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Singapore public Service commiSSionAnnuAl report 2012

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CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW

THE SINGAPORE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (PSC)

•ThePSC’sRole•ChairmanandMembers PSC SCHOLARSHIPS 2012

PSC SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 2012

•PSCScholarships–GatewaytoPublicServiceCareers•President’sScholarshipHolders•PSCScholarshipHolders–UniformedService•PSCScholarshipHolders–PublicAdministration•PSCScholarshipHolders–ProfessionalService

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, APPEALS AND DISCIPLINARY CASES

OFFICIAL VISITS 2012 PSC SECRETARIAT

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CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW

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Findingandgroomingtherightpeople-thishasbeenthefundamentalroleoftheSingaporePublicServiceCommission(PSC)sinceitsconstitutionin1951.Forovermorethan60years,thePSChasplayedacriticalroleinensuringthatpeoplewiththerightcapabilitiesandvaluesarebroughtintoserveaspublicofficers.

ThattherewillbeenoughsuchpeoplewantingtojointhePublicServiceisnotaforegoneconclusion.Thisis all the more so today, with young Singaporeanshavingmanymoreopportunitiesandcareeroptions. Thus, the PSC continues to work closely with itspartners toengageandattractoutstandingstudentsto the Public Service. By engaging with students,teachers and parents, we ensure that talent fromdiverse backgrounds know about the opportunitiesavailable to them through PSC scholarships andPublicServicecareers.

Theseeffortshavebroadenedourintake.Inthe2012scholarship cohort, 14 schools were represented.These included junior colleges, polytechnics,IntegratedProgramme(IP)schools,andinternationalschools. The Public Service will benefit from therichness of perspectives that these scholarshiprecipientscancollectivelybring.

Complementing our outreach and engagementeffortsareregularreviewsofourtalentmanagementpolicies.Thesereviewsensurethattalentfromdiversebackgroundscontinuetoberecognised.Forexample,we extended the President’s Scholarship selectionto include outstanding Statutory Board scholarshiprecipients. I am pleased to note that a MonetaryAuthority of Singapore (MAS) scholar was awardedthePresident’sScholarshipin2012.

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Reaching out to talent from such diverse pathwaysrequires a selection system that is robust and reliable.This allows us to identify candidates with the rightcombinationofqualities andattributes.Given thehighacademic scores of our top students, a candidate’sintrinsic qualities, such as integrity, commitment andempathy,arewhatwill sethimorherapart fromotherapplicants.Ourclosepartnershipswiththeschoolshelpusidentifysuchoutstandingstudents.Wealsoregularlyreviewandenhanceourselectionmethodologiessothatthesystemstaysobjectiveandrobust.

Once selected, scholarship holders are exposed to aseriesofdevelopmentalopportunitiestopreparethemtoservethepublicwithempathyandefficiency.Theserangefromprojectswithpublic sector agencies tomilestoneprogrammesdone inpartnershipwith theCivilServiceCollege. In 2012, we refined the Preparatory Courseto allow scholarship holders to have more structuredinteractionswith public officers going about their day-to-daywork.Thisenabledscholarshipholders tohavea better understanding of the purpose and meaningofpublicservice.Anewcasestudysegmentwasalsointroduced for the scholarship holders to discuss andunderstandthepublic’sexpectationsofthem.

A strong Public Service also requires officerswith therightvalues.Whilethemajorityofpublicofficersconductthemselves honourably, therewill be somewho fail todo so. I am glad that the number of cases involvingmisconduct has been and continues to remain low. Inhandling these cases, thePSCensures that an officerfoundguiltyofanactofmisconductwillbedealtwithappropriatelywithoutfearorfavour,regardlessofrankorseniority.WewillcontinuetodischargethisrolesothattheintegrityofthePublicServiceisupheld.

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Inconclusion,thePSChasevolvedandadaptedwelltomeetnewneedsandchallenges.ThisprocessofchangeandimprovementwillcontinuetoensurethatthePublicServiceremainsastrongandenduringinstitution.

