The Singapore Prize is the highest honour that the Government of the Republic of Singapore can bestow upon an individual citizen, given to those who have made outstanding contributions in building and shaping Singapore. It embodies our Government’s belief that citizenship is more than simply paper: it is both privilege and responsibility.
The President’s Science and Technology Awards (PSTA) honor scientists who make significant discoveries and push the boundaries of knowledge within their respective field of expertise. First introduced as National Science and Technology Awards in 1987, these national competitions gained presidential status in 2009. Each category includes: President’s Science Award; President’s Technology Award and Young Scientist Award.
These awards serve to celebrate Singapore’s success, talent, and achievements, while simultaneously inspiring others to pursue their own goals in life. Winners are selected by an independent panel consisting of prominent academics, researchers and industry professionals.
SINGAPORE — Khir Johari’s new book – The Food of the Singapore Malays: Gastronomic Travels Through the Archipelago — has won the triennial NUS Singapore History Prize – Singapore’s richest literary prize with five other shortlisted books competing. Khir’s win marks her success against author-historians from different age brackets or nationalities who can submit works into this competition open to authors or historians from any nation and age range.
The prize was established through a $1 million donation by Confucian scholar Dr Alan HJ Chan and presented by Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). It seeks to foster writing that champions mindsets and values essential to Singapore society’s development, such as equality, diversity, religious harmony, meritocracy, pragmatism and resilience as well as education, community building and innovation.
This year marks a first with the NUS Singapore History Prize for Arts and Multimedia, open to artists, writers, performers, producers and publishers who create works which explore any area, theme or period in Singapore’s history. There are no limitations regarding date of production in order to widen admission criteria as much as possible.
Joey Chua from Nanyang Girls’ High School won the Judges’ Prize with her work Sink depicting water. Chloe Chua Yu Xuan from School of the Arts Singapore won over 500 votes cast online during ART SG and at its exhibition site to take home both prizes: Joey won SGD1,400 while Chloe earned SGD3,500 as cash prizes respectively. All 20 finalists’ artwork was displayed at this exhibition which coincided with Singapore Art Week; their winning artworks were then revealed during an awards ceremony held on 19 January during ART SG awards ceremony – for more details visit this link here