Singaporean of the Year

Singaporean of the Year finalists: SG Assist founders’ struggles led them to support other caregivers

SG Assist founders Greg Tan (left) and Adrian Tan realised that many others, like them, were struggling to meet the demands of caregiving.

Singaporean of the Year finalist: At 90, she still knocks on doors to draw out lonely elderly

Care Corner Singapore Project Neighbour Network volunteers Ratnam Periowsamy (right), 90, and Wong Bee Lan, 65, visiting their friends in Toa Payoh on Oct 28.

Singaporean of the Year finalist: He is ‘son’ to dying IMH patients with no family

Forty-year-old educator Yong Kwon Seng has been volunteering at IMH for 16 years.

Know an inspiring Singaporean? Make a nomination for ST Singaporean of the Year 2026

Chen Shiling, founder of Happee Hearts Movement, was winner of the award in 2025.

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Retiree running charity given first ST Singaporean of the Year international impact award

Mr Robert Kee has, over the years, cared for abandoned kids by setting up children’s homes, and built houses, toilets and water filtration systems in Cambodia and Nepal through his charity.

Doctor who started clinic for people with intellectual disabilities is ST Singaporean of the Year

Determined to tackle gaps she saw in the healthcare system for people with intellectual disabilities, Dr Chen Shiling quit her job at a public hospital in 2013 and founded Happee Hearts Movement a year later.

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