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MSF Appoints New Chairman and Welcomes Six New Members to Families for Life Council
Feb 13, 2020
The Families for Life (FFL) Council welcomed a new Chairman on 1 Feb 2020. Six new members also joined FFL Council in August 2019.
POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM OVER 50 CHILDCARE OPERATORS FOR NEW TERM OF PARTNER OPERATOR SCHEME
Feb 5, 2020
As part of efforts to expand the provision of government-supported preschool places, the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) in November 2019 launched a new call for applications from childcare operators for the new term of the Partner Operator (POP) scheme. ECDA closed the application process on 31 Jan 2020 (Friday) and received 52 applications from operators to join the next term of the POP scheme. This is more than double the number of operators currently appointed on the existing POP term.
ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19
Feb 4, 2020
Precautionary Measures for COVID-19
Jan 29, 2020
MSF has been stepping up precautions to protect our preschool community and other vulnerable groups.
Our latest advisories and announcements can be found here.
Enhancing Support for Disadvantaged Families by Strengthening Community Partnerships
Jan 18, 2020
Mr. Desmond Lee, the Minister for Social and Family Development, officially launched the Marsiling Community Link (ComLink) programme space today. Marsiling is one of four estates in Singapore with ComLink. The other three locations are Jalan Kukoh, Kembangan-Chai Chee and Boon Lay. ComLink was first introduced in March 2019. It provides targeted community-based programmes and support to families with children who are staying in rental housing.
Speech by Mr Desmond Lee at Public Sector Transformation Awards 2020
Jan 8, 2020
I am delighted to be able to join you at this year's award ceremony, on the cusp of the new year ahead of us, and I would like to start by congratulating the 60 recipients of the Public Sector Transformation Awards.