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the spirit of PRIDE |
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| A rousing performance
by the Military Police. |
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Productivity and
Innovation in Daily Effort” (PRIDE)
is a rallying call to remind personnel throughout
the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore
Armed Forces (SAF) that the practice of productivity
is a
daily affair.
The PRIDE movement is about galvanising our
people and embracing an attitude of change.
It is about motivating them and unleashing
their creative potential. The spirit and culture
of PRIDE in MINDEF have been built up successfully
over 20 years.
The spirit of PRIDE is not about the number
of WIT ideas or suggestions submitted each
year. It is not about the number of teams
we send for conventions or competitions. Rather,
the spirit of PRIDE in MINDEF is about making
MINDEF a learning and knowledge management
organisation where we hope to instil the habit
of lifelong learning in
our Servicemen.
In order to enhance public awareness of MINDEF’s
PRIDE movement and to promulgate the spirit
and benefits of innovation and productivity,
it was decided that the success stories be
shared with members of
the public.
The annual MINDEF PRIDE Day recognises PRIDE
achievements and activists. It also showcases
MINDEF’s commitment and continuous effort
in optimising our scarce resources and stretching
the defence dollar.
The 17th MINDEF PRIDE Day was successfully
held from 28 to 30 May. It consisted of an
award presentation ceremony held at the Rock
Auditorium, as well as an exhibition at the
Suntec City Mall Atrium.
The theme of this year’s MINDEF PRIDE
Day was “Optimising Resources and Innovating
for Our Future”. This theme reflects
MINDEF’s and the SAF’s endeavours
to do more with less while finding innovative
ways to achieve the organisation’s desired
future. In fact, in 2003, suggestions and
projects related to the MINDEF PRIDE movement
resulted in about $251 million in total savings
and cost avoidance.
During the award presentation ceremony, 169
WITs and units from MINDEF and the SAF were
recognised for their efforts and contributions
towards productivity, innovation and organisational
excellence.
Minister for Defence, RADM (NS) Teo Chee Hean,
presented the prestigious Minister for Defence
Award to Air Logistics Squadron of Paya Lebar
Air Base, as well as the MINDEF Excellence
Award to the General Support Maintenance Battalion
and the Ordnance Engineering Training Institute.
Minister of State for Defence, Mr Cedric Foo,
presented 166 other awards to outstanding
teams and individuals.
The exhibition was officially opened by RADM
(NS) Teo Chee Hean. It showcased 35 of the
most outstanding projects from MINDEF, SAF,
Defence Science and Technology Agency and
Singapore Technologies Engineering.
The exhibitors went all out this year to attract
the public to view the projects, many of which
were interactive. The exhibition proved to
be a success, seeing a steady stream of visitors
throughout the three days.
Besides the project exhibits, the various
arms of the MINDEF Productivity and Innovation
Committee also put up posters to educate the
public on how the various steering committees
have been working towards excellence in MINDEF
and the SAF.
During the event, performances were put up
by the Military Police and the SAF Music and
Drama Company, local celebrities and artistes,
school concert bands, choirs ensembles and
chamber ensembles. SAFRA radio deejays and
local artistes also hosted games which saw
the public winning attractive prizes. All
these proved to be immense crowd pleasers
as a total of 24,000 people, of which 19,000
were members of public, visited the exhibition. |
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By
MINDEF
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