Eddie Teo Chairman

THE SINGAPORE PUBLIC SERVICE

COMMISSION (PSC)MeritocrAcyintegrity iMpArtiAlity

THE PSC’S ROLEThefunctionsofthePSCundertheConstitutionareasfollows:

Appoint;

Confirm;

Emplaceonthepermanentorpensionableestablishment;

Promote;

Transfer;and

Dismissandexercisedisciplinarycontroloverpublicofficers*.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(a)

(b)

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*The following categories of officers do not fall under the PSC’s purview: Singapore Armed Forces personnel, officers in the Judicial and Legal Services, Police Officers below the rank of Inspector, and daily-rated employees.

With effect from 1 Jan 1995, the following personnel functions have beendevolvedtothePersonnelBoardsintheMinistries:

RecruitmentandappointmenttotheCivilServiceexcepttheAdministrativeServiceandAuditingService;

Confirmationandemplacementofofficersonthepermanentorpensionableestablishment;

AppointmentandpromotionofofficersuptoSuperscaleGrade8/GradeE1(exceptfortheAuditingService);and

TransferofserviceamongservicesotherthantransferstotheAdministrativeService.

Following the devolution, the PSC serves as the final appellate body toconsiderpromotionappealsagainstdecisionsoftheAppealsBoard.

ThePSCalsoretainstwokeynon-constitutionalroles:

Attract andgroom talent for theSingaporePublicService throughPSCscholarships, as well as coordinate the efforts of scholarship-awardingpublicsectoragencies;and

ConsiderthesuitabilityofStatutoryBoardChiefExecutiveOfficers(CEOs)forpromotiontoSuperscaleGrade7/GradeDandabove,andthesuitabilityof officerswith job gradesSuperscaleGrade 7/GradeD and above forappointmentasStatutoryBoardCEOs.

ThePublicServiceCommission(PSC)isconstitutedunderPartIXoftheConstitutionoftheRepublicofSingapore.TheConstitutionprovidesforthePSCtohaveaChairman,andatleastfivebutnotmorethan14otherMembers.Asat31December2012,thePSCcomprisedtheChairman,twoDeputyChairmenand10otherMembers.

CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS

Mr Eddie Teo (chairman)

Mr Tan Yam Pin (Deputy chairman)

Mr Kwa Chong Seng Mr David Wong

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Dr Charles Toh (Deputy chairman)

Mr Po’ad MattarMr Michael Lim

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Mr Edward D’Silva

Ms Chua Sock Koong

Mr Richard R Magnus

Professor Lily Kong

Mr Philip Jeyaretnam Mr Alan Chan

PSC SCHOLARSHIPS

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PSC SCHOLARSHIPS 2012About pSc ScholArShipSPSC scholarships have been inplacesince1961.PSCscholarshipholders are funded to study atgood universities locally andoverseas, and will serve in thePublic Service after completingtheir studies. In this regard, PSCscholarshipsprovideopportunitiesfor outstanding young men andwomen to serve Singapore andSingaporeans throughacareer inthePublicService.

To ensure that PSC scholarshipholders are attuned to theopportunities and challengesfacedbythePublicServiceandtoprepare themtoserve thepublic,theyareplacedondevelopmentalprogrammes from the time theyareawardedthescholarship.TheirtraininganddevelopmentcontinueaftertheyjointhePublicService.

Selecting pSc ScholArShip holderSIn selectingcandidates forPSCscholarships, thePSCconsidersa rangeofinformation from different sources. These include the candidate’s character,commitmenttoservethePublicService,schoolreports,psychologistreports,Co-Curricular Activities, Community Involvement Programme (CIP) records,academicresultsandothernotableachievements.TheholisticassessmentofcandidatesservestodetermineiftheyareagoodfitforaPSCscholarshipandaPublicServicecareer.

In2012,thePSCawarded62PSCscholarshipsandfivePresident’sScholarships.

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nurturing tAlentThePSC emphasises the training anddevelopment of scholarship holdersfrom the time they are awarded thescholarship. Milestone programmessuchasthePreparatoryCourseandthePSCScholars’Mid-CourseProgramme(PSMP) sensitise scholarship holdersto the evolving political and sociallandscapes in Singapore, createnetworkingopportunities,andinculcatein them thePublicService values andethos.Furthertraininganddevelopmentopportunities continue to be availableafterscholarshipholdersstartworkinginthePublicService.

