweet Young Thing

T

* TA - Temasek Academy * TBP - Tiong Bahru Plaza * TCHS - The Chinese High School (now merged with

to form

) * TCS -

Television Corporation of Singapore Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

* TEL or TE - Thomson–East Coast MRT line * TH - Temasek Hall, NUS * TIBS - Trans-Island Bus Services * TJC -

Temasek Junior College Temasek Junior College (TJC) is a government-run junior college located in Bedok South, Singapore. It offers a six-year Integrated Programme alongside a two-year Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level curriculum. History Temasek Junior Coll ...

* TKGS -

Tanjong Katong Girls' School Tanjong Katong Girls' School (TKGS) is a government autonomous girls' secondary school in Katong, Singapore. Established on 12 January 1953, the school was the first post-war government English girls' school built in Singapore. History TKGS was ...

* TKSS - Tanjong Katong Secondary School * TM - Tampines Mall *TMJC - Tampines Meridian Junior College * TMS -

Temasek Secondary School Temasek Secondary School (TMS) is a co-educational government autonomous secondary school in Bedok South, Singapore. Founded in 1980, it offers secondary education leading to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level or Singapore-Cambridge GCE No ...

* TNS - Tao Nan School *TNP - The New Paper * TOP - Temporary Occupancy Permit * TP -

Temasek Polytechnic Temasek Polytechnic (TP) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. Established in 1990, it is the only polytechnic in Singapore offering a law programme. Histor ...

or Traffic Police * TPY - Toa Payoh *TPG -

Tanjong Pagar Tanjong Pagar (New Rumi Spelling, alternatively spelled ''Tanjung Pagar'') is a historic district located within the Central Business District in Singapore, straddling the Outram, Singapore, Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the ...

* TPJC - Tampines Junior College (now merged with Merdian Junior College to form Tampines Meridian Junior College) * TPS -

Tampines Primary School This is a list of primary schools in Singapore. Children typically start their primary education in the year they turn seven. Primary education lasts six years, and is compulsory for all Singapore citizens. Primary schools in Singapore are clas ...

* TPSS -

Tampines Secondary School Tampines Secondary School (TPSS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Tampines, Singapore. It shares the same campus as Tampines Primary School even though the two schools are not affiliated. History Tampines Secondary School ope ...

* TTC - Trinity Theological College, Singapore * TTS -

Tanglin Trust School Tanglin Trust School (TTS) is an international school in Singapore that runs as a non-profit organisation. Established in 1925, Tanglin Trust School provides British-based learning with an international perspective for students aged 3–18. Ther ...

Tower Transit Singapore Tower Transit Singapore is a contracted bus operator operating in Singapore. It commenced operations on 29 May 2016 and it is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History In October 2014, the Land Transport Authority called for tenders to operate 2 ...

* TTSH -

Tan Tock Seng Hospital Tan Tock Seng Hospital (abbreviation: TTSH) is a tertiary referral hospital in Singapore, located in Novena. The hospital has 45 clinical and allied health departments, 16 specialist centres and is powered by more than 8,000 healthcare staff. ...

* TSS -

Tanglin Secondary School Tanglin Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school in Clementi, Singapore. History Tanglin Technical Secondary School (1964 - 1993) Tanglin Secondary School which was located at 369 Commonwealth Avenue in the area called T ...

U

* UEN - Unique Entity Number * UOB -

United Overseas Bank United Overseas Bank Limited (), often known as UOB, is a Singaporean multinational banking corporation headquartered in Singapore, with branches mostly found in most Southeast Asian countries. Founded in 1935 as United Chinese Bank (UCB) by S ...

* URA - Urban Redevelopment Authority * UP - Usual Price * USS - Universal Studios Singapore * UWC or UWCSEA - United World College of South East Asia

V

*VIA - Values in Action (replaces "CIP") *VJC - Victoria Junior College * VS -

Victoria School Victoria School (VS) is a government autonomous boys' secondary school in Siglap, Singapore. Established in 1876, it is Singapore's second oldest state secondary school. It offers a six-year Integrated Programme, which allows students to skip t ...

