Glossary entries beginning with T

Activities and systems concerned with building knowledge, skills and capability through training and learning.

Short-term Singapore Government debt securities sold at a discount and redeemed at face value.

The officer or body authorised to approve a tender award.

A Republic of Singapore Air Force base located at Tengah.

A centre that collects and analyses threat information to support security decisions and response.

An ASEAN treaty committing parties to peaceful relations, non-interference and the settlement of disputes without force.

A tripartite body providing advisory and mediation services for salary and employment disputes.

A forum where technical architecture proposals, standards and design issues are reviewed.

A tripartite body that promotes fair, responsible and progressive employment practices.

A login method in which a physical or digital token assists with verifying the user's identity.

A programme placing public officers with private- or people-sector organisations to gain external perspectives and experience.

A workforce programme that trains participants for identified roles and places them with employers.

A former telecommunications regulator in Singapore's infocomm-agency lineage.

Singapore’s national governing body for triathlon, responsible for developing the sport and supporting competitions and participation.

A scheme providing awards or sponsorship for approved training and professional development.

The elapsed time between receiving a request or starting work and completing the required response or output.

A statutory board that channels gaming surpluses to grants and programmes benefiting the community.

Indicates that information, a decision or a date will be provided later.

A seed fund for piloting innovative programmes with potential to scale in Singapore's community-care sector.

Indicates that a detail, arrangement or decision has not yet been confirmed.

Indicates that more detail will be developed or supplied later.

Indicates that the relevant person or group will be informed later.

Teachers who also provide counselling support to students alongside their teaching responsibilities.

Cooperation through which organisations or countries share technical expertise, training and practical assistance.

An elected local body that manages common property in HDB estates.

A trusted facility or service that provides controlled processing, authentication or exchange functions.

Insurance protecting a seller or lender against losses when a customer fails to pay trade debts.

Singapore's professional regulator for traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, responsible for registration and practice standards.

Temporary certificate issued after a successful COE bid and used to register the applicable vehicle within its validity period.

The core suite of communication protocols used to connect devices and exchange data across the internet.

An HDB priority scheme for eligible families with at least three children.

Singapore's national defence framework in which military, civil, economic, social, digital and psychological resilience collectively protect the country.

A naval squadron responsible for defence and security operations in the Tuas area.

A borrowing limit based on the share of monthly income used to service all debt.

Vocational licence required to drive a taxi and provide taxi services in Singapore.

Education focused on practical, occupational and technology-related knowledge and skills.

A committee that evaluates tender submissions against the stated criteria and records its assessment for the Tender Approving Authority.

A common short reference to Pulau Tekong.

An MRT line connecting northern Singapore, the city centre and the east coast.

An HPB programme area using technologies such as wearables, sensors, data analytics and AI to support personalised, nationwide health promotion; the TeNHP abbreviation itself is not firmly established.

A programme supporting trials and experiments with emerging or unproven technologies.

Work pass for eligible foreign students or trainees undergoing professional, managerial, executive or specialist training in Singapore.