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YSA project team to work with underprivileged and needy school children in Punjab
- 28/12/2016
- Posted by: youngsikh
- Category: Community Services
No CommentsFourteen Singaporeans embarked on a journey of selfless and charitable service on 9 December 2016 to work with underprivileged and needy school children in Punjab, India. They will return to Singapore on 27 December 2016. YSA organised a send-off ceremony for the participants on 8 December 2016 at the Function Hall at Khalsa Dharmak Sabha.
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Minister for Manpower, Mr Lim Swee Say, addresses young Sikh graduates at plaque presentation ceremony
- 01/10/2016
- Posted by: youngsikh
- Category: Professional and Intellectual Development
It is important to pursue your passions even if it takes several attempts to succeed. Singapore’s new Acting Minister for Education, Mr Ong Ye Kung, delivered this message to a group of young Sikh graduates on 7 November 2015, urging them to chase their dreams. Speaking at the Sikh Graduates Tea Reception, Mr Ong also
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Red Dot Bhangra ends week-long celebration with sold-out bonanza
- 25/07/2016
- Posted by: youngsikh
- Category: Culture
Red Dot Bhangra 2016, a week-long Bhangra festival by YSA and Sadi Wakhri Ah Taur (S.W.A.T.) Singapore, ended with a bang on 24 July 2016. The jointly organised Bhangra Bonanza showcased an array of Singapore’s finest Bhangra groups and was met with excitement and success. The Bhangra festival aimed to create greater awareness and understanding of
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Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh highlights the growing role of ‘soft power’ in Asia at the Eighth Khwaish Lecture
- 10/04/2016
- Posted by: youngsikh
- Category: Conferences and Seminars
Even though Asia, as a region, is on the rise in its hard power, particularly economically, it is already successful in its projection of soft power, Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-At- Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a dialogue with young Singaporeans. Citing well-known soft power indices and rankings, Professor Koh, who is also Special
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Young Singaporeans commended for voluntary work in India
- 30/03/2016
- Posted by: youngsikh
- Category: Community Services
The leader of the project, Mr Satwant Singh, had often times told the 20 participants in the lead up to the expedition that they were not going to Punjab to be “champions” and to change the world, but if they could make a difference to the life of just one person, they would have achieved
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Shooting for racial harmony and integration
- 28/02/2016
- Posted by: youngsikh
- Category: Sports
More than 500 players and supporters from across Singapore came together on 27 February 2016 to participate in a multiracial football tournament aimed at promoting racial harmony and integration. Organised by YSA, the event witnessed the participation 61 teams from different ethnic groups, including the self-help groups, new citizens and the expatriate community. Mr Darryl