Beyond milestone programmes,scholarshipholdersarealsoencouragedto source for other developmentalactivities. In 2012, PSC scholarshipholdersparticipatedinvariousexchangeandimmersionprogrammesindifferentcountriesliketheNetherlands,Estonia,Germany and South Korea. We alsosaw scholarship holders taking upinternship opportunities in SiliconValley, Russia, China and Singapore,andcontributingtocommunityserviceprojectsindifferentcountries.

preparatory course, 3 - 16 Jul 2012ThePreparatoryCoursepreparesnewly-awardedscholarshipholdersfortheirroleasambassadorsoftheSingaporePublicServiceandtheircareerin thePublicService.Thetwo-weekprogrammehelpsparticipantsgaininsights into the principles and challenges of public policy formulation, and provides opportunities for them to interact with fellow scholarshipholders.ParticipantsalsolearnabouttheirindividualleadershipstylesandexaminetheconductexpectedofPublicServicescholarshipholdersandpublicofficers.

In2012,65participantsattendedthePreparatoryCourse.ThePreparatoryCourse culminated in the PSC Scholarships Award Ceremony on 24Jul2012.TheGuest-of-HonourwasMrTeoCheeHean(DeputyPrimeMinister,CoordinatingMinisterforNationalSecurity,MinisterinchargeoftheCivilServiceandMinisterforHomeAffairs).

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pSc Scholars’ Mid-course programme, May - Sep 2012The PSC Scholars Mid-Course Programme (PSMP) is organised forscholarshipholdersattheendoftheirsecondyearinuniversity.Itcomprisesthreemodules-theDevelopmentsinPublicPolicySeminar(DPPS),aMinistryAttachment and a Community Involvement module. Through interactionswithseniorpublicsectorleaders,communityleadersandSingaporeansfromdifferentbackgrounds, theprogrammeaimstoprovideparticipantswithabetterunderstandingofSingaporeandthePublicService.

65scholarshipholdersparticipatedinthePSMPheldfromMaytoSep2012.

national day rally dialogue Session, 29 Aug 2012

The National Day Rally (NDR)Dialogue session is organisedannually to engage scholarshipholdersonkeynationalissuesraisedinthePrimeMinister’sNDRSpeech.

The 2012 session was led by MrTan Chuan-Jin (Acting Minister forManpower and Senior Ministerof State for Ministry of NationalDevelopment),andattendedby120scholarshipholders.

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engAgeMent effortSThePSCvaluesongoingengagementwithourpartnersandstakeholders.This allows us to keep abreast ofdevelopments in the educationlandscapes locally and overseas. Italsoenablesustoeducateabroadaudience about opportunities anddevelopments inSingaporeandthePublicService.

In2012,engagementwithuniversitiesaroundtheworldremainedanintegralpart of the PSC’s work. Besideshosting several visits by universityofficersinSingapore,wealsovisiteduniversities like Harvard University,Stanford University, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT) andYale University. We also continuedto engage schools, parents andstudents through meetings,information sessions, scholarshipfairs and other platforms to informthem about opportunities in thePublicService.

Singapore Seminar, 27 oct 2012TheSingaporeSeminar is an annual conference to engage the overseasSingapore Public Service scholar community on key developments inSingaporeandthelargerissuesconfrontingthePublicService.

The 2012SingaporeSeminarwas held inSan Francisco.More than 200scholarship holders from 25 public sector agencies attended the one-day seminar themed “Evaluating Singapore’s International Position”. ThespeakerswereMrAshokMirpuri (Singapore’sAmbassador to theUnitedStates), Mr Joseph Liow (Associate Dean and Professor of Comparativeand InternationalStudies,S.RajaratnamSchoolof InternationalStudies),andMrKeith Tan (Director, ForeignEconomicPolicyDivision,Ministry ofTradeandIndustry).Toenablemorescholarshipholderstobeengagedinthediscussion,the2012SeminarwasalsostreamedlivetoanaudienceofPSCscholarshipholdersinLondon.

public Sector projectsPSCscholarshipholdersareencouragedtoidentifyandspearheadprojectsofrelevancetopublicsectoragencies.Theseprojectsprovideopportunitiesfor scholarship holders to work closely with public officers on issues ofconcerntothePublicService.Thisallowsthescholarshipholderstobetterinternalise theday-to-dayworkingsofPublicServiceand thevaluesandethosofpublicofficers.