* VSS -

Vegetarian Society (Singapore) Vegetarian Society (Singapore) or VSS is a non-profit, non-denominational organisation. The Singapore-registered charity was established in 1999 to "Promote vegetarianism among the public and support and link individuals and organizations that ...

* VWO - Voluntary Welfare Organisation

W

* WDL - Woodlands, Singapore *WDP - Woodlands Primary School *WPS - Woodgrove Primary School *WGS - Woodgrove Secondary School *WP -

Workers' Party of Singapore The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP) is a major centre-left political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and opposition Progr ...

or Work Permit * WS - White Sands * WSS - Whitley Secondary School or Woodlands Secondary School * WSSS -

West Spring Secondary School Bukit Panjang is a planning area and residential town located in the West Region of Singapore. A portion of this town is situated on a low-lying elongated hill. The planning area is bounded by Bukit Batok to the west, Choa Chu Kang to the no ...

* WWP -

Waterway Point Waterway Point is a suburban shopping mall located in the town centre of Punggol New Town, Singapore, next to Punggol MRT/LRT station. The mall was built as part of Punggol's first integrated waterfront residential and retail development, Wat ...

*WWSS - Westwood Secondary School

X

* XMM - Xiao Mei Mei (小妹妹，literally 'small girl') * XHH - Xiao Hun Hun (小混混，literally 'young gangster') * XMS - Xinmin Secondary School Y * YCKSS - Yio Chu Kang Secondary School *YHSS -

Yuhua Secondary School Yuhua Secondary School (YHSS) is a co-educational government school in Jurong West, Singapore which offers the Express, Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) streams. It was founded in 1986. History Yuhua Secondary School The school began op ...

* YJC - Yishun Junior College (now merged with Innova Junior College to form Yishun Innova Junior College) *YIJC - Yishun Innova Junior College *YLL(SM) - Yong Loo Lin (School of Medicine), NUS * YP - Young Punk * YSS -

Yishun Secondary School Yishun Secondary School (YSS) is a co-educational government secondary school in Yishun, Singapore. Located at 4 Yishun Street 71, YSS is the first school to establish the Applied Learning Programme (ALP) in Sonic Arts. History The school was ...

* YTSS - Yishun Town Secondary School * YIS - Yishun * YNC -

Yale-NUS College Yale-NUS College is a liberal arts college in Singapore. Established in 2011 as a collaboration between Yale University and the National University of Singapore, it was the first liberal arts college in Singapore and one of the first few in Asia. ...

Z * ZHPS - Zhenghua Primary School or Zhonghua Primary School *ZHSS -

Zhonghua Secondary School Zhonghua Secondary School (ZHSS) is a co-educational government autonomous secondary school in Serangoon, Singapore. Founded in 1911 as Chung Hwa Girls' High School, the school has retained its Chinese heritage despite transforming into an Engli ...

*ZSS - Zhenghua Secondary School

Abbreviations in the military

This is a list of abbreviations commonly used in the Singapore Armed Forces, including slang terms. They are often used in place of the expanded form of the words. Some abbreviations are similar to those used in other military. Other abbreviations may be identical to those used outside of military but with differing context.

People

Ranks

These ranks are arranged in descending order of seniority

=Officers

= * COL - Colonel * SLTC - Senior Lieutenant Colonel * LTC - Lieutenant Colonel * MAJ - Major * CPT - Captain * LTA - Lieutenant * 2LT - Second Lieutenant * OCT - Officer Cadet

=Warrant officers

= * CWO - Chief Warrant Officer * SWO - Senior Warrant Officer * MWO - Master Warrant Officer * 1WO - First Warrant Officer (formerly Warrant Officer Class 1, "WO1" or "WOI") * 2WO - Second Warrant Officer (formerly Warrant Officer Class 2, "WO2" or "WOII") * 3WO - Third Warrant Officer

