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IRAS estimate of a property's gross annual rent, excluding furnishings and maintenance; used in some public-scheme means tests.
A former statutory board responsible for food, animal health and veterinary matters before its functions moved to successor agencies.
A variable civil-service payment calibrated to economic and labour-market conditions, with mid-year and year-end amounts announced separately.
The NParks cluster serving as Singapore’s main touch-point for animal and veterinary matters.
An ASEAN technical working group coordinating regional cooperation on coastal and marine environmental protection.
An ASEAN technical working group coordinating policy and cooperation on chemicals management and waste.
A neighbourhood-based model that connects seniors to active-ageing, health and care support near their homes.
Being absent from duty without authorised or official leave.
A cloud-computing platform offering services such as servers, storage, databases, networking and analytics.
An annual salary payment, often called the 13th-month payment, where provided by contract or company practice.
The standard time used in Western Australia, at UTC+8.
The annual period used to organise teaching, learning, enrolment and academic administration.
A major Singapore expressway connecting the city and southern waterfront with western areas including Jurong and Tuas.
A school leadership role supporting the Year Head in student development, welfare and coordination for a year cohort.
A commercial model where organisations sell products or services to other organisations, often for operational use, integration or resale.
A commercial model where organisations sell products or services to individuals for personal use rather than for business operations or resale.
A role that analyses business needs, processes and requirements and translates them into changes or solutions.
A business analyst specialising in the subject matter, operating context and rules of a particular domain.
A business analyst focused on functional requirements, workflows and how a system or service should operate.
A review before an activity to clarify objectives, risks, roles and lessons that should inform execution.
A structured review conducted before an activity to clarify objectives, roles, risks and lessons to apply.
Singapore’s national governing body for basketball, responsible for developing the sport and supporting competitions and participation.
A trade union representing employees in the built-environment and urban-trades sectors, supporting them in workplace matters and advancing their collective interests.
Normal ongoing operations, as distinct from project, crisis, pilot or transformation work.
The Public Service Star, awarded for valuable public service or exceptional achievement benefiting the community.
An international treaty controlling cross-border movements and disposal of hazardous and other wastes.
The decision-making meeting of countries that are parties to the Basel Convention.
The combined planning needed to keep critical operations running and restore systems or services after disruption.
Singapore's statutory board regulating the built environment and promoting building safety, quality, sustainability and productivity.
A model in which LTA owns bus assets and contracts operators to run services.
A management discipline for preparing an organisation to continue or recover critical operations during disruption.
An office coordinating business-continuity planning, preparedness and recovery arrangements.
A plan for sustaining or restoring critical services when normal operations are disrupted.
A deposit-refund scheme for eligible beverage containers returned through designated collection points.
An SAF award recognising the unit assessed as the strongest performer in its formation or category.
Activities aimed at identifying new markets, customers, partnerships or opportunities for organisational growth.
The MINDEF/SAF professional community covering business digitalisation, data and information-technology roles, including workforce planning, competency development and professionalisation.
An alternative abbreviation for Brunei Darussalam Time, the national time used in Brunei at UTC+8.
A legal order exempting specified categories of agreements from a competition-law prohibition when stated conditions are met.
Tax-planning strategies that exploit gaps or mismatches between jurisdictions to shift profits and reduce the overall tax base.
A condition where repairing an item would cost more than is justified by its value, age or remaining usefulness.
Research-and-development expenditure reported by private-sector companies for research performed in Singapore, used as an indicator of business research activity.
An SAF fitness-conditioning centre located in Bedok.
A trade union representing employees in Singapore's banking and financial-services sector, supporting them in workplace matters and advancing their collective interests.
The first general-officer rank, above Colonel and below Major-General in the Singapore Armed Forces.
An online portal through which businesses apply for selected government grants.
The commonly used abbreviation for the newspaper Berita Harian.
A bold, highly ambitious long-term goal intended to focus and energise an organisation.