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ITE/Surbana Jurong Partnership
Mr James Soh, Executive Director, NYAA Council, saw
a need to provide further exposure to ITE students in
the built environment sector. As a result, Mr Eugene
Seah, Managing Director, Surbana Technologies
Pte Ltd, Surbana Jurong and Deputy Chairman,
NYAA Council, was introduced by Mr Soh to the ITE
senior management to discuss the proposed joint
partnership. Mr Eugene Seah, Managing Director, Surbana Technologies Pte
Ltd presenting the Smart City Concept to the ITE senior nagement
The ITE’s senior management team was very team.
supportive. It saw the need to provide its students
with an opportunity and platform to learn new skills
and contribute to Singapore’s Smart Cities initiative.
As a result, many meetings were held with the
leadership of the three mega ITE Colleges to work out
a detailed plan for the partnership between ITE and
Surbana Jurong.

Partnership with Singapore Prison Service
A close partnership between NYAA and the Singapore
Prison Service was established in 2000 by Deputy Mr Eugene Seah, Managing Director, Surbana Technologies Pte
Ltd, with the senior management team and NYAA officials at ITE
Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Mr College West.
Wong Kan Seng. Since then, many young offenders
had the opportunity to participate in the NYAA
Programme while serving time in prison. As a result,
many ex-offenders who are NYAA Bronze and Silver
Award recipients have done well and contributed
actively to the community.

Mr Desmond Chin, Commissioner of Prisons, retired
at the end of December 2020. The NYAA Council
hosted an appreciation lunch to thank Commissioner
Chin for his support for the NYAA Programme. It was
also an occasion to welcome incoming Commissioner Appreciation Plaque presented to Mr Desmond Chin, the
Shie Yong Lee. NYAA invited Mr John Ting, Chairman outgoing Commissioner of Prisons for his support for the NYAA
of NYAA Council, to present Commissioner Chin Programmes in prisons.
an Appreciation Plaque signed by Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister for Finance and Chairman,
NYAA Advisory Board, Mr Heng Swee Keat. The
NYAA Council looks forward to working closely with
Commissioner Designate Ms Shie Yong Lee when she
takes over officially in 2021.

Good Hood. SG
Mr Nigel Teo, an NYAA Gold Award holder (1998 Senior officials from NYAA with senior officials of the Singapore
Cohort), is one of four people behind GoodHood.SG Prison Service.
mobile application. It enables neighbours to share
items and services either by selling them or donating
them. Nigel was very encouraged that about 90 per
cent of the posts on the app are from people offering
help.

Mr Teo is one of the speakers at the Product Spotlight,
Singapore Tech Forum 2020. The SG Tech Forum
is a platform to showcase the role technology can
play to unlock the value of neighbourhoods. People
relationship is significant as TIME Magazine ranked
Singaporeans as the world’s least emotional people! Mr Nigel Teo, co-founders of the Good Hood. SG initiative.

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