=Specialists

= * MSG - Master Sergeant * SSG - Staff Sergeant * 1SG - First Sergeant * 2SG - Second Sergeant * 3SG - Third Sergeant * SGT - Sergeant (defunct – replaced by "1SG", "2SG" and "3SG") * SCT - Specialist Cadet

=Enlistees

= * CFC - Corporal First Class * CPL - Corporal * LCP - Lance Corporal * PFC - Private First Class * PTE - Private * REC - Recruit

Other Ranks

= Military Domain Experts

= * ME8 - Military Expert 8 * ME7 - Military Expert 7 * ME6 - Military Expert 6 * ME5 - Military Expert 5 * ME4 - Military Expert 4 * ME4(A) - Military Expert 4 (Apprentice) * ME4(T) - Military Expert 4 (Trainee) * ME3 - Military Expert 3 * ME2 - Military Expert 2 * ME1 - Military Expert 1 * ME1(T) - Military Expert 1 (Trainee)

= SAF Volunteer Corps

= * SV 4 - SAF Volunteer 4 * SV 3 - SAF Volunteer 3 * SV 2 - SAF Volunteer 2 * SV 1 - SAF Volunteer 1 * SV (T) - SAF Volunteer (Trainee)

Appointments and offices

* 2IC - Second-in-charge (see "IC") * ASM - Army Sergeant Major * BC - Battery Commander *BDO - Battery Duty Officer * BOS - Battalion Orderly Sergeant or Brigade Orderly Sergeant * BSM - Battery Sergeant Major or Brigade Sergeant Major * BSO - Battalion Signal Officer *BQMS - or "BQ" - Battery Quartermaster Sergeant * CAO - Chief Armour Officer * CAF - Chief of Air Force * CCO - Camp Commandant's Office * CDF - Chief of Defence Force * CDO - Company Duty Officer * CDS - Company Duty Sergeant * CMC - Chief of Medical Corps * CNV - Chief of Navy * CO - Commanding Officer * COA - Chief of Army * COS - Company Orderly Sergeant * CQMS - or "CQ" - Company Quartermaster Sergeant * CSM - Company Sergeant Major * DDO - Divisional Duty Officer * DO - Duty Officer *DOO - Duty Orderly Officer * DOS - Duty Orderly Sergeant *DS - Duty Sergeant * DSM - Division Sergeant Major * Dy S1 - Deputy Manpower Officer * Dy S2 - Deputy Intelligence Officer * Dy S3 - Deputy Training and Operation Officer * Dy S4 - Deputy Logistics Officer * FDO - Field Duty Officer * FS - Fitness Specialist * FSM - Formation Sergeant Major * IC - (person) in command ''or'' in charge (see also "2IC") * IO - Intelligence Officer or Investigating Officer * MO - Medical Officer * MTO - Military Transport Officer * NO - Nursing Officer * NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer (defunct – replaced by "Specialist") * OC - Officer Commanding (Company Commander in other militaries) * PC - Platoon Commander * PS - Platoon Sergeant * PSO - Principal Staff Officer * PTI - Physical Training Instructor * QM - Quartermaster - usually a commissioned officer or a senior warrant officer * RQMS - Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant - usually a

warrant officer Warrant officer (WO) is a rank or category of ranks in the armed forces of many countries. Depending on the country, service, or historical context, warrant officers are sometimes classified as the most junior of the commissioned ranks, the mos ...

in the SAF * RSM - Regimental Sergeant Major * S1 - Manpower Officer * S2 - Intelligence Officer * S3 - Training and Operation Officer * S4 - Logistics Officer * SDO - School Duty Officer (use is limited to training schools) * SM - Sergeant Major *SSM - School Sergeant Major * WOSA - Warrant officers, specialists and airmen * WOSE - Warrant officers, specialists and enlistees * WOSPEC - Warrant officers and specialists

Units and organizations

* ADF - Army Deployment Force * AFTC - Air Force Training Command * AMB - Army Maintenance Base * BB -

* BMTC - Basic Military Training Centre * CAD - Combined Arms Division * CDO -

Singapore Commandos Commandos is the special forces formation of the Singapore Army responsible for conducting special operations. Commandos are tasked with infiltrating behind enemy lines by Raid (military), raiding and Reconnaissance, reconnaissance operations us ...

