22 July 2019
Public Service Commission (PSC) chairman Mr Lee Tzu Yang said that the PSC has been actively promoting a wider range of countries of study for their scholarship recipients.
For instance, this year, eight PSC scholarship recipients will be heading to China, and three will be going to France to pursue their university education.
But the focus on educating and training scholarship recipients locally has not been neglected.
This year, 29 PSC scholarship recipients have chosen to study locally. This is the highest number in a decade.
Mr Lee explained that Singapore’s universities here are recognised as globally competitive in a growing range of disciplines. Scholarship holder studying here will help develop networks of local peers and stakeholders for the future.
Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing, who also gave a speech at the PSC scholarship award ceremony, warned against taking Singapore’s place in the world for granted, saying the country may not be able to celebrate its 100th year with greater pride and confidence without hard work and continuing to be relevant.
He also urged scholarship recipients to see success not as how well they do for themselves, but how they enable the next generation to do even better.