#209 - SAF General appointed as CEO of pre-school sector agency & Clown PR stunt gets backlash

At the end of the year, a Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) General, Tan Chee Wee, will be appointed chief executive of the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA). We debate whether a high-ranking military officer really has the competence and knowledge to oversee SG’s pre-school sector. Also, an enrichment centre behind a PR campaign involving clowns loitering around outside primary schools has apologised for the panic caused. What gives?

 

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SAF General to head SG's early childhood agency

• SAF's first inspector-general to oversee S'pore's pre-school sector from Dec 15
• Ah Boys To CEOs: An Academic’s View Of Singapore’s Military Elite

 

Clown PR stunt gets backlash from public and police

• 'Viral marketing nonsense': Speech Academy Asia apologises for clown stunt outside primary schools
• Multiple police reports lodged against 'clowns' approaching children at primary schools
• Philips' guerrilla bear stunt backfires in Singapore
  
  

 

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