* CMPB - Central Manpower Base * CSSCOM - Combat Service Support Command *CTI - Commando Training Institute * DISCOM - Division Support Command * DSMB - Direct Support Maintenance Battalion (defunct, now renamed as "AMB" or Army Maintenance Base) * DS Med Bn - Direct Support Medical Battalion * DSSB - Direct Support Supply Battalion * DSTA - Defence Science Technology Agency * EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal * FCC - Fitness Conditioning Centre * FDS - Field Defence Squadron * GDS -

Singapore Guards Guards, also referred to as Guardsmen, is a rapid deployment infantry formation of the Singapore Army responsible for conducting air assault, expeditionary, and amphibious operations. History The Guards formation was created on 1 January 1975 ...

* GG -

Girl Guide Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) is a worldwide movement, originally and largely still designed for girls and women only. The movement began in 1909 when girls requested to join the then-grassroot ...

* GB - Girls' Brigade * JID - Joint Intelligence Directorate * JOPD - Joint Operations and Planning Directorate * MES - Maintenance and Engineering Support * MP - Military Police * MMI - Military Medicine Institute * NCC -

* NCDCC -

National Civil Defence Cadet Corps The National Civil Defence Cadet Corps (NCDCC) is a uniformed ground Singapore formed in 2005. The creation of this uniformed group was initiated by the Ministry of Home Affairs in response to the need for the young leaders of tomorrow to have ...

* NDU - Naval Diving Unit (Singapore) * NPCC -

* OCS - Officer Cadet School * OETI - Ordnance Engineering Training Institute (Defunct: renamed to OES - OETI Engineering School) * PCC - Psychological Care Centre * RCY - Singapore Red Cross Youth * PDF - People's Defence Force * RSAF - Republic of Singapore Air Force * RSN - Republic of Singapore Navy * SA - Singapore Artillery * SAF - Singapore Armed Forces * SAFAC - Singapore Armed Forces Ammunition Command * SAFPU - Singapore Armed Forces Provost Unit (defunct, reorganised into the

Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command The Singapore Armed Forces Military Police Command (SAF Military Police Command), previously known as the Singapore Armed Forces Provost Unit (SAFPU), is the military police formation of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). They perform policing ...

) * SAFMPC -

* SAFRA - Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association (the term "reservist" has generally been replaced by "Operationally Ready NSmen") * SAFSA - Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association * SAR - Singapore Armoured Regiment * SCC - SAF Counselling Centre * SCE - Singapore Combat Engineers *SFLS - Special Forces Leadership School * SI - Signal Institute * SIB - Singapore Infantry Brigade or Special Investigation Branch * SIR - Singapore Infantry Regiment * SISPEC - School of Infantry Specialist * SMI - School of Military Intelligence * SMM - School of Military Medicine (reorganised as SMTI in 2006) * SMTI - SAF Medical Training Institute * SOC - School of Commandos (defunct, reorganised into the Commando Training Institute) *SOCC - Special Operations Command Centre * SOF -

Special Operations Force Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...

*SOTAC - Special Operations Tactics Centre *SOTC - Special Operations Training Centre *SOTSC - Special Operations Support Centre * SPT - School of Physical Training * SRC - Singapore Red Cross

Places

* 265 - formerly a hill in Marsiling with an elevation of 265 feet which was used for training; it has been levelled for urban development. * ATEC - Army Training and Evaluation Center * BCTC - Basic Combat Training Center *PLC - Pasir Laba Camp *PRC - Pasir Ris Camp * SAFTI - Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute (term now defunct) * SAFTI MI - SAFTI Military Institute

Weapons, vehicles and equipment

* A-veh - a heavy vehicle, such as an armoured vehicle * APC - Armoured Personnel Carrier * AVLB - Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge * B-veh - non-"A-veh" vehicles, such as rovers and trucks * FAD - first aid dressing * FBO - full battle order (compare "SBO") * FFR - (with reference to a land rover) fitted for radio *FH88 - Field Howitzer 88 * FH2000 -

Field Howitzer 2000 The FH-2000 or Field Howitzer 2000 was developed by ST Engineering, Singapore Technologies for the Singapore Army. It is a 155 mm/52-calibre towed howitzer gun. It fires projectiles to a maximum range of 42 kilometers using special extended ...