In 2012, PSC scholarship holdersworked on projectswith agencies likeMCI,NLB,MHA/SCDF,MTI,MND,MFA,MCCYandMOE.

gap year programmeTheGap Year programme provides opportunities for scholarship holderson the Management Associates Programme to experience the concernsandchallengesfacedbyorganisationsoutsidethegovernmentbeforetheirdeploymenttoworkinMinistries.

In2012,onePSCscholarshipholderparticipatedinaGapYearProgrammewithHoweRobinsonandSJBerwin,whileanothertookpartinaGapYearProgrammewiththeSingaporePressHoldings.

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PSC SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS 2012

PSC SCHOLARSHIPS – GATEWAY TO PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS

Career Path and Award Scheme Number of Awards

Uniformed ServiceSingapore Armed Forces Overseas ScholarshipSingapore Police Force Overseas Scholarship

532

Public AdministrationOverseas/Local-Overseas Merit Scholarship (Open)Singapore Government Scholarship (Open)

462224

Professional ServiceOverseas Merit Scholarship (Foreign Service)Overseas Merit Scholarship (Legal Service)Overseas/Local-Overseas Merit Scholarship (Teaching Service)

11254

Total 62

PSCscholarshipsareawardedtooutstandingyoungmenandwomenwithakeeninteresttoserveinthePublicService.ThewiderangeofPSCscholarshipsofferthreemaincareerpaths–UniformedService,PublicAdministrationand Professional Service. Upon completing their studies, scholarship holderswill return to serve in the PublicServiceinoneofthethreecareerpaths.

Therewere62PSCscholarshiprecipientsin2012.FivewereforcareersintheUniformedService,46forPublicAdministration,and11fortheProfessionalService.Thebreakdownofscholarshipsbycareerpath,awardschemeandcourseofstudyisasfollows:

Course of Study Number of Awards

Humanities&SocialSciences 14

EconomicsorPhilosophy,Politics&Economics 17

Law 14

Science 3

Engineering 4

Finance/BusinessAdministration/Accountancy 4

PendingConfirmation 6*

Total 62

*These scholarship holders are pending the results of their applications to the universities/courses of their choice.

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PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS ThePresident’sScholarshipiswidelyregardedasSingapore’smostprestigiousundergraduatescholarship.Thescholarshipisawardedtostudentswhohavegonebeyondexcellence in academicpursuits andco-curricular activities todistinguish themselves. InawardingPresident’sScholarships, thePSC looksforoutstandingyoungmenandwomenwithastrongethosforPublicService,soundcharacterandadedicationtoimprovethelivesofSingaporeans.

FourrecipientsofPSCscholarshipsandonerecipientoftheMonetaryAuthorityofSingapore(MAS)undergraduatescholarshipwereawardedthePresident’sScholarshipin2012.

No. Name Secondary School / Pre-university Institution

Course of Study

University

1 AdilHakeemBMohamadRafee

RafflesInstitution PendingConfirmation

PendingConfirmation

2 HuangJinghao Jarret

RafflesInstitution Law UniversityofCambridge

3 MosesSohJuenWei,HueiQuan*

RafflesInstitution Economics UniversityofPennsylvania

4 Shaun LimYungShen

Anglo-ChineseSchool(Independent)

LiberalArts HarvardUniversity

5 TeeRenLingAlicia NanyangGirls’ HighSchoolHwaChongInstitution

PoliticalScience

YaleUniversity

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*Recipient of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) undergraduate scholarship

PSC SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS – UNIFORMED SERVICEThe PSC awards the Singapore ArmedForcesOverseas Scholarships (SAFOS)andtheSingaporePoliceForceOverseasScholarships (SPFOS) to outstandingstudents with the passion to serve inthe Uniformed Service. SAFOS holderswillbesystematicallytrained,developedandgroomed toassumekeycommandandstaffappointmentsintheSAFwhileSPFOS holders will be groomed to bestrategistsinupholdinglaw,maintainingorderandkeepingpeaceinSingapore.

In2012,threestudentswereawardedtheSAFOSandtwostudentswereawardedtheSPFOS.

