Singapore Prizes, Medals and Awards include both domestic and international honours. This list has been compiled using publically available information; please note that it may be revised. For more accurate details regarding an award please refer to its official website.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has unveiled the 8th Edition of its Global FinTech Hackcelerator competition – an international challenge designed to spur developers into creating creative AI solutions capable of revolutionising financial services industry. Running from April through June, participants have an opportunity to develop and test their solutions using real world problems encountered within banking sector.
This year’s prize will honor individuals and teams for making outstanding contributions to Singapore’s research and innovation ecosystem. Winners will be honored with three prestigious awards: President’s Science and Technology Award; President’s Technological Advancement Award; and Young Scientist Award. Selected by an esteemed panel that comprises representatives from government, industry, academia, and public research institutes – these distinguished recipients will be celebrated for their innovative research work across Singapore.
Singapore Pools, operator of Singapore Toto lottery game, announced a policy that allows players to roll over their jackpots if no winner was declared for weeks at a time. This change aimed to make regulars’ experience of the game more appealing by giving them greater odds for bigger jackpots with fewer draws.
Singapore pools was founded in 1968 as a charitable organisation and channels over $2 billion each year in taxes and duties to the Tote Board, while providing approximately $5 million annually towards charities and community initiatives. Furthermore, 97% of proceeds from its games go directly back into grants as well as the lottery jackpots.
Kishore Mahbubani, who leads the five-member jury tasked with overseeing this prize, has stated that nations are “imagined communities” bound together by shared memories. Additionally, he has called this century The Great Asian Century; recently publishing his memoir entitled Living The Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir.
This prize was established in 2014 and awarded every three years since then. Open to non-fiction works published between January 2017 and May 2021 in English, its shortlist for 2018 features works such as Sembawang by Jeremy Tiang that follows political and social events of 1950s Singapore; Home Is Where We Are by Hidayah Amin which explores Kampong Gelam history through an intimate family narrative; both titles help highlight Singapore history while building common identities among citizens; supported by both National Heritage Council and Lee Foundation – its winner will be revealed in October!