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Fact Sheet: Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS)
5 August 2010
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Introduced in 1971, the SAFOS is a prestigious scholarship, widely recognised as second only to the President's Scholarship. There are 276 SAFOS recipients to date.
Past SAF overseas scholars include Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean, Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Swee Say, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew, and Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Neo Kian Hong.
The five SAFOS recipients this year are:
Name: OCT Goh Koon Leong Joshua
Junior College: Catholic Junior College
Course: Chemistry, Imperial College London, UK
Name: OCT Seah Jun Hao
Junior College: Raffles Institution (Junior College)
Course: Aeronautics, Imperial College London, UK
Name: OCT Tan Xin Hui Sharon
Junior College: Raffles Institution (Junior College)
Course: Earth Science and Political Science, Stanford University, USA
Name: OCT Tay Jian Hua
Junior College: Hwa Chong Institution
Course: Economics, University College London, UK
Name: MID Soh Kah Loke
Junior College: Hwa Chong Institution
Course: Chemical Engineering, University College London, UK
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