Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Hospital staff who help patients find jobs receive Healthcare Humanity Award

Healthcare Humanity Award winners (from left) Yvette Choo, senior occupational therapist from Khoo Teck Puat Hospital and Yishun Community Hospital; Heidi Tan, senior principal occupational therapist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Tess Hng, TTSH principal medical social worker; and Chella Sim, senior medical social worker with KTPH and YCH.

What if cultural understanding were taught at uni, rather than assumed?

Students in Return Of Return, the SMU production that gave rise to the undergraduate course Choreographing the City-State: Dance and Multiculturalism in Singapore.

S’pore, Sweden can learn from each other on social cohesion, competitiveness: President Tharman

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam noted that the Swedes are very proud of their egalitarian “horizontal culture”.

World needs ‘bridge builders’ to make the transition to new multipolar order: President Tharman

President Tharman said bridge builders will come from among nations of different sizes. During the state visit to Sweden, he met Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (right).

Singapore, Sweden to boost cooperation in clean energy transition, public policy

(From left) Mr Olle Burell, President of the Stockholm City Council, Jane Ittogi Shanmugaratnam, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia and Ms Emilia Bjuggren (far right), Mayor of Stockholm.

Singapore and Sweden to expand cooperation in emerging tech, sustainable energy

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam received a ceremonial welcome at the Royal Palace on Oct 19, during his five-day state visit to Sweden.

President Tharman in Sweden from Oct 17 for five-day state visit

The visit is at the invitation of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf (right) who came to Singapore in Nov 2024.

Govts must incentivise private sector to hire fresh grads amid declining entry-level roles: President

Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (centre) with IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva (left), and World Bank Group president Ajay Banga (right) at the panel discussion on jobs and AI on Oct 12.

AI has potential to lift global growth by half a percentage point annually: IMF chief

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva (right) at an Oct 7 fireside discussion with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and moderator and economics professor Danny Quah.

Singapore to join international agreement on neutrality of the Panama Canal

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam (second from right) and his spouse, Jane Ittogi Shanmugaratnam (far left), with Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino (far right) and his spouse, Maricel Cohen de Mulino, during the state banquet on Oct 5.

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