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Kudos for service champs
Staff Sergeant Chia Voon Yeow, Ms Teo Chor Cher and Mr Tee Soon Kay have received the nation’s highest accolade for outstanding service. These public officers won the Excellent Service SuperStar Award. Find out what motivates them to go the extra mile and how they won over their customers.

 
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Ear drops for the rear?
Ever heard of the case of the rectal earache? This absurd real-life account reminds you to THINK before you do anything.

 
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In the spotlight: TEC at mega exposition
The Enterprise Challenge Unit created waves at Global Entrepolis @ Singapore 2003, a grand week-long event that attracted over 10,000 leading entrepreneurs, innovators, venture capitalists and visitors from worldwide.

 
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Rejuvenating WITS at MITA
A new approach to WITS is transforming the innovation climate in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. Find out what’s exciting staff to share ideas and learn together.

 
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Protect yourself and your loved ones from AIDS
At the end of last year, an estimated 42 million people worldwide were living with AIDS of which 5 million were newly infected. What preventive measures can you take to avoid this deadly disease?
 
 
ENV steps up to the President’s Challenge
Pledges poured in as officers raced up all 27 storeys of the ENV Building in a bid to raise funds for charity.
 
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He helps to make dreams come true
For work, Shannon Low reads gaming magazines, plays computer games and watches animated TV programmes. Won’t you love to be in his shoes?
 
   
 
 
Learning from mistakes
The Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Law admits that he has made a mistake. What was it and what did he learn from the experience?
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Driving efforts to cut costs at MCDS
Every division spares no effort to get more out of government expenditure. In this story, you will gain practical ideas that can help your division and agency to save more funds.
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Enhancing service delivery at HDB
Results of a survey show that staff at the Housing and Development Board are getting better at meeting their customers’ expectations.
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This month's quiz plus the
answers and winners for the November 2003 quiz.

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