Fact Sheet: Recipients of the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS)

Introduced in 1971, the SAFOS is a prestigious scholarship, widely recognised as second only to the President's Scholarship. There are 284 SAFOS recipients to date.

Past SAF overseas scholars include Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Lim Swee Say, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Lui Tuck Yew, Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts Major-General (NS) Chan Chun Sing, Minister of State for National Development and Manpower Brigadier-General (NS) Tan Chuan-Jin, Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant-General Neo Kian Hong and Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Ng Chee Peng.

The three SAFOS recipients this year are:

Name: Officer Cadet (OCT) Scott Ang Yiqiang
Junior College: Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
Course: Departing for studies in 2013

Name: OCT Yeo Bing Lin
Junior College: Hwa Chong Institution
Course: Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Name: OCT Ryan Tan Yi Jie
Junior College: Raffles Institution
Course: Law, Cambridge University, UK

More Resources

• Speech by Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen, at the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship Award Presentation Ceremony at Istana

• Fact Sheet: Recipients of the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS)

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