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Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong and CareLibrary participants Oon Siew Eng (right), 87, and Phua Ai Lien, 92, at the SG Cares Volunteer Centre @ Geylang yesterday. CareLibrary is a programme to help seniors at risk of cognitive impairment.PHOTO: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
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Competitive workforce key as competition increases: Edwin Tong
While Mr Edwin Tong understands Singaporeans concerns about the influx of immigrants, he points out that reverse immigration is way more worrying. TNP PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID
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With its open economy and a safe multiracial society, Singapore is attractive to foreign nationals looking to settle down in a new country or to build a career.
But this has stirred up anti-immigration attitudes and anti-foreign worker sentiments, which the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated.
In an interview with The New Paper, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong said: This is a visceral problem for many and also a political one that we have to solve.
Industry body SGMUSO aims to raise a million dollars throughout the year
28th January 2021
Joanna Dong and Taufik Batisah in the appeal video for the Music Support Fund. Credit: SGMUSO official YouTube
A support fund has been launched for Singaporean musicians and production crew struggling under COVID-19 restrictions on the entertainment and music industries.
The Musician Support Fund was launched on January 26 by industry body and charity Music Society Singapore (better known as SGMUSO), which aims to raise a total sum of S$1million throughout 2021. Its first phase has a target of $150,000. Donate to the fund here.
The fund aims to financially support beneficiaries – referred to with the broad term “music people” – through five initiatives. These will help pay for daily living costs (“Fund-a-Bill”), the costs of putting on live-streamed performances from home (“Fund-a-Gig”) or an affiliate studio (“Fund-a-Band”), “upskilling opportunities” (“Fund-a-Sk
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Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam speaking to the media on Jan 27, 2021.
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SINGAPORE: Religious organisations in Singapore have been asked to be more vigilant following the case of a 16-year-old boy who had planned to attack two mosques in Singapore, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam said on Wednesday (Jan 27).
“I have asked ISD (Internal Security Department) and MCCY (Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth) to engage the religious organisations to be more vigilant, across the different religions,” he told reporters.
SINGAPORE - Athletes representing Singapore who need to travel abroad to train and compete in events like the Tokyo Olympic Games will be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccination, said Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong.
The authorities will also design a quarantine programme that will allow athletes returning from abroad to train and maintain their fitness while serving their stay-home notice, he added.
Besides those who have qualified for the Olympics, the Government will accord priority to athletes who are travelling to take part in qualifying events for the Games, Mr Tong said in an interview on Tuesday (Jan 19).