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No. Name Award Scheme

Secondary School / Pre-university Institution

Course of Study University

1 RyanTanYiJie SAFOS RafflesInstitution Law UniversityofCambridge

2 ScottAngYiqiang SAFOS SingaporeSportsSchoolAnglo-ChineseSchool(Independent)

Law UniversityofCambridge

3 YeoBingLin SAFOS HwaChongInstitution ChemicalEngineering UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign

4 NgLiKi SPFOS HwaChongInstitution Philosophy,PoliticsandEconomics

UniversityofOxford

5 ShaunLimYungShen* SPFOS Anglo-ChineseSchool(Independent)

LiberalArts HarvardUniversity

*Also awarded the President’s Scholarship

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PSC SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS – PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONThePSCawards“Open”scholarships tostudentstoallowthemtopursueavarietyofcareersinthePublicService.Recipientsofthe“Open”scholarshipsarenottiedtoa specificMinistry at the onset, andwillhave their specific deployments decidedaftertheirgraduation.Theyareofferedtheopportunity tostudyatgooduniversitieslocally andoverseas, andareeligible forsponsorshipforaMaster’sprogramme.

PSC “Open” scholarships include theOverseas Merit Scholarship (Open) orOMS (Open), Local-Overseas MeritScholarshiporL-OMS(Open),SingaporeGovernment Scholarship (Open) or SGS(Open),andthePSCMastersScholarship.RecipientsoftheOMS(Open)pursuetheirundergraduatecoursesoverseas.L-OMS(Open)holderspursuetheirundergraduatecourses at a local university and aregiven theoption topursue theirMaster’sprogramme in a good university in anycountry. SGS (Open) is at a scholarshiptier just a notch below theOMS/L-OMS(Open). SGS (Open) holders pursuetheir undergraduate courses at gooduniversities locally and overseas. ThePSCMasters Scholarship is awarded tooutstanding undergraduates in their finalyearofstudyortorecentgraduates.

In 2012, 22 students were awarded theOMS/L-OMS (Open) and 24 studentswereawardedtheSGS(Open).

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1 AdilHakeemB MohamadRafee*

OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution PendingConfirmation

PendingConfirmation

2 Benjamin MakJiaMing

OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution Law UniversityofCambridge

3 ChewHongEn OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution Engineering StanfordUniversity

4 ChngShulingClare∆ OMS(Open) TanjongKatongGirls’SchoolTemasekJuniorCollege

Philosophy,PoliticsandEconomics

UniversityofWarwick

5 DanielMahtaniChander

OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution Economics DukeUniversity

6 EeFengHuiDileen OMS(Open) NanyangGirls’HighSchoolHwaChongInstitution

Economics CornellUniversity

7 GohJiaChenJudy L-OMS(Open)

CedarGirls’SecondarySchoolVictoriaJuniorCollege

EnvironmentalStudies

NationalUniversityofSingapore

8 KirkD’Souza OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution Government LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience

9 LeowZhiTing OMS(Open) NanyangGirls’HighSchoolHwaChongInstitution

Economics UniversityCollegeLondon

10 LiYihong OMS(Open) RafflesGirls’School(Secondary)RafflesInstitution

Law UniversityCollegeLondon

11 LimChernYang,Darren

OMS(Open) InternationalSchoolofBeijingChengduInternationalSchool

Economics,Politics&InternationalRelations

AmherstCollege

12 SimJunYiAndre OMS(Open) VictoriaSchoolVictoriaJuniorCollege

Law UniversityCollegeLondon

13 SonjiaYamLi-Mun OMS(Open) RiverValleyHighSchool Economics NewYorkUniversity

14 TanKheeYunnNicolette

OMS(Open) NanyangGirls’HighSchoolHwaChongInstitution

PoliticsorSociology

UniversityofPennsylvania

15 TanWeiQing OMS(Open) RafflesGirls’School(Secondary)RafflesInstitution

Philosophy,PoliticsandEconomics

UniversityofOxford

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16 TehYiYing OMS(Open) CedarGirls’SecondarySchoolVictoriaJuniorCollege

EnvironmentalSciences&Policy

DukeUniversity

17 TeohRenJie OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution LiberalArts HarvardUniversity

18 Winston CheeXuanHe

OMS(Open) DunmanHighSchool Economics LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience

