Good evening, and welcome to the MSF Volunteer and Partner Awards 2023. Each year, MSF recognises the selfless dedication and passionate service of our volunteers and partners in the social service sector. This year, we recognise 44 volunteers and 316 partners. Without partners and volunteers, we would not be able, as a society, to uplift those who are in need. Your steadfast contributions give strength to our collective spirit, and make it possible for our society to leave no one behind. You are part of the social compact that makes Singapore a caring society, united and cohesive. 

I thank Members for putting forth their perspectives and reasoning on this very important debate. In this House, members have reflected the complexity of the issue and the diversity of our stakeholders. Something a Court process will not achieve.

The Government will protect the definition of marriage from being challenged in the courts on constitutional grounds. 

​The Family Zone is a symbol of our commitment, beyond the Year of Celebrating SG Families, to build A Singapore Made for Families.

​Let me express my heartfelt thanks for opening your hearts and homes to our foster children and providing them with a loving and safe environment. You made sacrifices and adjustments to your daily lives and ensured that their needs are met. I commend your commitment to support our children and in the process mould the next generation.

Good morning. It is my pleasure to be here at the CIFA Regional Symposium and MSF Asian Family Conference 2022. ​

​Good morning! I hope all of you are having a good time at the inaugural Early Childhood Celebrations. While I may not be here in person due to a work trip, I want to convey my heartfelt appreciation to all our preschools and educators, and celebrate your achievements.   

Good afternoon partners, volunteers and friends. Thank you for joining us today. This is the fifth SG Cares Community Network session we have organised in the past five years, and it’s good to see many familiar faces, and faces unfamiliar too – I am very happy to see unfamiliar faces because it means there are many people who have since joined us and our large community. ​

​To our ECDA Scholarship and Training Award recipients, centre leaders, teachers, parents, and distinguished guests, a very good afternoon to all of you! I am happy to be here in person at this year’s ECDA Scholarships and Training Awards Presentation Ceremony.  

Speech by Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development, Second Minister for Health at the Singapore University of Social Sciences Convocation on 6 October 2022 at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.​