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TODAY’S YOUTH, TOMORROW’S LEADERS

Grooming young people to become the leaders of tomorrow is an important goal of the NYAA Council. To be
future leaders, our young people must be trained and prepared to face the political, economic, societal and
environmental challenges confronting today. The Council provides various training opportunities for them.
This includes conferences, symposiums, forums, seminars, workshops and others. The Council also organises
programmes for young people to engage and interact with political, business leaders and civil society leaders.
By participating in these activities, the youth acquire relevant knowledge, critical thinking and the necessary
skills to become community leaders. They are then able to generate good ideas and solutions to help the
nation. They will be an asset as they play a pro-active role in society. Leadership training and other activities
were organised for the young people in 2020.

5th St. Gallen Symposium Singapore Forum
2020
The 5TH St. Gallen Symposium Singapore Forum
2020 was held at the Uptown Auditorium, National
University of Singapore. The keynote speaker
was Dr Kevin YL Tan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of
Law, National University of Singapore and Visiting
Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International
Studies, Nanyang Technological University. He
addressed the theme: Freedom Revisited. This was
followed by a panel discussion. The panellists were Dr Kevin YL Tan, delivering the keynote address on “Freedom
Prof Danny Quah, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Revisited” at the 5th St. Gallen Symposium Singapore Forum 2020
at the Uptown Auditorium, National University of Singapore.
Public Policy, NUS; Mr Warren Fernadez, Editor, The
Straits Times and Editor-in-Chief of the Singapore
Press Holdings’ English, Malay and Tamil Media
Group; and Mr Tommy Koh, participant of the 48th &
49th Leaders of Tomorrow, St. Gallen Symposium and
VISION20 Lead Fellow, University of British Columbia.
The moderator of the Singapore Forum 2020 was Mr
Viswa Sadasivan, Chief Executive Officer, Strategic
Moves Pte Ltd and former Nominated Member of
Parliament. Both Dr Kevin Tan and Mr Viswa Sadasivan
are members of the NYAA Council.

The Singapore Forum, jointly organised by the NYAA
Council and the St. Gallen Foundation in partnership
with the National University of Singapore, was
attended by nearly 400 guests and foreign Panel discussion led by a moderator, Mr Viswa Sadasivan, Chief
Ambassadors and High Commissioners. Executive Officer, Strategic Moves Pte Ltd at the 5th St. Gallen
Symposium Singapore Forum at the National University of
Singapore.

PA Heart Talk
PA Heart Talk was held at the Singapore Chinese
Cultural Centre on 22 January 2020. Minister for
the Environment and Water Resources Masagos
Zulkifli shared his thoughts with youth leaders on
Climate Change and Singapore’s climate change
mitigation strategy. Also speaking at the event was
Minister Chan Chun Sing, Deputy Chairman, People’s
Association. Representing the NYAA at the event
were Mr James Soh, Executive Director NYAA Council,
and Gold Award Holders Ms Lim En, Ms Cheryl Lee
and Ms Cassandra Yip.
NYAA Gold Award holders with NYAA Executive Director, Mr
James Soh, at the PA Heart Talk.

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