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Singapore vows to strengthen community partnership amid security fear

Xinhua, August 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean said on Wednesday that the country's Home Team, a home affair training institution, must plan ahead to be ready for the future and continue to strengthen the partnership with the community.

Delivering a speech at the Ministry of Home Affairs' National Day Observance Ceremony, Teo said Singapore faces different security threats such as transnational crime, cyber-related crime and terrorism today, and the Home Team and the community have to continue to be united, working in close partnership, in order to build an even better Singapore.

Apart from a stronger focus on forward planning and building new technological capabilities, Teo said the Home Team will also take community partnerships to a higher level to meet these challenges.

Teo also welcomed the public to contribute innovative ideas as part of community efforts to save lives, deter and fight crime.

A total of 104 Home Team officers, 12 volunteers and 69 members of the public were given Home Affairs National Day Awards for their contributions. Endi