HENG Swee Keat

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Name: HENG Swee Keat
Title: Permanent Secretary - Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)
First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Singapore startup behind local heritage apps to develop similar apps for Brunei schools

LDR's Interactive Heritage Trails mobile programme - targeted at students from primary school to junior college - was launched last May by Education Minister Heng Swee Keat. -ST More than 500 primary and secondary schools and junior colleges in Brunei ... [Published Asiaone - Jun 18 2013]
Entities: Brunei, Startup, Singapore
First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Ministries to discuss follow-up to national dialogue

OUR SINGAPORE CONVERSATION GOVERNMENT ministries involved will soon be discussing what comes next after the year-long Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) exercise wraps up later this year, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday. "We will do a reflection ... [Published Asiaone - Jun 14 2013]
First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Speech by Mr Heng Swee Keat at the Official Opening Ceremony Of NUS Suzhou Research Institute (NUSRI)

Mr Jiang Hongkun, Member of the Standing Committee, CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee, Party Secretary of Suzhou Municipal CommitteeMr Wang Xiang, Member of the Standing Committee, CPC Suzhou Municipal Committee, Party Secretary of Suzhou Industrial Park ... [Published Noodls - Jun 07 2013]
First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 2 reports

MOE looking to expose students to ‘range of possibilities’

Minister Heng quizzed on present, future education system during Q&A session-2 min 39 sec agoSINGAPORE — Improving students’ understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, as well as providing better educational and career guidance — perhaps by bringing ... [Published Today Online - Jun 06 2013]
First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Values-driven education for a kinder Singapore

Education Minister Heng Swee Keat has called for a real-life "Land of the Kind" in Singapore, where small acts of kindness can help to brighten up someone's day, every day.North View Primary School was transformed into this fictional land on May 31, when ... [Published People's Action Party Singapore - Jun 06 2013]
First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 2 reports

Students discuss issues — from education to licensing

1 hour 43 min agoSINGAPORE — Perhaps the biggest deterrent to reforming the education system in Singapore is the culture here, suggested a junior college student at the annual Pre-University Seminar yesterday, where students got to question Senior Minister ... [Published Today Online - Jun 03 2013]
Entities: LGBT, Education, Singapore
First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 2 reports

Palestinian education minister on study visit to Singapore

SINGAPORE: Palestinian Minister of Education and Higher Education Lamis Alami and Singapore Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Masagos Zulkifli have reaffirmed the warm and friendly ties between Singapore and the Palestinian ... [Published XinMsn - Jun 03 2013]
First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 2 reports

A Kindness Day to call our own

To celebrate the launch of the first Kindness Day SG, a giant daisy, filled with 5,000 small daisies, was lighted up and released into the Singapore River. Photo: Ernest ChuaKindness Day SG will be celebrated on the last Friday of second school term to ... [Published Today Online - May 31 2013]
First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

NUSRI creates opportunities for tech entrepreneurs: Heng Swee Keat

Education Minister Heng Swee Keat says the NUS Suzhou Research Institute has created an entrepreneurship bridge that links the large investments in advanced research & development in Singapore by both public and private sectors with the huge potential ... [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 29 2013]
First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 3 reports

Heng Swee Keat to officiate opening of NUS Research Institute in China

SINGAPORE: Education Minister Heng Swee Keat will be in China on a four-day visit from May 26 to May 30.On May 29, Mr Heng will officiate the opening of the National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute (NUSRI) in Suzhou Industrial Par ... [Published XinMsn - May 25 2013]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Tharman Shanmugaratnam re-appointed MAS board chairman

Singapore, May 20th 2013 - The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam has been re-appointed as Chairman of the MAS Board of Directors from 21 May 2013 to 31 May 2015. ... [Published Newswit.com - May 23 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Giving Normal stream students the chance to lead

1 hour 39 min agoSINGAPORE — Too few students from the Normal (Academic) and Normal (Technical) streams are taking on leadership positions in schools, but a new programme targeted at these students aims to change that.The Character and Citizenship Education ... [Published Today Online - May 22 2013]

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Singapore startup behind local heritage apps to... [Published Asiaone - Jun 18 2013]
Ministries to discuss follow-up to national dia... [Published Asiaone - Jun 14 2013]
The English language in the ‘Asian century’ [Published Monash University - Jun 14 2013]
The English language in the Asian century [Published University World News - Jun 08 2013]
Speech by Mr Heng Swee Keat at the Official Ope... [Published Noodls - Jun 07 2013]
MOE looking to expose students to ‘range of pos... [Published Today Online - Jun 06 2013]
"Making a living" & "living a meaningful life" ... [Published Channel NewsAsia - Jun 06 2013]
Values-driven education for a kinder Singapore [Published People's Action Party Singapore - Jun 06 2013]
Students discuss issues — from education to lic... [Published Today Online - Jun 03 2013]
Questions on national identity, integration dom... [Published XinMsn - Jun 03 2013]
Palestinian education minister on study visit t... [Published XinMsn - Jun 03 2013]
Palestinian education minister on study visit t... [Published Channel NewsAsia - Jun 03 2013]
540 Pre-University and Polytechnic Students Pro... [Published Noodls - Jun 03 2013]
Govt damps Singaporean ardour for degrees [Published The Nation - Thailand - Jun 02 2013]
june1 First NUS overseas research unit opens in... [Published Asiaone - Jun 01 2013]
A Kindness Day to call our own [Published Today Online - May 31 2013]
ITE Epitome provides training for students with... [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 31 2013]
Singapore launches first Kindness Day SG [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 31 2013]
NUS Inaugurates New Research Institute in Suzhou [Published Newswise - May 29 2013]
NUSRI creates opportunities for tech entreprene... [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 29 2013]
NUS Inaugurates New Research Institute in Suzhou [Published Noodls - May 29 2013]
Public service wants to up its game [Published Asiaone - May 26 2013]
Singapore News Alternative: Singapore shipping ... [Published Shippingreporter.com - May 25 2013]
Heng Swee Keat to officiate opening of NUS Rese... [Published XinMsn - May 25 2013]
Heng Swee Keat to officiate opening of NUS Rese... [Published Channel NewsAsia - May 25 2013]
Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat to Offici... [Published Noodls - May 25 2013]
Too many graduates [Published thestar.com.my - May 25 2013]
Tharman reappointed MAS board chairman [Published Asian Banking and Finance - May 24 2013]
Tharman Shanmugaratnam re-appointed MAS board c... [Published Newswit.com - May 23 2013]
Tharman Shanmugaratnam re-appointed MAS board c... [Published The Asian Banker - May 23 2013]
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