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Source:
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Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck
Puat Launches $25 Million Fund for Education |
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The Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat
launched a $25 million Khoo Teck Puat Education Fund today (18 Dec
2007). |
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The Fund will provide for three programmes:
training opportunities to strengthen English language teaching in the
region, opportunities for needy students in our polytechnics and the
Institute of Technical Education to gain overseas exposure, and
scholarships for deserving students from Singapore and China to pursue
their undergraduate studies in Singapore universities. |
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The Ministry of Education will administer
the fund. |
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Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat was a philanthropist
who donated to many causes – particularly in the areas of medical
research, healthcare and education – in his lifetime. The launch of the
Khoo Teck Puat Education Fund is in line with his pioneering spirit and
international outlook where deserving causes would be considered
regardless of geographic boundaries. |
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The Fund will be for use over five years,
starting from 2008. It will go towards three programmes : |
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a. The Khoo Teck Puat Regional Teacher
Training Programme will fund ‘train-the-trainer’ schemes to
support English language teaching in the region. For a start, funding
will be provided to trainers of English language teachers from Vietnam,
through programmes in Singapore as well as Vietnam. This will be
extended to other countries in the region later. Through the
train-the-trainer approach, Singapore can help countries in the region
equip English language teachers with the necessary skills to help their
students prepare for the global economy where English is a key language
for commerce and networking. |
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b. The Khoo Teck Puat International
Opportunity Programme which will help needy students from ITE
and the polytechnics to obtain an overseas educational experience. This
would take the form of subsidies to fund various forms of overseas
exposure, such as industrial attachments, exchange programmes, or
community service projects. The subsidies, which come up to $1,200 per
student, will benefit about 3,500 students. |
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c. The Khoo Teck Puat Scholarship
Programme which awards scholarships to students from financially
disadvantaged backgrounds and who have done well academically to pursue
their undergraduate studies in our local universities. The Scholarship
Programme will be awarded to students from Singapore and China
initially. A total of 90 scholarships worth about $6.5 million will be
awarded to deserving students. |
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Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for
Finance and Minister for Education, witnessed the cheque presentation
ceremony, which was held at the Institute of Technical Education
headquarters this afternoon (18 Dec 2007). |
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Thanking the Estate, Mr Shanmugaratnam
said that the donation was an excellent example of how private
philanthropy could work hand in hand with the public sector to
achieve common objectives. He said “The Estate’s generous donation
complements our ongoing efforts to provide opportunities for
students to gain international exposure and sensitise them to
Singapore’s place in the global environment…the donation also
supports our ongoing collaborations in the region to build up
teacher training capabilities in key areas.” |
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About the Estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck
Puat |
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The trustees of the Estate have taken
over from Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat following his demise in February
2004, continuing his legacy through the distribution of funds
centred on medical research, healthcare and education – areas of
great personal interest and passion to the late Tan Sri Khoo. |
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Some of the Estate’s major philanthropic
projects include the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital for the community, the
Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School and
Peking University’s new sports complex, the venue for the 2008
Beijing Summer Olympics Table-tennis Competition. |
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Other recent projects include the Autism
Resource Centre, the National University Hospital Centre for
Advanced Surgery Training, National Neuroscience Institute
Integrated Operation Suites, the International Institute for
Strategic Studies, St. Joseph’s Institution (International) and the
Kidney Dialysis Foundation. |
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The Estate has also donated generously
towards the procurement of the 9th Century Tang Treasure for
Singapore’s Maritime Heritage Foundation. |
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Source:
www.moe.gov.sg Press Release 18
Dec 2007 |
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