19 WongZhiYuan OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution EngineeringScience

UniversityofOxford

20 WuWaiChoong OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution Economics UniversityofPennsylvania

21 YipYukLumJennifer L-OMS(Open)

NanyangGirls’HighSchoolHwaChongInstitution

History NationalUniversityofSingapore

22 ZhangYifan OMS(Open) RafflesInstitution Philosophy,PoliticsandEconomics

UniversityofOxford

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23 AntheaTaiBeiting SGS(Open) RafflesGirls’School(Secondary)RafflesInstitution

Sociology UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles

24 Benjamin LimShengHui

SGS(Open) HwaChongInstitution EconomicsandPolitics

NorthwesternUniversity

25 BillCaiYang SGS(Open) HwaChongInstitution Economics UniversityofChicago

26 BrandonJoelTan SGS(Open) HongKongInternationalSchoolInternationalCommunitySchool

Economics UniversityofChicago

27 ChiaWeiHan SGS(Open) RafflesInstitution PendingConfirmation

PendingConfirmation

28 ChuaChengXun SGS(Open) RafflesInstitution LawandEconomics

Yale-NUSCollege

29 IsabellChewYan SGS(Open) NanHuaSecondarySchoolPioneerJuniorCollege

Accountancy NanyangTechnologicalUniversity

30 JoeyLimZuoYi SGS(Open) RafflesGirls’School(Secondary)RafflesInstitution

Law UniversityofCambridge

31 KhooYiJin SGS(Open) RiverValleyHighSchool Business&Accountancy

NanyangTechnologicalUniversity

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32 KohLeeMeiFanny SGS(Open) XinminSecondarySchoolNgeeAnnPolytechnic

LiberalArts SarahLawrenceCollege

33 LeeWanTingAmanda

SGS(Open) DunmanHighSchool ChemicalEngineering

UniversityCollegeLondon

34 LimCherWeiGabriel SGS(Open) AnglicanHighSchoolTemasekJuniorCollege

PendingConfirmation

PendingConfirmation

35 LimJieHao,Joel SGS(Open) RafflesInstitution Philosophy,PoliticsandEconomics

UniversityofOxford

36 LingHan SGS(Open) NanyangGirls’HighSchoolHwaChongInstitution

InternationalRelations

PekingUniversity

37 MaryamHasanah BteRozlan

SGS(Open) RafflesGirls’School(Secondary)RafflesInstitution

Law LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience

38 NgXiangLong∆ SGS(Open) DunmanHighSchoolVictoriaJuniorCollege

BusinessAdministration andPublicPolicy


39 RaghunathanAdithya SGS(Open) RafflesInstitution Engineering DukeUniversity

40 SeeYingXiuAlison SGS(Open) CHIJStNicholasGirls’SchoolRafflesInstitution

Law LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience

41 SohZhiLiang SGS(Open) RiverValleyHighSchool PendingConfirmation

PendingConfirmation

42 SongLingxuan SGS(Open) NanyangGirls’HighSchoolHwaChongInstitution

Finance PekingUniversity

43 TanRenHao SGS(Open) RafflesInstitution Economics DukeUniversity

44 TeohZhiSheng SGS(Open) OrchidParkSecondarySchoolNanyangJuniorCollege

PendingConfirmation

PendingConfirmation

45 WangliaoYinan SGS(Open) RafflesInstitution PendingConfirmation

PendingConfirmation

46 WooWanFong SGS(Open) TanjongKatongSecondarySchoolNgeeAnnPolytechnic

Politics,PsychologyandSociology

UniversityofCambridge

*Also awarded the President’s Scholarship∆Mid-term scholarship holder

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PSC SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS – PROFESSIONAL SERVICEThe PSC awards “Tied” scholarships to students with a clearinterest in a specific scheme of service in thePublic Service –ForeignService,LegalServiceorTeachingService.StudentswhoarekeentoserveinotherspecialisedareasinthePublicServicemay also be considered for the Overseas Merit Scholarship(Specialist) or OMS (Specialist). Recipients of the “Tied” or“Specialist” scholarships will return to serve in the respectiveagencies linked to their scholarships (e.g. Ministry of ForeignAffairs,SingaporeLegalServiceorMinistryofEducation).

