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50th St. Gallen Symposium Singapore Hub

Singapore was very honoured to host the 50th St.
Gallen Symposium Singapore Hub for the first time
outside Switzerland in May 2021. In addition, Mr
Tommy Koh Kit Shaun, Assistant Director, ASEAN
Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry and an
NYAA Gold Awardee, was appointed as Chairman of
the St. Gallen Symposium Singapore Chapter of the
Leaders of Tomorrow at the event.

Mr Ong Ye Kung, Minister for Transport, graced the
Singapore Hub. Federal Councillor of Switzerland, Ms
Karin Keller-Sutter, graced the St. Gallen Symposium Mr Tommy Koh, NYAA Gold Awardee.
in Switzerland. Speakers from Singapore include
former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr George Yeo,
Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Culture,
Community and Youth, Mr Alvin Tan and Member
of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Mr
Edward Chia, an NYAA Gold Award holder (2004
Cohort), and a leader of Tomorrow of the St. Gallen
Symposium together with thought leader and many
corporate chiefs in Singapore.

Mr Edward Chia, NYAA Gold Award holder (2004
Cohort) and Mr George Yeo.

MOU Signing between Surbana Jurong and the Institute of Technical Education

Mr Eugene Seah, Managing Director, Surbana
Technologies and an NYAA Gold Award holder (1995
Cohort), played a crucial role in the partnership and
collaboration between Surbana Jurong and the
Institute of Technical Education.

A vital component of the partnership focused on
the training of ITE students in Engineering and Info-
Communications, Technology including Artificial
Intelligence (A.I.), Building Information Modelling
(BMI), Data Engineering, Digitalisation, Facility
Management, Digital Asset Monitoring and Mixed
Virtual Reality. Mr Wong Heang Fine, Group Chief
Executive Officer, Surbana Jurong and Ms Low Khah
Gek, Chief Executive Officer of ITE, signed the MOU
on 10 May 2021.

The MOU will facilitate the advanced national
effort to transition the labour intensive facilities
management industry to a higher-value, productive
one powered by data analytics, predictive
maintenance and a smart nation.

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