Glossary entries beginning with P

A primary-care network arrangement that supports general practitioners in providing coordinated mental-health assessment and treatment.

A programme supporting participants in obtaining recognised professional certifications.

A former workforce programme helping professionals switch into new occupations through structured training and employer support; it was later developed into Career Conversion Programmes.

A laboratory method that amplifies selected genetic material so it can be detected and analysed.

Activities that build employees' skills, capabilities, careers and readiness for future responsibilities.

A handheld electronic device for personal information management, communication and basic computing tasks.

A Ministry of Home Affairs division responsible for developing, reviewing and coordinating policy.

A mixed-use smart district in Punggol integrating business, education, technology and community facilities.

Education and outreach intended to prevent drug abuse by building awareness, resilience and informed decision-making.

A document format designed to preserve page layout, fonts and graphics across different devices and software.

A programme providing secondary students with personal learning devices for teaching and learning.

The person responsible for a product's direction, priorities, user value and outcomes across its lifecycle.

Singapore's data-protection law governing organisations' collection, use and disclosure of personal data.

Singapore's data-protection regulator, responsible for administering and enforcing the Personal Data Protection Act.

Standards or a framework for assessing how organisations develop employees and people-management practices.

Vocational licence required to provide private-hire car driving services in Singapore.

The school subject that develops physical competence, fitness, movement skills, teamwork and healthy-living habits.

The engineering field concerned with producing highly accurate components, systems and manufacturing processes.

The election through which eligible voters choose the President of Singapore.

Singapore legislation governing the conduct and administration of parliamentary elections.

Structured activities intended to help an employee address performance gaps and improve effectiveness.

A documented plan setting out performance gaps, required improvements, support, milestones and review dates.

Singapore's statutory board responsible for registering professional engineers and regulating engineering practice.

Educational material for doctors or other healthcare professionals on a medicine's appropriate use, safety risks and required precautions.

A regional partnership that promotes integrated coastal and ocean governance across the seas of East Asia.

An authorised security test that simulates attacks to identify exploitable weaknesses in systems, applications or networks.

A work pass for high-earning foreign professionals that is not tied to a specific employer.

A collaboration between the Pro-Enterprise Panel and Singapore Business Federation to surface and address business regulatory issues.

A review and implementation effort aimed at improving the quality and experience of primary education.

IDA's former flexible-benefits scheme, renamed PERKS in 2005 to give staff a broader choice of personal-enrichment benefits.

A centralised hub providing personnel administration, support and related manpower services.

A local personnel-support point providing manpower administration and services to assigned units or users.

An Army command serving as the executive command for SAF manpower operations and MINDEF/SAF shared services.

A survey gathering businesses' views on regulatory experience and the pro-enterprise environment.

The national standard time used in Peru, at UTC-5.

A COVID-19 test taken within a specified period before attending an event or activity that required a valid negative result.

A specialised police vehicle equipped to support tactical response during public-order incidents.

Technologies that enable data use while reducing the exposure of personal or sensitive information.

Temasek portfolio segment covering partnerships, funds and asset-management companies that provide specialised strategies and scalable capital access.

A one-year polytechnic preparatory programme for eligible Secondary 4 students.

To admit the offence charged and accept conviction without contesting the charge at trial.

A police notice circulated to trace and facilitate the arrest of a wanted person, including someone believed to have left Singapore.

An organisational group responsible for policy development, analysis and coordination.

An instrument and examination method that records physiological responses while a person answers questions.

Study undertaken after completing an undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.

A professional group organised around a shared discipline or area of expertise.

A postgraduate professional qualification preparing degree holders to become teachers.

An SCDF fire station providing firefighting, rescue and emergency medical response in and around Punggol.