In 2012, there were two recipients of the Overseas MeritScholarship (Foreign Service) or OMS (Foreign Service), fiverecipients of the OverseasMerit Scholarship (Legal Service) orOMS(LegalService),andfourrecipientsoftheOverseas/Local-OverseasMeritScholarship(Teaching)orOMS/L-OMS(Teaching).

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No. Name Award Scheme Secondary School / Pre-university Institution

Course of Study

University

1 LinusWongKangWai OMS(ForeignService)

StJoseph’sInstitutionNationalJuniorCollege

InternationalRelations

TuftsUniversity

2 TeeRenLingAlicia* OMS(ForeignService)


PoliticalScience

YaleUniversity

3 DuXuan OMS (LegalService)

RafflesGirls’School(Secondary)RafflesInstitution

Law UniversityofOxford

4 HuangJinghaoJarret* OMS (LegalService)

RafflesInstitution Law UniversityofCambridge

5 SarahSiawMingHui OMS (LegalService)

RafflesGirls’School(Secondary)HwaChongInstitution


6 SeahEeWei OMS (LegalService)



7 WuYuJie OMS (LegalService)

AmericanInternational SchoolofGuangzhouUWC(SEA)


8 HuJingruChristine OMS(Teaching) NanyangGirls’HighSchoolHwaChongInstitution

Economics UniversityofPennsylvania

9 JennyGaneshrays L-OMS(Teaching) ChungChengHighSchool(Branch)NgeeAnnPolytechnic

Artsand SocialSciences


10 NgShinMun OMS(Teaching) QueenswaySecondarySchoolVictoriaJuniorCollege

History King’sCollege,London

11 Stephanie WongSoonYen

L-OMS(Teaching) AndersonSecondarySchoolNationalJuniorCollege

Artsand SocialSciences


*Also awarded the President’s Scholarship

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APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, APPEALS AND DISCIPLINARY CASES

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AppointMent And proMotion of chief executive officerS of StAtutory boArdSThePSCconsiders thesuitabilityofcandidates forappointmentasChiefExecutiveOfficersofStatutoryBoards,wherethejobsareatanequivalentgradetoseniormanagementranksintheCivilService(i.e.SuperscaleGrade7/GradeDandabove).ThePSCalsoconsidersthesuitabilityoftheChiefExecutiveOfficersforpromotiontoSuperscaleGrade7/GradeDandabove.

In 2012, the PSC endorsed 11 officers recommended by the SpecialPersonnel Board for appointment as Chief Executive Officers, and oneChiefExecutiveOfficerrecommendedbytheSpecialPersonnelBoardforpromotiontoSuperscaleGrade7/GradeDandabove.

AppointMentS And proMotionSThe PSC is responsible forappointing/promoting candidatesto the Administrative Service. It isalso responsible for appointing/promoting officers to SuperscaleGrade 9 and above in theAuditingService, and to Superscale Grade 7/GradeDandabove in the restoftheCivilService.

In 2012, the PSC interviewed 25candidatesandfoundthemsuitablefor the Administrative Service. ThePSC also considered 23 officersfor promotion to SuperscaleGrade 7/Grade D and above, includingthosetotheAdministrativeService.Ofthese,22officerswerepromoted.

Inaddition, thePSCappointedoneofficer to Superscale Grade 9 andabove in the Auditing Service, andconsidered four officers and foundthree suitable for promotion toSuperscale Grade 9 and above intheAuditingService.

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AppeAlSDuring the year, the PSC saw onefurther appeal for promotion underthePublicService(PersonnelBoardsand Appeals Board) Regulations.TheappealwasturneddownbythePSCaftercarefulconsideration.

diSciplineThePSCisvestedwiththedisciplinarycontrolofcivilservantsunderArticle110(1)oftheConstitutionoftheRepublicofSingapore.Civilservantswhoarefoundguiltyofanactofmisconductaredealtwithunderoneofthethreedisciplinaryprocedureslistedbelow:

a. The Public Service (Disciplinary Proceedings) Regulations (“theRegulations”),whichdealwithallegedactsofseriousmisconductbyallcivilservants,aswellasallegedactsofminormisconductbyseniorDivision1officers.

b. ThePublicServiceCommission(DelegationofDisciplinaryFunctions)Directions,wherethePSChasdelegatedtothePermanentSecretariesthedisciplineofofficersforminoroffences;and

c. TheDirectorPublicServiceCommission(PrisonOfficers)(DisciplinaryProceedings–DelegationofFunctions)Directions,wherethePSChasdelegated to the Director of Prisons the discipline of junior PrisonsOfficersforminoroffences.

