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Fact Sheet: Recipients of the SAF Scholarship, SAF Engineering Scholarship, SAF Merit Scholarship and Defence Merit Scholarship
27 July 2016
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Recipients of The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Scholarship
The SAF Scholarship, formerly known as SAF Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS), was introduced in 1971 as a prestigious scholarship second only to the President's Scholarship. There are 315 recipients of The SAF Scholarship to date.
Past SAF scholars include Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong; Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security; Teo Chee Hean; Minister in Prime Minister’s Office, Chan Chun Sing; Minister for Social and Family Development, Tan Chuan-Jin; Permanent Secretary (Defence Development), Ng Chee Khern; Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant-General Perry Lim; CEO of National Environment Agency, Ronnie Tay and CEO of Central Provident Fund Board, Ng Chee Peng.
There are 7 recipients for The SAF Scholarship this year. They are (in alphabetical order):
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Name | Service | Post-Secondary/ Pre-University Institution | Course |
MID Jina Lim Jiaxuan | Navy | Hwa Chong Institution | Arts and Sciences, University College London |
OCT Joshua Chin Zen Jie | Army | Raffles Institution | Departing for studies in 2017 |
MID Low Ming Loon, Danyon | Navy | Hwa Chong Institution | Psychology, University College London |
OCT Natasha Ann Lum Mei Seem | Air Force | Pioneer Junior College | Departing for studies in 2017 |
MID Paul Keh Sze Keat | Navy | Raffles Institution | International Relations, Georgetown University |
OCT Tay Min Yi | Army | Raffles Institution | Chemistry, University of Oxford |
OCT Zane Chee Yong Wei | Army | Hwa Chong Institution | Departing for studies in 2017 |
Recipients of the SAF Engineering Scholarship
The SAF Engineering Scholarship is a new scholarship award introduced in April 2016, and it is awarded to aspiring engineers-to-be who will be joining the SAF as Military Experts. These scholars will form the next generation of leaders in our engineering corps who will catalyse the next phase of development of the SAF. As military engineers, they will assume a range of challenging engineering appointments in MINDEF/SAF. There are also opportunities for them to be rotated to the wider defence technology ecosystem to build up engineering expertise and gain exposure in cutting-edge defence technologies. There are three SAF Engineering Scholarship recipients to date.
There are three recipients for the SAF Engineering Scholarship this year. They are (in alphabetical order):
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Name | Service | Post-Secondary/ Pre-University Institution | Course |
ME4A Goh Shu Hao Justin | Army | Raffles Institution | Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London |
ME4T Ho Yan Jin | Air Force | Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) | Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London |
ME4T Yeo Wen Jie | Air Force | Hwa Chong Institution | Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore |
Recipients of the SAF Merit Scholarship
The SAF Merit Scholarship is awarded to individuals with academic excellence and dynamic leadership qualities. There are 431 SAF Merit Scholarship recipients to date.
Past SAF Merit Scholarship award holders include former Chief of Air Force, Major-General Hoo Cher Mou and former Chief of Army, Major-General Ravinder Singh.
There are 23 recipients for the SAF Merit Scholarship this year. They are (in alphabetical order):
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Name | Service | Scholarship | Post-Secondary/ Pre-University Institution | Course |
MID Angelica Kristen Yeo Hui Min | Navy | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Raffles Institution | Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University College London |
LTA Caden Lowe Ho Xuan Shu | Air Force | SAF Merit Scholarship | Temasek Junior College | Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London |
MID Charis Tay Si En | Navy | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Raffles Institution | Departing for studies in 2017 |
LTA Daryn Koh Wei Ren | Air Force | SAF Merit Scholarship | Hwa Chong Institution | History, London School of Economics and Political Science |
ME4T Elizabeth Jane Ong Chu Yi | Joint | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Raffles Institution | War Studies, King’s College London |
OCT Emma Grace Lee See Yao | Army | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Victoria Junior College | Chemical Engineering, University College London |
LTA Eugene Yong Guang Xia | Air Force | SAF Merit Scholarship | Raffles Institution | Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles |
2LT Gabriel Tan Jie Liang | Army | SAF Merit Scholarship | Temasek Junior College | Economics, University College London |
OCT Isabelle Sua Rui Ern | Air Force | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Anderson Junior College | Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London |
LTA Jordan Martin Millar | Air Force | SAF Merit Scholarship | Ngee Ann Polytechnic | Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London |
OCT Kubo Yuri | Army | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Victoria Junior College | Arts and Sciences, University College London |
2LT Levinson Tan Yu Fan | Air Force | SAF Merit Scholarship | Raffles Institution | Mechanical Engineering with Business Finance, University College London |
OCT Low Jia Yi Joey | Army | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Raffles Institution | Departing for studies in 2017 |
2LT Mak Ziyuan, Terence | Navy | SAF Merit Scholarship | River Valley High School | Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore |
OCT Nicole Christie Tan Si Qian | Air Force | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | National Junior College | Imperial College London |
LTA Okky Aryanto Tok | Army | SAF Merit Scholarship | Anglo Chinese Junior College | Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Warwick |
2LT Samuel Lim Zhi Cong | Navy | SAF Merit Scholarship | Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) | International Relations and History, London School of Economics and Political Science |
LTA Seet Chong, How Jonathan | Air Force | SAF Merit Scholarship | NUS High School of Mathematics and Science | Mechanical Engineering with specialisation in Aeronautical Engineering, National University of Singapore |
MID Sheryl Ng Ke En | Navy | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Dunman High School | Politics and International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science |
LTA Tan Zheng Zhang | Army | SAF Merit Scholarship | River Valley High School | Mechanical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University |
LTA Teo Yong Jie Gregory | Army | SAF Merit Scholarship | United World College of South East Asia | Law, University of Cambridge |
2LT Vijeykannen Ng Hui Yan S/O Vijayaratnam | Army | SAF Merit Scholarship | Victoria Junior College | Computer Science, University College London |
MID Wang Pei Xuan | Navy | SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) | Hwa Chong Institution | Law, London School of Economics and Political Science |
Recipients of the Defence Merit Scholarship
The Defence Merit Scholarship is awarded by MINDEF to selected individuals with the calibre to chart Singapore’s future. Recipients will be groomed to be a leader, a major contributor to defence policies and more. There are 89 Defence Merit Scholarship recipients to date.
There are 14 recipients for the Defence Merit Scholarship this year. They are (in alphabetical order):
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Name | Post-Secondary/ Pre-University Institution | Course |
Bryan Chua Wei Jin | Raffles Institution | Departing for studies in 2017 |
Caleb Chia Zhi Yu | Temasek Junior College | Departing for studies in 2018 |
Chin Yong Hui | Hwa Chong Institution | International Relations, Brown University |
I Divya Rui-Qi | Hwa Chong Institution | Liberal Arts, Brown University |
Koh Shi Jie | Hwa Chong Institution | Departing for studies in 2018 |
Koh Yue En | Raffles Institution | Departing for studies in 2017 |
Lim Eng Yin | Raffles Institution | Law, University College London |
Marcus Tan Yong En | Raffles Institution | Departing for studies in 2018 |
Ng Si Hong | Raffles Institution | Departing for studies in 2017 |
Ong En Ci, Isaac | Hwa Chong Institution | Departing for studies in 2018 |
Tan Fong Han | Raffles Institution | Law, National University of Singapore |
Tan Jia Jun Norman | Raffles Institution | Departing for studies in 2017 |
Teng Wen Li | Raffles Institution | History, University of California, Los-Angeles |
Tu Jia Qian | Victoria Junior College | Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science |