Halimah Yacob

Former president Halimah Yacob joins Sias as chief patron

She succeeds Tony Tan, who stepped down from the role on Jul 2

Youth volunteers from Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School, Annette Chua (left) and Mohamad Miqa Ariyan bin Mohamad Nizal, helping out at the ARPC's Let's Carnival event.
TAKING HEART

Volunteers feted for giving back to the community

Adam Road Presbyterian Church has donated S$100,000 to the President’s Challenge

Existing structures must be examined to see how effective they still are in integrating new migrants, said President Halimah Yacob. With her is dialogue moderator Patrick Daniel.

Relook how to integrate new migrants to preserve multiracialism, cohesion in Singapore: President Halimah

RELENTLESS efforts have been made to strengthen multiracialism and forge a common national identity in Singapore.

Singapore President Halimah Yacob (centre, left) and Kazakhstan counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (centre, right) at the signing of an agreement between Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng (left) and Kazakhstan DPM Serik Zhumamgarin.

Singapore, Kazakhstan sign four agreements, including one to boost economic cooperation

SINGAPORE and Kazakhstan inked four agreements on Monday (May 22), including one that will give Singapore companies greater access into Kazakhstan’s services sectors and protect investors’ interests.

Categorising jobs as needing either academic qualifications or technical skills is wasteful, says President Halimah Yacob.

Singapore still has ‘archaic ideas’ about skills-based jobs, says President Halimah

Although there are greater efforts to recognise workers with technical skills, Singapore needs to move faster on this front, said President Halimah Yacob in her annual May Day message on Saturday (Apr...

President Halimah Yacob says Singapore would need to strengthen its social fabric to remain united and do well in  an increasingly dangerous and troubled world post-pandemic.

Four key priorities for Singapore’s government as Parliament reopens

Meritocracy, strengthening social safety nets, are among the themes that will shape the agenda for rest of the term

President Halimah approves draw of S$6b from past reserves to fund Singapore's Covid-19 expenditure

President Halimah approves draw of S$6b from past reserves to fund Singapore's Covid-19 expenditure

PRESIDENT Halimah Yacob has given her formal approval for the government to draw S$6 billion from the past reserves to fund a "multi-pronged approach" to continue to support Singapore's Covid-19 publi...

Singapore GDP likely to grow but recession, stagflation not ruled out: Lawrence Wong
SINGAPORE ECONOMY

Singapore GDP likely to grow but recession, stagflation not ruled out: Lawrence Wong

President Halimah Yacob warns official 3-5% growth forecast could be affected

President approves draw of up to S$11b from past reserves

President approves draw of up to S$11b from past reserves

Move allows government to support workers, businesses in reopening

EU-Singapore trade pact served as anchor for both economies amid Covid-19: President Halimah

EU-Singapore trade pact served as anchor for both economies amid Covid-19: President Halimah

[SINGAPORE] The free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Singapore, which came into force in November 2019, has served as an anchor for both economies amid the Covid-19 pandemic ...