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Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 10:30:49 EST
From:         mulliner@OUVAXA.UCLS.OHIOU.EDU
Subject:      SG: Singapore International Foundation Description

                   Ohio University Electronic Communication


   Date:  15-Dec-1992 10:30am EST

     To:  Southeast Asia Listers               ( _MX%"SEASIA-L@MSU.EDU" )

   From:  Kent Mulliner                              Dept:  Library
          MULLINER                                 Tel No:  614-593-2707

Subject:  SG: Singapore International Foundation Description


        The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) is the
parent body for various news which has been reposted from
the Singapore Gopher.  The following description of what it
is and what it does is also from the Singapore Gopher.

              THE SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) has been established
to further Singapore's efforts to go global.

The SIF maintainS links with Singaporeans abroad and cultivate
the goodwill of friends of Singapore.  It will build a network
of contacts for Singapore and will be the carrier of Singapore's
global spirit.

SIF'S FIVE MAIN GOALS:

-    To further encourage Singaporeans to think internationally
     to enable Singapore to make a contribution to the
     international community as a responsible corporate citizen.
-    To project Singapore's image abroad by promoting Singapore
     culture and know-how and explaining its way of life, its
     uniqueness and achievements.
-    To help Singaporeans who study, work and reside abroad to
     maintain links with Singapore.
-    To encourage the world's talented to visit, study and work
     in Singapore.
-    To develop a worldwide network of friends of Singapore.

In anticipation of the future, the SIF seeks to address the
issues of helping Singaporeans to internationalise while
maintaining at the same time a distinctively Singaporean
identity. Moving outward yet staying centered will remain a key
challenge for Singapore in the twenty-first century. The SIF
hopes to do its part in finding this subtle but significant
balance.

ORGANISATION AND FUNDING
The SIF was incorporated on 1 August 1992 as a public company
limited by guarantee. The three founder members who registered
the Foundation are:
y    Mr Ngiam Tong Dow, Chairman of Development Bank of
     Singapore;
y    Professor Lim Pin, Vice-Chancellor of the National
     University of Singapore;
y    Dr Cheong Choong Kong, Managing Director of Singapore
     Airlines.

A non-profit organisation, the SIF enjoys the status of an
Institution of Public Character (IPC). It will receive a one-time
endowment grant of $25 million will be raised from the private
sector.

The highest policy-making level of the SIF is the Board of
Governors. The Chairman of the Board is Mr Lee Seng Wee, Mr Lee
is also the chairman of the Board Executive Committee of Oversea-
Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. At present, there are 14 other
members Board of Governors.

The SIF is headed by the Director, Professor Chan Heng Chee. She
was formerly Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United
Nations and the first Director of the Institute of Policy
Studies.

SOME OF SIF'S PROGRAMS

PUBLICATIONS
The SIF publishes SINGAPORE, a bi-monthly magazine to be
distributed among Singaporeans abroad and friends of Singapore.
The magazine will keep the readers informed of events and life
in Singapore and the region.

SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS OVERSEAS
The Singapore Volunteers Overseas is to provide humanitarian and
technical services to developing countries. The projects will
last from three months to a year, depending on their nature and
complexity. It is open to Singaporeans 21 years of age and older.

OVERSEAS SINGAPORE CLUBS
The SIF maintains links with more than 40 Overseas Singapore
Clubs and supplies then with Singaporeana such as locally
produced television programs, music tapes and magazines to keep
them in touch with Singapore.

SINGAPORE STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS
The SIF also maintains links with more than 180 SSAs in the US,
UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

ORIENTATION PROGRAMS
The SIF organises orientation programs to prepare students for
overseas students for overseas studies so that they can better
adjust to new environments and cultures.

STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Singapore's first student symposium was held in July 1992 tfor
Singaporeans studying aborad to keep in touch with one another
and with students in Singapore. The symposium helps to reacquaint
students with development and issues at home.

ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM
The SIF collaborates with the National Arts Council to showcase
Singapore talent and know-how abroad. Singaporean cultural
figures as well as scientists and inventors will be encouraged
and given opportunities to go abroad to perform, exhibit, and/or
lecture.

ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAM
The SIF Arts and Culture Program aims to showcase Singapore
talent aborad. It gives co-sponsorship to Singaporean artsist to
perform and exhibit overseas. It aslo creates opportunities for
Singaorean artists based abroad to come home and share their
talent with the home audience.




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