* GPMG - General Purpose Machine Gun – refers in particular to the FN MAG used in the Singapore Armed Forces * HMG -

Heavy machine gun A heavy machine gun (HMG) is significantly larger than light, medium or general-purpose machine guns. HMGs are typically too heavy to be man-portable (carried by one person) and require mounting onto a weapons platform to be operably stable or ...

* IBA - Integrated body armour * IFV - Infantry Fighting Vehicle * LAW - Light Anti-tank Weapon * LBV - Load Bearing Vest * LST -

Landing Ship Tank Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore wi ...

* MOP - Medic Operational Pouch (previously Medical Orderly Pouch) * RCK - rifle cleaning kit *SAR - refers to

SAR 21 The SAR 21 ("Singapore Assault Rifle - 21st Century") is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in Singapore, chambered for the 5.56x45mm cartridge. First revealed and subsequently adopted by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as its ...

* SAW - Section Assault Weapon (usually refers to the

Ultimax 100 The Ultimax 100 is a Singapore-made 5.56mm light machine gun, developed by the Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS, now ST Kinetics) by a team of engineers under the guidance of American firearms designer L. James Sullivan. The weapon is extr ...

) * SBO - Standard (''formerly'' Skeletal) Battle Order (compare "FBO") * SSPH 1 or SSPH - Singapore Self-Propelled Howitzer 1 Primus * TL - Troop lift - When recruits use a tonner to get to the ferry terminal from BMTC school 4, which is further inland

Slang

* FO - fall out; fuck off * LOBO - left out of battle order (refers to a soldier who has not been assigned a fixed vocation) *LLST - ''lan lan suck thumb'', meaning to embrace the fact and continue * NATO - no action, talk only * Pikachu - from the hokkien expression "bai kah bai chew", meaning crippled * SBC - simply ''boh chup'' – indifferent, not caring (from the abbreviation of the

Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

) * WALI - walk around, look important * ROC - relax one corner * OTOT - own time own target * RSAF - rarely seen after five. Also the acronym for the Republic of Singapore Air Force. * SOC - ''siam'' one corner, that is, to hide somewhere in order to avoid meeting one's superiors, doing work, ''etc.'' (from the abbreviation of "Standard Obstacle Course")

Others

* 11B - SAF 11B, the military identity card, referring to the eleven pieces of basic information written. * 1206 - SAF 1206, a form signed to acknowledge deductions made to a soldier's payroll for damaging or losing equipment, ''etc.'' (pronounced "twelve-O-six") * 1211 - SAF 1211, an issue and receipt voucher for proof of receiving and issuing of goods. * 302 - SAF 302, a form signed to declare own homosexual orientation (pronounced "three-O-two") *15A - SAF 15A, a temporary document used alongside a photo ID card and police report, in place of a lost or stolen 11B * ACCT - Advanced Close Combat Training * AI - Armoured Infantry troopers * AOC - Advanced Obstacle Course * ATP - Advanced Trainfire Package * Attend B - medical status that allows soldier to perform only light duties * Attend C - medical status that exempts soldier from all duties * AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave * BAC - Battle Assault Course * BCCT - Basic Close Combat Training * BER - beyond economic repair *BIBO - book-in/book-out (book) * BIC - Battle Inoculation Course * BMT - Basic Military Training * BRO - Battalion Routine Order * BTP - Basic Trainfire Package * BUA - Built-up area (see also "FIBUA") * C3 - command, control and communication (pronounced "C-three" or "C-cube") * CBRE - Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive Defence Group * CIS - Chartered Industries of Singapore * CMTL - Centralised Motor Transport Line * COC - Change of Command Parade * CP - Command Post * CRO - Company Routine Orders *CS - Combat Shoot * CST - Combat Survival Training * DB - detention barracks * DIV - division * DOD - date of disruption * EVAC - evacuation *FATEP - Field Artillery Training Evaluation Phase *FFE - fire for effect * FFF - Fit For Firing certification * FFI - Fitness For Instructions * FIBUA - fighting in built-up area (see also "BUA") * FO - Forward Observer, soldier who corrects artillery fire * FOFO - fighting on Fortified objectives *FPF -

