March 11, 2021
Miss Tan Yan Ni graduated with Honours (Merit) from Nanyang Technological University s Nanyang Business School last year.
Nanyang Technological University
Scoring 143 for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) and facing the prospect of joining the Normal (Technical) stream in secondary school would have made some students worry for their future.
But for Miss Tan Yan Ni, it was the start of an eventful journey that eventually landed her at the right destination.
Last year, she graduated with Honours (Merit) from Nanyang Technological University s (NTU) Nanyang Business School (NBS), receiving her bachelor s degree in business.
Yesterday, she attended NTU s in-person convocation ceremony for the class of 2020 - held from March 1 to next Tuesday (March 16) - which was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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More than 150,000 workers in education sector to be offered COVID-19 vaccine from Mar 10
File photo of a student and teacher at MOE Kindergarten@Fernvale. (Photo: Facebook/Ministry of Education, Singapore)
08 Mar 2021 03:39PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: More than 150,000 teachers and other workers in the education sector will be offered COVID-19 vaccinations from Wednesday (Mar 10).
The exercise is in line with the Ministry of Health s (MOH) efforts to extend vaccination to workers who offer essential services, said the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA).
More than 150,000 teachers and other staff in educational institutions will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine from Wednesday (March 10), said the Ministry of Education on Monday.
Here are 11 key themes which emerged.
1. Cushioning petrol duty hikes
As part of measures to shift towards a greener and sustainable Singapore for all generations, petrol duty rates will be raised by 15 cents per litre for premium petrol and 10 cents per litre for intermediate petrol.
The Government will set aside $113 million to provide rebates for petrol and petrol-hybrid vehicles, to ease the transition following the hike.
There will be a 15 per cent road tax rebate for owners of private cars for one year, and a 60 per cent rebate for those owning motorcycles. Owners of commercial vehicles will get a 100 per cent tax rebate for a year.
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