01 February 2018
Two young Singaporeans have been named winners of the fourth and final Queen’s Young Leaders Award.
The award recognizes those who have taken the initiative to transform the lives of others in their communities.
Mr Mock Yi Jun, a second-year politics and international relations student at The London School of Economics and Political Science, and Mr Oon Tian Sern, founder and chief executive of Acceset, a social enterprise portal for people to discuss mental health issues, were among the 61 youths from Commonwealth countries who received the award.
Mr Oon was inspired to set up his mental health network by his own experiences in his teens, where as the only child in his family, he found no one to share his anxieties with.
Mr Mock, a Public Service Commission (Foreign Service) scholar, took the opportunities offered by his scholarship to meet ambassadors from Asia and the United States at youth leader conventions, and organise webinars on environmental sustainability for an international youth audience.