The program outlines are as follow:
2.00 pm – Arrival of Guests
2.30 pm – Government support schemes for SMEs by SME Centre@SouthWest (Schemes to be shared will be based on the 10 minute video from SPRING Singapore and remaining 20 minutes on SME case studies assisted by SME Centre@SouthWest)
3.00 pm – Arrival of Mayor (SouthWest CDC)
3.10 pm – Opening Address by Mayor (SouthWest CDC)
3.20 pm – Launch of Jobs-Nearby Portal
3.30 pm – SPRING sharing on SME Centre@SouthWest milestones
3.40 pm – First Anniversary Celebrations: Cake Cutting
4.00 pm – Tea Reception
This friendly guy is Yiqun, Executive from the SME team. He has helped me in many occasions on my enquiry in the various government grants. Thumbs up for this positive chap!
Raymond is the Manager of the SME team. He shared on the 3 case studies (May Jia Yong Trading Enterprise/ Ha Li Fa Pte Ltd/ Ace Stars Learning Centre) which SME had helped them improve their processes and efficiency in their business by tapping on the various grants by the government.
She is the new Mayor of South-West CDC, Ms Low Yen Ling (Perm Sec), the special guest of honour for this event.
The mighty team of SME centre saying Hi to everyone! Yiqun, Amanda and Raymond!
Launching of the new job portal Jobs-Nearby which allows job seeker to find jobs near where they stay.
Joseph Tan who is the brainchild of this portal shared that it would create a new pool of jobseekers for employers who do not need full time staff an allow jobseekers to stay longer in the job as it is more accessible.
Cake cutting time!
There was a simple spread of finger food and I am honoured to have a photo with the new Mayor of SouthWest CDC, Ms Low Yen Ling (Perm Sec) and Dulcie Eng, GM of South West CDC.