Civil servants to get one day of volunteer leave; public service to adopt 50 charities

Singapore

FROM 2016, civil servants will be able to take one day of volunteer leave per year to volunteer at any institution of public character of their choice.

The move is meant to encourage civil servants to volunteer even more, beyond existing programmes led by their respective agencies.

Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, the minister in charge of the civil service, made the announcement on Thursday at the opening of the month-long Public Service Festival which recognises the work of public…