Casesunderthelattertwocategoriesarecollectivelyknownasbeingunder“theDirections”.Thedisciplinaryprocessensuresthatofficersaretreatedfairly,regardlessofrankorseniority.

In 2012, 71 new disciplinary cases were reported to the PSC. Togetherwiththe46casesthatwerebrought forwardfromthepreviousyears, thePSCprocessedatotalof117cases in theyear.Of thesecases,71werecompleted,including23caseswhichwerecompletedundertheRegulationsand38caseswhichwerecompletedundertheDirections.Theremaining10caseswereclosedbeforedisciplinaryactionwasformallyinstitutedagainsttheofficers.

The threemain types ofmisconduct for cases completed in 2012 undertheRegulationswereImmoralBehaviour,IndebtednessandTheft/Robbery.Division1officerscomprisedclosetohalfoftheofficerswhosecaseswerecompletedundertheRegulationsin2012.Almostoneineverytwoofficersdisciplined under theRegulationswas dismissed from the service at theconclusionofdisciplinaryproceedings.

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Misconduct Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Total

Dishonesty/Embezzlement/CriminalBreachofTrust 1 - 1 - 2

ImmoralBehaviour 4 1 - - 5

Theft/Robbery 1 2 - 1 4

Indebtedness - 2 3 - 5

Insubordination/Non-ComplianceofOrders/DisobedienceofOrders 2 - - - 2

Negligence/Inefficiency/Unpunctuality 3 - - - 3

Others - - 1 1 2

Total 11 5 5 2 23

Misconduct Dismissal Retired in the Public Interest

Reduction in Rank

Pecuniary Penalties

Reprimand Allowed to

Resign

Total

Dishonesty/Embezzlement/CriminalBreachofTrust

1 - 1 - - - 2

ImmoralBehaviour 5 - - - - - 5

Theft/Robbery 3 - - - 1 - 4

Indebtedness 2 1 1 1 - - 5

Insubordination/Non-ComplianceofOrders/DisobedienceofOrders

- - - 1 - 1 2

Negligence/Inefficiency/Unpunctuality

- - - 2 - 1 3

Others - - 1 - - 1 2

Total 11 1 3 4 1 3 23

Detailsofthe23casescompletedundertheRegulationsin2012areasfollows:

OFFICIAL VISITS 2012


OFFICIAL VISITS 2012ThePSCmadeacourtesycallon theBrunei Public Service Commission on15Mar2012.

The PSC hosted the Chairman of theWesternAustraliaStandingCommitteeon Public Administration and twodelegateson24Aug2012.

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PSC SECRETARIAT


PSC SECRETARIAT

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ThePSCSecretariatisadepartmentinthePublicServiceDivision, Prime Minister’s Office. The Secretariat notonlyprovidesadministrativesupporttotheCommission,butalsoassists inmaintainingdisciplinewithintheCivilService, formulating scholarship policies, branding andmarketing PSC scholarships as well as identifying andgroomingpotentialleadersoftheCivilService.

ThePSCSecretariatisheadedbytheSecretary,whoisapublicofficerappointedbythePresidentontheadviceoftheCommission.

ThePSCSecretariathasthreebranches:Policy&TalentAttraction Branch, Talent Selection & DevelopmentBranchandDiscipline&SecretariatBranch.

Mr James WongSecretary,PSC

Director,PSCSecretariat

Ms Sakthi NirmalaSeniorAssistantDirector

Talent Selection & Development Branch

Ms Sakthi NirmalaSeniorAssistantDirector

Policy & Talent Attraction Branch

Mr Yeo Whee Jim(till Oct 12)

Mr Terence Chia(wef Nov 12)

Mrs Wendy KohSeniorAssistantDirector

Discipline & Secretariat Branch

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