In memoriam GD Balakrishnan (1930-2016) & Helen Ong Yong Sang (1928-1998)
In memoriam GD Balakrishnan (1930-2016) & Helen Ong Yong Sang (1928-1998)
We bade our final farewell to my dad today. My parents are now together again.
We would like to thank all of you for the solace from your kind condolence messages. I am sorry that I haven’t been able to respond individually.
I made this tribute in honour of my father’s life.
My father was the most cheerful, caring and loyal man I have ever known.
To care for you, protect your families, invest and build our collective destiny together
To care for you, protect your families, invest and build our collective destiny together - Sim Ann, Liang Eng Hwa, Christopher de Souza and I promise, as we have just announced that we will stand for election in Holland-Bukit Timah GRC. Dr Teo Ho Pin will stand again in Bukit Panjang SMC.
Dr Teo has served in Bukit Panjang for almost twenty years, most of which as Chairman of the Town Council. He is also been Mayor of North West CDC. He knows everyone, every nook and cranny of his constituency and indeed our entire GRC. Both he and I have been here since the original formation of the GRC in 2001.
Creating a sustainable environment, a dynamic economy and a Smart Nation is essential for us to confront some of the biggest existential challenges of our time
TRANSCRIPT OF SPEECH BY MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES AND MINISTER-IN-CHARGE OF THE SMART NATION INITIATIVE AT THE INAUGURAL SMARTER CITIES ROUNDTABLE, 14 JUL 2015, 1015 AM
Good morning, everyone. It is a pleasure to be here.
2 Thank you, Ms Jessica Cheam for organizing this discussion and Mr Johan de Villiers for the welcome speech.
3 Ms Jacqueline Poh, Managing Director of Infocomm Development Authority, Singapore (IDA) and Mr Goh Chee Kiong, Director at Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and I are very privileged to be here.
Welcome Address by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, at the SIWW Technology and Innovation Summit (STIS), at One Farrer Hotel on Tuesday 16 June 2015 at 9.00am
Water-Energy Security
1 For several years I have been having pipe dreams - not the opiate-induced variety, but dreams about water pipes. It took me some time before I dared to share this with my colleagues. When I finally did, they all nodded their heads politely but I knew that they didn’t really believe me.
Why a Smart Nation? Because we have to ride a new wave of technology every fifty years
SPEECH BY DR VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN, MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES, AND MINISTER-IN-CHARGE OF THE SMART NATION INITIATIVE FOR SMU’S SIM KEE BOON INSTITUTE OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS (SKBI) ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON 6 MAY 2015, 7PM AT THE FAIRMONT HOTEL
Mr. Lim Chee Onn, the Chairman of the Advisory Board SKBI The family of Mr Sim Kee Boon : Ms Jeannette Sim, Mr Peter Sim The family of Prof Winston Koh, Prof Arnaud De Meyer, our host, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen
SPEECH BY DR VIVIAN BALAKRISHNAN, MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES, AT EARTHLINK NTU’s GREENFEST SYNERGY 2015, ON 23 MARCH 2015, 11.40AM
Never again in our lifetime will one man’s values and vision have such an impact on a people and a place.
Friends, ladies and gentlemen,
We all woke up this morning to the bad news. And obviously, one of the considerations was which events do we proceed with as planned, and which do we postpone or reschedule or cancel.