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A major transport corridor intended to improve north-south connectivity and support public transport, walking and cycling.
A contact centre handling enquiries and support related to National Service.
Singapore's national facility providing shared supercomputing resources and expertise for research and industry.
A central secretariat that supports national-security coordination, strategy and policy across government agencies.
A National Serviceman who is treated as having deserted after unlawfully remaining absent from service.
A directorate responsible for policy, planning and administration relating to National Service.
A national-level exercise used to test whole-of-government plans, coordination and decision-making against major crisis scenarios.
The collective term for Singapore's North-South and East-West MRT lines.
A person serving the full-time component of Singapore's National Service obligation.
An SPF and HTX platform for exchanging known scam-enabler information with partners in real time to support preventive disruption.
An MRT line running between northern Singapore and the city centre before continuing south.
A branch that conducts outreach and engagement with National Servicemen, families and other stakeholders.
A centre handling personnel administration and support for National Servicemen.
A department responsible for developing and coordinating policies relating to National Service.
A recreational and country-club facility serving National Servicemen and their families.
The centre responsible for National Service registration, medical screening, enlistment and related administration.
The standard time used in Newfoundland and parts of Labrador, at UTC-3:30.
Town council managing common property and municipal services for the Nee Soon constituency.
A committee coordinating national translation standards, terminology or capability development.
A public acute hospital serving western Singapore as part of the National University Health System.
A readiness requirement specifying how soon personnel or a unit must be prepared to deploy after being ordered.
List of specified occupations for which services and manufacturing employers may hire Work Permit holders from approved non-traditional source countries or regions.
A Singapore autonomous university specialising in education and research across engineering, science, business, humanities and related fields.
The NTU office responsible for academic administration, records and related student services.
Singapore's national federation of trade unions and the central organisation of the Labour Movement.
NTUC LearningHub, a training provider offering workforce and professional-development programmes.
The representative student body that advocates for NTU students and organises welfare, engagement and campus-life activities.
A trade union representing workers in Singapore's land-transport sector, supporting them in workplace matters and advancing their collective interests.
National specialty centre integrating oral-health clinical care, education and research within NUHS.
A public tertiary hospital in western Singapore and a principal institution of the National University Health System.
National university cardiac centre providing cardiovascular care, research and education within NUHS.
A public healthcare group comprising hospitals, specialty centres, polyclinics and other health institutions in western Singapore.
A public primary-care group operating polyclinics in western Singapore under the National University Health System.
A Singapore autonomous university providing education and research across a broad range of disciplines.
The National University of Singapore office responsible for international partnerships, mobility and global engagement.
The National University of Singapore office responsible for student support, development and campus-life programmes.
The National University of Singapore office responsible for student records, registration and academic administration.
The collective administrative functions and offices that support the National University of Singapore.
The representative student body for National University of Singapore students, providing advocacy, welfare and campus-life activities.
A national organisation promoting volunteerism and philanthropy.
A Public Service policy requiring an agency that receives feedback outside its purview to identify the responsible agency and ensure that it takes up the case before connecting it with the person who raised it.
The national agency coordinating youth development, engagement and participation.
A Singapore polytechnic providing applied diploma education, continuing education and industry-linked training.
The daylight-saving time used in most of New Zealand, at UTC+13.
A whole-of-government initiative to reduce public-sector emissions and progress towards net-zero operations.
The standard time used in most of New Zealand, at UTC+12.