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The standard time used in Hong Kong, at UTC+8.
The statutory board responsible for licensing hotels and administering the applicable hotel-licensing framework.
A public healthcare talent award for academically strong students committed to careers in Singapore's public healthcare sector.
Standard medical examination report used for specified LTA vocational-licence applications and renewals.
An organisational group responsible for maintenance of housing assets and related facilities.
Insurance covering specified risks associated with healthcare delivery or professional medical practice.
A programme that guides participating preschools in serving balanced meals and building healthy eating habits.
A programme that sets healthier meal and drink requirements for participating mainstream schools.
Higher-level Mother Tongue Language subject offered to eligible students in Singapore schools.
The senior appointment leading the Navy's logistics department.
The senior appointment leading the Navy's personnel department.
The senior officer responsible for leading a department and its work, staff and performance.
The senior officer responsible for leading a division and its work, staff and performance.
A support scheme for young, lower-income families that combines housing and education assistance with incentives for skills upgrading, employment and family planning.
Practical training in which learners develop skills by performing the relevant tasks or using the actual equipment.
The law governing the removal and transplantation of specified organs from deceased persons under an opt-out framework and related safeguards.
A structured transfer of duties, information, records, assets, access and outstanding actions from one person or team to another.
Singapore's health-promotion agency, focused on healthy living, disease prevention and population-health programmes.
The use of powerful computing systems and parallel processing to solve large or complex computational problems.
A flexible home-care service providing personal care and other support for seniors with changing care needs.
The HSA group responsible for regulating health products to ensure their quality, safety and efficacy.
A CPF mortgage-reducing insurance scheme that helps pay an outstanding HDB housing loan if an insured member dies or becomes permanently incapacitated.
The Army headquarters responsible for medical policy, planning, training and operational medical support.
A headquarters responsible for coordinating maintenance, engineering and technical-support functions.
The headquarters responsible for coordinating the SAF Medical Corps and its professional functions.
A COVID-19 legal order requiring a person to remain at home for a specified quarantine period and comply with monitoring conditions.
A COVID-19 notification advising a person of possible exposure and requiring specified monitoring, testing or precautionary steps.
The United Nations intergovernmental body responsible for promoting and protecting human rights worldwide.
Human-resources leaders and representatives who coordinate or participate in workforce and people-management matters.
A meeting of human-resource leaders used to align policy, priorities and organisational practices.
A centre providing or coordinating human-resource administration, policy support and workforce services.
A digital system for managing employee records, recruitment, performance, leave, benefits and other HR processes.
The combined human-resources and payroll function or service responsible for employee administration and pay.
A COVID-19 programme allowing suitable patients to recover at home with monitoring and support.
The central HR and payroll administration system rolled out for government ministries.
The Human Resource and Payroll System used by Civil Service officers for HR, payroll, leave, claims and related employee services.
A department responsible for human-resource systems, digital tools and related process support.
A centre providing common human-resource transactions and administrative services across supported organisations.
The group responsible for coordinating and overseeing implementation of the Home Recovery Programme.
A notification of higher infectious-disease exposure risk that required recipients to undergo testing and reduce interactions for a stated period.
An internationally standardised numerical code used to classify traded products for customs, tariffs and trade statistics.
Singapore's regulator and scientific authority for health products, blood services, forensic science and related laboratory functions.
A trade union representing employees across Singapore's healthcare sector and related services.
A national preventive-care programme that enrols residents with a regular family doctor and health plan.
A programme that checks participants for specified health conditions or risk factors and arranges follow-up where needed.
A passenger railway designed to operate at substantially higher speeds than conventional intercity rail.
A programme giving students opportunities to undertake supervised research in the humanities and social sciences.