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A MINDEF office building or block used for headquarters and administrative functions.
The main MINDEF headquarters building located at Bukit Gombak.
Scheme giving eligible firms additional access to foreign manpower while they undertake strategic economic activities and develop local workers.
Microsoft's cloud productivity and collaboration suite, including services such as Outlook, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive.
Follow-up issues arising from earlier minutes, discussions or decisions.
The CPF account used for approved healthcare expenses and insurance premiums.
An approach that integrates multiple transport options into a single service for planning, booking and paying for journeys.
A pay component used to adjust compensation in response to labour-market conditions.
A secure Whole-of-Government AI and MLOps platform for developing, deploying and monitoring machine-learning models on the government intranet.
A subsidy fund helping eligible patients in public healthcare institutions afford selected high-cost medicines.
A discretionary assistance scheme for patients who cannot afford higher-cost unsubsidised medicines after other financing sources are used.
A commissioned-officer rank above Captain and below Lieutenant Colonel in the Singapore Armed Forces.
An agency or department management committee used for leadership coordination, review or decisions.
A structured programme that develops early-career talent through training, projects and rotational exposure.
A system used to assess aptitudes or suitability for manpower placement and role assignment.
An initiative addressing marine plastics while supporting the resilience and livelihoods of coastal communities.
The principal international convention for preventing pollution of the marine environment from ships.
The time used in French Polynesia's Marquesas Islands, at UTC-9:30.
Singapore's central bank and integrated regulator for banking, insurance, capital markets and other financial services.
A set of baseline security practices and checks for developing, testing and operating mobile applications safely.
A secure network or electronic service used by financial institutions to submit information and transact with MAS.
An ICA AI system that classifies documents and extracts key information from passports and other supporting records.
A metric counting the number of distinct users who use a product or service during a month.
An integrated business-park development in the Alexandra precinct managed by Mapletree.
A document used to verify an employee's identity and entitlement when claiming specified medical benefits.
A group of senior members responsible for overseeing an organisation, programme or major area of work.
The legal body comprising subsidiary proprietors that manages and maintains the common property of a strata development.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force command responsible for marine firefighting, rescue and emergency response.
A document issued by a medical practitioner certifying a person's medical condition or fitness for work or duty.
Legislation governing decision-making for people who lack mental capacity and the safeguards around it.
Form authorising a medical institution to submit MediSave, MediShield Life or Integrated Shield Plan claims on a patient's behalf.
A commercial-cloud environment approved or arranged for MINDEF workloads and digital services.
The ministry responsible for culture, arts, heritage, sports, youth, community development and social cohesion.
An underground expressway serving the Marina and downtown area and linking the eastern and western expressway networks.
Singapore’s national jobs portal connecting jobseekers with employers and career opportunities.
A grouping of multiple companies managed or treated together for a defined business or administrative purpose.
The former ministry responsible for communications and information before it was renamed MDDI.
The MINDEF office responsible for information-management leadership and enterprise technology direction.
The Microsoft function responsible for building and operating cloud infrastructure and data-centre services.
The senior security officer responsible for information-security leadership and risk within a ministry.
A central gateway for experienced mid-career entrants who may be considered for Public Service leadership programmes.
The MINDEF organisation responsible for public communications, media engagement and strategic communication.
A programme offering mid-career individuals company attachments and pathways into employment.
Former HDB priority scheme that helped married children and parents obtain flats near or with one another.
Systems essential to core operations whose failure could cause severe operational, safety or service consequences.
A MINDEF department providing corporate services and organisational support.
A common contract template designed to shorten legal and contracting timelines for sponsored clinical trials across public healthcare clusters.