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Fact Sheet: Recipients of the SAF Scholarship, SAF Engineering Scholarship, SAF Merit Scholarship and Defence Merit Scholarship

Recipients of The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Scholarship

The SAF Scholarship, formerly known as SAF Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS), was introduced in 1971 as a prestigious scholarship second only to the President's Scholarship. There are 315 recipients of The SAF Scholarship to date.

Past SAF scholars include Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong; Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security; Teo Chee Hean; Minister in Prime Minister’s Office, Chan Chun Sing; Minister for Social and Family Development, Tan Chuan-Jin; Permanent Secretary (Defence Development), Ng Chee Khern; Chief of Defence Force, Lieutenant-General Perry Lim; CEO of National Environment Agency, Ronnie Tay and CEO of Central Provident Fund Board, Ng Chee Peng.

There are 7 recipients for The SAF Scholarship this year. They are (in alphabetical order):

 

Name

Service

Post-Secondary/

Pre-University Institution

Course

MID Jina Lim Jiaxuan

Navy

Hwa Chong Institution

Arts and Sciences, University College London

OCT Joshua Chin Zen Jie

Army

Raffles Institution

Departing for studies in 2017

MID Low Ming Loon, Danyon

Navy

Hwa Chong Institution

Psychology, University College London

OCT Natasha Ann Lum Mei Seem

Air Force

Pioneer Junior College

Departing for studies in 2017

MID Paul Keh Sze Keat

Navy

Raffles Institution

International Relations, Georgetown University

OCT Tay Min Yi

Army

Raffles Institution

Chemistry, University of Oxford

OCT Zane Chee Yong Wei

Army

Hwa Chong Institution

Departing for studies in 2017

 

Recipients of the SAF Engineering Scholarship

The SAF Engineering Scholarship is a new scholarship award introduced in April 2016, and it is awarded to aspiring engineers-to-be who will be joining the SAF as Military Experts. These scholars will form the next generation of leaders in our engineering corps who will catalyse the next phase of development of the SAF. As military engineers, they will assume a range of challenging engineering appointments in MINDEF/SAF. There are also opportunities for them to be rotated to the wider defence technology ecosystem to build up engineering expertise and gain exposure in cutting-edge defence technologies. There are three SAF Engineering Scholarship recipients to date.

There  are  three  recipients  for  the  SAF  Engineering  Scholarship  this  year.  They  are  (in alphabetical order):

 

Name

Service

Post-Secondary/

Pre-University Institution

Course

ME4A Goh Shu Hao Justin

Army

Raffles Institution

Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London

ME4T Ho Yan Jin

Air Force

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London

ME4T Yeo Wen Jie

Air Force

Hwa Chong Institution

Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore

 

Recipients of the SAF Merit Scholarship

The SAF Merit Scholarship is awarded to individuals with academic excellence and dynamic leadership qualities. There are 431 SAF Merit Scholarship recipients to date.

Past SAF Merit Scholarship award holders include former Chief of Air Force, Major-General Hoo Cher Mou and former Chief of Army, Major-General Ravinder Singh.

There are 23 recipients for the SAF Merit Scholarship this year. They are (in alphabetical order):

 

Name

Service

Scholarship

Post-Secondary/ Pre-University Institution

Course

MID Angelica Kristen Yeo Hui Min

Navy

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Raffles Institution

Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University College London

LTA Caden Lowe Ho Xuan Shu

Air Force

SAF Merit Scholarship

Temasek Junior College

Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London

MID Charis Tay Si En

Navy

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Raffles Institution

Departing for studies in 2017

LTA Daryn Koh Wei Ren

Air Force

SAF Merit Scholarship

Hwa Chong Institution

History, London School of Economics and Political Science

ME4T Elizabeth Jane Ong Chu Yi

Joint

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Raffles Institution

War Studies, King’s College London

OCT Emma Grace Lee See Yao

Army

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Victoria Junior College

Chemical Engineering, University College London

LTA Eugene Yong Guang Xia

Air Force

SAF Merit Scholarship

Raffles Institution

Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles

2LT Gabriel Tan Jie Liang

Army

SAF Merit Scholarship

Temasek Junior College

Economics, University College London

OCT Isabelle Sua Rui Ern

Air Force

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Anderson Junior College

Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London

LTA Jordan Martin Millar

Air Force

SAF Merit Scholarship

Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Aeronautical Engineering, Imperial College London

OCT Kubo Yuri

Army

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Victoria Junior College

Arts and Sciences, University College London

2LT Levinson Tan Yu Fan

Air Force

SAF Merit Scholarship

Raffles Institution

Mechanical Engineering with Business Finance, University College London

OCT Low Jia Yi Joey

Army

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Raffles Institution

Departing for studies in 2017

2LT Mak Ziyuan, Terence

Navy

SAF Merit Scholarship

River Valley High School

Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

OCT Nicole Christie Tan Si Qian

Air Force

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

National Junior College

Imperial College London

LTA Okky Aryanto Tok

Army

SAF Merit Scholarship

Anglo Chinese Junior College

Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Warwick

2LT Samuel Lim Zhi Cong

Navy

SAF Merit Scholarship

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

International Relations and History, London School of Economics and Political Science

LTA Seet Chong, How Jonathan

Air Force

SAF Merit Scholarship

NUS High School of Mathematics and Science

Mechanical Engineering with specialisation in Aeronautical Engineering, National University of Singapore

MID Sheryl Ng Ke En

Navy

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Dunman High School

Politics and International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science

LTA Tan Zheng Zhang

Army

SAF Merit Scholarship

River Valley High School

Mechanical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

LTA Teo Yong Jie Gregory

Army

SAF Merit Scholarship

United World College of South East Asia

Law, University of Cambridge

2LT Vijeykannen Ng Hui Yan S/O Vijayaratnam

Army

SAF Merit Scholarship

Victoria Junior College

Computer Science, University College London

MID Wang Pei Xuan

Navy

SAF Merit Scholarship (Women)

Hwa Chong Institution

Law, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

Recipients of the Defence Merit Scholarship

The Defence Merit Scholarship is awarded by MINDEF to selected individuals with the calibre to chart Singapore’s future. Recipients will be groomed to be a leader, a major contributor to defence policies and more. There are 89 Defence Merit Scholarship recipients to date.

There are 14 recipients for the Defence Merit Scholarship this year. They are (in alphabetical order):

 

Name

Post-Secondary/

Pre-University Institution

Course

Bryan Chua Wei Jin

Raffles Institution

Departing for studies in 2017

Caleb Chia Zhi Yu

Temasek Junior College

Departing for studies in 2018

Chin Yong Hui

Hwa Chong Institution

International Relations, Brown University

I Divya Rui-Qi

Hwa Chong Institution

Liberal Arts, Brown University

Koh Shi Jie

Hwa Chong Institution

Departing for studies in 2018

Koh Yue En

Raffles Institution

Departing for studies in 2017

Lim Eng Yin

Raffles Institution

Law, University College London

Marcus Tan Yong En

Raffles Institution

Departing for studies in 2018

Ng Si Hong

Raffles Institution

Departing for studies in 2017

Ong En Ci, Isaac

Hwa Chong Institution

Departing for studies in 2018

Tan Fong Han

Raffles Institution

Law, National University of Singapore

Tan Jia Jun Norman

Raffles Institution

Departing for studies in 2017

Teng Wen Li

Raffles Institution

History, University of California, Los-Angeles

Tu Jia Qian

Victoria Junior College

Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

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