The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmCham) recently provided feedback to the Ministry of Finance for Budget 2021.
AmCham’s feedback for Budget 2021 covers the following areas:
1. Healthcare
2. Foreign Talent and Manpower
3. Economy and Business Environment
4. Environment and Sustainability
5. Innovation and R&D
You can read more about it here.
The City Hall Dialogues is AmCham’s initiative to step-up the Chamber’s advocacy efforts with the Singapore Government. The Dialogue offers exclusive access to senior Singapore Government Officials in an intimate closed-door setting, in order to hear their thoughts and engage them on their priorities. Named after the Singapore Government’s first post-colonial home, the City Hall Dialogue pays tribute to the progress made by Singapore and seeks to build new bridges between the Singapore Government and AmCham member companies.
Event Format: Guest-of-Honor, by-invitation only closed-door, with lunch served.
Attendees: Less than 20 AmCham member company senior executives.
The Balestier Series hosts distinguished Singaporean leaders from key sectors and Singapore Ministers who address AmCham members on subjects of significance. Launched in 2014, AmCham’s Balestier Series celebrates two centuries of economic and commercial exchange between Singapore and the United States. The Series is named after Joseph Balestier, the first consul to Singapore for the United States who served from 1837 to 1852.
Event Format: Keynote with Q&A, Luncheon
Attendees: 100-200+ Senior business leaders, board members, co-chairs, government officials, VIP guests of AmCham.
Held each April, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) convenes the AmCham business community to elect the Board of Governors and vote on Chamber issues that require a vote by the membership. The Chairman of the Board also delivers the state of the chamber address. The AGM also features keynote speakers from the American business community, and our partners in the Singapore and U.S. governments. The AGM also recognizes member companies’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) excellence through the AmCham CARES Awards.
Guests-of-Honor:
2022 – Minister Chan Chun Sing
2021 – Minister Ong Ye Kung
2020 – Virtual Ceremony
2019 – President Halimah Yacob
Event Format:
Luncheon, AmChamCARES awards ceremony and red carpet, Keynote by government official (U.S. and Singapore)
Attendees:
300-400+ business leaders, board members, co-chairs
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Since 2020, Roche and Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) have collaborated on the Return To Work (RTW) programme that helps cancer survivors assess their readiness for reemployment and rehabilitate them to meet demands of vocational roles and find jobs. Over the years, the programme has enrolled nearly 130 survivors with many of them successfully returned to work, and also developed a Cancer Inclusive Guide to support employers with implementation of a cancer-friendly work environment.
Roche has also been recognized for its contributions to the Community Chest SHARE workplace giving programme since 2018. Roche helps employees who want to donate to do so via a monthly deduction from the payroll, which the company then matches on a dollar-to-dollar basis. This year, Roche became a Platinum awardee for its strong participation in this programme.
Finally, for the last 11 years, the signature Roche Children’s Walk has been held in Singapore, a fundraising event where employees walk 5km in recognition of the distance many children around the world still have to walk to get to school. This year, Roche Singapore raised nearly S$59,000 through the event for its beneficiaries, the Children’s Cancer Society and the Roche Employee Action and Charity Trust (Re&Act).
Zapkad provides complimentary digital business cards to any charity organisation in Singapore. Beneficiaries today include AWWA, Care Corner, Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, Montfort Care, Singapore Cancer Society and THKMC with total value worth over $30,000 per annum. By using our solution, it helps these organisations eliminate paper cards and reduce their carbon footprint.
At Chubb, we encourage the development of initiatives that reflect our employees’ commitment to the needs of our local communities. Through local volunteer projects and other initiatives, Chubb supports employee giving and volunteerism with a variety of programs. We are firm believers that positive contributions to the fabric of our communities return long-lasting benefits to society, our employees and our company.
Our flagship Corporate Community Day (CCD) aims to help AmCham Singapore members build stronger ties with Singapore through local community work. CCD symbolizes the continued commitment of our members to the Singapore community, and focuses on cultivating local relationships and promoting the spirit of volunteerism. Since 2003, AmCham has partnered with the U.S. Embassy in celebrating our commitment to social development in Singapore.
Since 2003, AmCham has partnered with the U.S. Embassy in celebrating our commitment to social development in Singapore.
Set up in 1997, the North East Community Development Council (CDC) is part of the People’s Association and one of the five CDCs in Singapore. It serves a population of over 964,000 residents in four Group Representative Constituencies (GRCs) and two Single Member Constituencies (SMCs). They are: Aljunied, Pasir Ris – Punggol, Seng Kang, Tampines GRCs, Hougang and Punggol West SMCs. North East CDC administers local assistance programmes and works closely with community and corporate partners to plan outreach programmes to promote bonding and social cohesion. North East CDC is headed by Mayor Desmond Choo
Tampines Changkat Citizens’ Consultative Committee (CCC) Community Development and Welfare Fund Committee (CDWF) organises many initiatives for our needy residents to help alleviate some of the increase in the cost of living on top of existing government measures and assistance to tackle the rising cost of living. Our financial support programmes have been benefitting about 600 less privileged residents annually. Some of our programmes include Groceries Bags Distributions, Bursaries, Community Fridge as well as Pop-up Grocery @ Tampines Changkat.
Pop-up Grocery @ Tampines Changkat is a collaboration between Tampines Changkat CCC CDWF and various organisations to provide less privileged families at Tampines Changkat with more groceries and household support in a bid to prevent food wastage. Tampines Changkat CCC CDWF is heartened to forge partnerships with various partners to meet the challenges ahead as one people and we see more organizations coming forward to contribute in any way they can. Pop-up Grocery is set up to provide groceries for at least 100 beneficiaries including home deliveries made for immobile seniors.
