Singapore public service recruits to do community work

PSnews.com.au, 5 Apr 2011
A program of appointing newly-recruited administrative staff in the Singapore Public Service to grassroots organisations to gain hands-on experience is to be extended.
High-potential public sector officers are to be placed in community organisations such as Community Development Councils.
The program was announced by the Head of the Civil Service, Peter Ong who said placement of these “managers of the future” would include the newest intake of graduates and would start this year with the aim of making them understand better the concerns of people on the ground. Full story