The public administration and defence sector comprises of organisations that are involved in governmental activities such as the implementation of laws and policies as well as the up keeping of public safety and order.
Examples pertinent to Singapore:
Jared Poon is Assistant Director of the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. After attaining his PhD from University of California, he worked as a Senior and Lead Strategist in the Centre for Strategic Futures. Currently, he works at building capabilities in engagement for officers across the Public Service. How do you spend your typical working day? It varies. Some days are very much about doing independent work at my desk. Most days, however, involve more interaction with other people – I might be in a meeting brainstorming with another agency, discussing the merits and challenges of a new programme with colleagues, or running a workshop. I’m not sure there’s ever a “typical” day…
By Teow Junhao and Brendan Loon Dr Lal Nelson, Director for Research at the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been in the public service for about 30 years. The earlier …
Mr Baey Yam Keng has been a Member of Parliament for 14 years, entering the Singapore Parliament in 2006 and becoming Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth …
Shawn Loh is the Deputy Director for Population Policy and Planning, at the Strategy Group of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). He got married at 24, had his first kid at 26, his second at 28, and his third at 31 this year. That is his explanation for why he is now leading the team working on population policies at PMO-Strategy Group. Shawn’s academic background is in financial economics. He started his life in public service at the Ministry of Education (MOE)’s Planning Division, where he worked to refine internal strategic planning capabilities and improve education policies for children with special needs. More recently, he led a team working with the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Advisory Panel to introduce a slew of CPF reforms at the Ministry of Manpower (MOM)’s…
Ms Jan Seow is currently Director of the Strategic Planning Department in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). As the lead of this department, she oversees medium- to long-term land planning …
Insights on Smart Nation: 4 Things Industry Professionals Say By Brendan Loon At Discover: Smart Nation, Advisory brought together 2 panels of professionals from Smart Nation careers to give their …
By Joyce Er and Mock Yi Jun Li Hongyi is Deputy Director (Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Division) at GovTech. He studied economics and computer science at Massachusetts Institute of …
By Joyce Er and Elysia Tng Dr Yaacob Ibrahim is a veteran politician with the People’s Action Party. Over the years, he’s helmed many ministerial portfolios including the Ministry of …
By Brendan Loon Lynette Hee is a Principal Executive in the Youth Development Unit of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). She joined NTUC in 2012 during the critical period …
A fresh graduate from the Nanyang Technological University, Keith realised his interest in this field in his last year of studying Computer Science, and is currently a malware specialist in …
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