Skip to main content
A Singapore Government Agency Website How to identify
Official website links end with .gov.sg
Secure websites use HTTPS
Look for a lock () or https:// as an added precaution. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
CSC Knowledge
Partnership and Engagement

Heart of Public Service: Our People

1 January 2015

by Public Service Division

Book cover of Heart of Public Service: Our People

Publisher: Public Service Division
ISBN: 978-981-09-4688-3
Publication year: 2015

Heart of Public Service is a two-volume book-set that honours the institutions and officers of the Singapore Public Service. Touching on key milestones in our history and featuring stellar archival and contemporary images. Heart of Public Service is a testament to the relentless effort to build the best Public Service for Singapore.

'Our People' features 50 stories about public officers who have been a part of the key moments in our history. Featuring vivid and inspiring first-person accounts and narratives, 'Our People' showcases the values that define the Public Service - integrity, service and excellence - as well as how public officers serve tirelessly and round the clock, from their hearts.

Contents

  • Message

  • Foreword

  • Introduction

  • Milestones

  • Chapter 1: Integrity

    • Delivering on Our Promise
      Chan Chin Bock and Philip Yeo

    • Our Water Story
      Tan Gee Paw

    • First Step
      Francis D'Costa, V. K. Rajan, and Chia Cheong Fook

    • Let There be Light
      Teo Heng Lam

    • Danger was Part of Our Job
      Lee Cheng Kiat

    • Healing Touch
      Tan Shook Fong

    • Swift and Sure
      Bay Chun How

    • Acts of Courage
      Tee Tua Ba and S. R. Nathan

    • Captains of Lives
      SUPT Matthew Wee

    • The Singapore Spirit
      ME4 Lum E Von

  • Chapter 2: Service

    • Houses to Homes
      Lim Kim San and Liu Thai Ker

    • Singapore in His Hands
      Cho Sai Chee

    • The Public Trust
      Goh Shih Yong

    • Into the Information Age
      Ong Lih Ling and Lim Bee Kwan

    • 12 Cuts
      Balakrishnan Periathamby Nagan

    • Clean and Clear
      Chiang Kok Meng

    • Putting Others before Yourself
      Seah Gek Kiang

    • Higher Calling
      Bok Chee Meng

    • Sporting Lessons
      Goy Soon Lan

    • A Greater Purpose
      Cheong Jiawen

  • Chapter 3: Excellence

    • No Fear
      Kehar Singh

    • An Honour to Serve
      Wong Shang Hoon

    • Ties that Bind
      Mohd Hanif and Mohd Marhan

    • A Life's Labour
      Ong Yen Her

    • Union Man
      Richard Tan

    • The Reading Ambassador
      Kiang-Koh Lai Lin

    • Taking Flight
      Soon Boon Hai

    • Thanking Our Pioneers
      Mastura Manap

    • Never Surprised
      SUPT Gregory Tan

    • When We Care, Things Can Change
      Esther Foong

  • Chapter 4: 24/7

    • Beyond Our Shores
      Phang Tai Chee

    • On the Move
      Sim Wee Meng, Ng Kee Nam and Chua Chong Kheng

    • Trial by Fire
      Derek Pereira

    • The Kids Come First
      Tan Kok Wah

    • Thunderbolt: The SQ117 Story
      Chong Teng Kok and Lim Siong Guan

    • It's the Children who are Important
      Fuziah Taha

    • We Beat SARS
      Siva Sevakame and Chor Swee Suet

    • Brave New World
      Ng Choon Kiat and Edwin Chan

    • Found in Translation
      Benjamin Foo

  • Chapter 5: Heart

    • True Champion
      Canagasabai Kunalan

    • Garden City
      Said Bin Zailani and Kothari s/o Mudavan Maideen Masood

    • A Joy Supreme
      Tan Yeow Liang

    • We've Built Singapore with Our Words
      Mayandiambalam Balakrishnan

    • My Patients, My Friends
      Fatimah Faridah Merican

    • Lighting the Path for Others
      Yeo Sze Ling

    • Healing as One
      Foo Kiam Wah, Malar Palaiyan and Au Na-Chuang

    • Our Stories
      Nicholas Thomas Fernandez and April Chin

    • A Job is Yours When You Do It
      Teh Shi-Hua

    • We Stand Together
      MAJ Muhammad Helmi Bin Khaswan and SUPT Connie Seek

Read this book