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• 20th NYAA Gold Award Ceremony 2022
The NYAA Gold Award Ceremony took place, with President Halimah Yacob as the guest of honour and Mr
Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, hosting the event.
Over 180 recipients from various educational institutions and organisations received the NYAA Gold Award.

DPM Heng Swee Keat with President
Halimah Yacob, presenting the Gold Award
to Tommy Koh.

President Halimah Yacob and Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating
Minister for Economic Policies, Mr Heng Swee Keat with NYAA Gold
Award Recipients 2022 and officials.

President Halimah Yacob interacting with
Gold recipients.

ITE College West Gold Award Ceremony 2022
Over 400 NYAA participants completed their Gold
Award activities in 2020/21 during the COVID-19
pandemic.

Due to the SMM restrictions, NYAA could not organise
large-scale annual ceremonies. A batch of 28 Gold
Award recipients received their Gold award from Mr
James Soh, Executive Director, NYAA Council, on 18
March 2022 at the ITE College West. NYAA Gold Ceremony at ITE College West.

NYAA 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

As the NYAA commemorates its 30th Anniversary
(1992 to 2022), we acknowledge that our
achievements were made possible by various entities’
collective support and collaboration.

Over the past three decades, the success of the
NYAA can be attributed primarily to the invaluable
contributions of our life benefactors, foundations,
corporate supporters, and well-wishers who have
offered their expertise and financial support to our
programmes and activities.
“I am glad that the NYAA has blossomed into an impactful
movement over the last thirty years and given countless We are also immensely grateful to our political and
youths a platform to deepen our social reserves. My
warmest congratulations to the NYAA for reaching this community leaders, who have guided us. Additionally,
milestone. I am confident that the NYAA and our youths we owe an outstanding debt of gratitude to our
will continue to make Singapore and the world an even dedicated partners from educational institutions,
better place.” community organisations, and the NYAA Gold Award
Heng Swee Keat Holders’ Alumni, with whom we closely collaborate
Deputy Prime Minister and
Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies and to create opportunities and platforms for developing
Chairman, NYAA Advisory Board and empowering young people in Singapore.

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