final protective fire Final protective fire (FPF) refers to a tactical plan for a military unit, set up in support of the infantry, to protect itself against overwhelming attack, and generally reserved for units at risk of being overrun. It involves the concentration ...

*G50 - G50, a form submitted for security clearance in military or government sectors * GLS - Ground Logistics Support * HCC - High Confidence Course * HOTO - Hand over take over * IA - Immediate Action, a pre-trained drill for responding to a certain situation * ICCT - Intermediate Close Combat Training * ICT - In Camp Training (also simply known as ''in-camp'') * IFC - Individual Field Craft * IMT - Individual Marksmanship Trainer * IPPT - Individual Physical Proficiency Test *IPT - Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) Preparatory Training Programme * L/F - live firing *LD - medical status that allows soldiers to perform only light duties *LOA - letter of authority/authorisation * OOC - Out of Course * OOT - Out of Training * ORD - Operationally Ready Date (formerly "ROD") *QI - Quarterly Inspection certification *RMJ - medical status that excuses soldiers from running, marching and jumping * RO - Routine Orders * ROD - Run Out Date (now "ORD") * PES - Physical Employment Status * SOC - Standard Obstacle Course * SOL - stoppage of leave * TH - Technical Handling * UFF - unfit for firing *VOC - Vocation Obstacle Course * WH - ''White Horse'' marking in medical docket indicative of special treatment required

Abbreviations in transport

As in most other major cities, abbreviations are commonly used in transport-related matters. The most prominent are the three-letter abbreviations of the expressways in Singapore; all, except one, end with the letter "E": * AYE - Ayer Rajah Expressway * BKE - Bukit Timah Expressway * CTE - Central Expressway * ECP -

* KJE -

* KPE - Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway * MCE - Marina Coastal Expressway * NSE - North-South Expressway * PIE - Pan Island Expressway * SLE -

Seletar Expressway The Seletar Expressway (Abbreviation: SLE) is a highway in Singapore that traverses the northern end of the island and joins the Central Expressway (CTE) and the Tampines Expressway (TPE) in Seletar to the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Kranji ...

* TPE - Tampines Expressway With the introduction of the

Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System The Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System ( Chinese: 电子监控与信息系统), also known by its acronym of EMAS, is a computerised system that is used to monitor traffic on Singapore's expressways. EMAS enables Land Transport Authority (L ...

(EMAS) in 1998, LED signboards were installed along the expressways to display warning and other informational messages to road users. This led to the increased use of abbreviations, some of which are less common and not easily understood. The following are examples of abbreviations used in the EMAS: . * NTH RD - North Road * STH RD - South Road * (CCK) DR - (Choa Chu Kang) Drive * TOWN HALL - Jurong Town Hall Road * (TP) AVE 10 - (Tampines) Avenue 10 * LT - left * RT - right * AFT - after * BEF - before * LN - lane * SH - shoulder

Notes

References

* * * {{cite book, last=Low, first=Ee Ling, author2=Adam Brown , title=English in Singapore: An Introduction, location=Singapore, publisher=McGraw-Hill Education (Asia), year=2005, isbn=0-07-123975-8

External links

The Coxford Singlish Dictionary @ Talkingcock.com

A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English

Singapore Acronyms and Abbreviations

Abbreviations An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...