Starting a Business in Singapore

The People’s Association Youth Movement (PAYM) was established in 1971 which is the largest youth organization of Singapore. PAYM carters youths between ages of 12 and 35, without partiality regarding race, language or religion and it has 168,000 youth members and 100 youth groups.

The logo of PAYM is a diamond within which the letters ‘PAYM’ are set against depicts the shape of the island of Singapore. Color blue in the diamond represent harmonious nature of the country. The ‘Y’ figure with its outstretched arms show a confident youth embracing the future with hope and its yellow color shows vigor and energy and the red color within show warmth, passion and beliefs. The Spirit of youth sculpture is the PAYM’s gift to Singapore for 25th anniversary of Independence.

The vision of PAYM is to build PAYM a premiere youth organization and through that touch the lives of youth in their growing-up process. The mission is to always reaching out and always relevant. The motto is youth embracing the world.

The PAYM conducts meaningful programs and new initiatives that reflect youth’s voices like:

PAYM policy forum series: It is an initiative to engage working adults providing platforms to gain a better insight into current issues and national policies, give feedback while networking with other youths.
PAYM Lunch Time series: It brings life skills and lifestyle courses to workplaces during lunch or staff sessions to working youths.

Friends of PAYM: It engages youths from the institutes of Higher Learning, to identify with the community as an integral part of their lives and create opportunities for them.
PAYM has international alliances like Asian Youth Leaders Forum, International Exchange program, Youth caucus to provide the good exposure of the world to the youth.

PAYM Service-Learning club: It aims to provide holistic development in youths and also gain resilience, discipline and a spirit of service to others.

There are also many Youth clubs and events organized by PAYM like City Alive 2009, Chingay Float, Baybeats 2008 and PAYM 37th Anniversary for exposing the youth talents.

The PAYM aims to integrate fresh and new initiatives for meeting the needs of the youth.
   
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Singapore is not just a business destination which is famous for the number of foreign entrepreneurs applying for Singapore company registration each year. Singapore in fact is one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the world with the number of visitors increasing each year. While the country has some of the most unique sights and sounds you will come across, it is also famous for having one of the best nightlife in Asia. Tourists can literally enjoy the country 24x7. Some of the things you can do in Singapore till the wee hours of the morning are as follows:

1) Food courts: Many of the food courts in Singapore are open all night. The best thing about these food courts are that they are much more than simply hawker styled shops which you find in many other countries. Food courts in Singapore are strictly regulated by government agencies and they serve some of the best cuisine you will come across in Asia. Some of the food courts are even air conditioned while some have their own unique charm with an open ambience. Whichever food court you choose, you can get the best dishes from across Asia and of course those that are unique to Singapore only.

2) Shopping: Mustafa Center in Little India is one of the largest shopping centers in the world which is also open all throughout the night. Many shoppers who visit Mustafa center frequently say there is no product in the world which you will not find inside the shopping complex. It is a shopper’s paradise and you can literally spend the entire night shopping and picking up the best items without having to deal with the day rush.

3) Nightclubs: Of course for most people when they think of nightlife, they think of discotheques, pubs, bars etc. You will be spoilt for choice with the number of nightclubs in Singapore which are opened till wee hours of the morning. Singapore is famous for the number of discos and pubs opened almost all night in Asia.

4) Other unique attractions: You can also find some other unique attractions or activities in the night in Singapore such as the night safari or the Singapore night cycling tour. Such activities truly give you the unique Singapore experience.

Jurong town council is in the field of welfare service for many years. Since its formation the strategic work plan has made them as an effective and efficient town council in Singapore. The council with the partnership of other agencies effectively enhances the lifestyle of the residents in the areas under the governing region. The governing area includes Jurong Central, Taman Jurong, Yuhua, Bukit Batok East and Bukit Batok. All these areas are combined together and represented as Jurong Group Representation Constituency. The elected members of parliament are ministers in the government of Singapore. One of the elected Member of Parliament holds the position as Chairman of the Jurong town council. The elected members meets the constituency people regularly for knowing their grievances and the town council also provides free legal assistance for people who wish to seek assistance. The town councilors of this council lead the committees that are formed to perform various welfare activities in the constituency. The committees include tender committee, finance committee, estate cleanliness committee, community relations committee, publications committee and environment enhancement committee. These committees have individual Chairman as the head and works according to his guidance. The committees have responsibilities to achieve and work with dedication and sincerity.

The town council offices are located in the main central areas in the constituency. The various facilities provides by the town council are at its best. They bring on innovation in each and every project they undertake. They care for senior citizens in the areas and has provided wide range of facilities that is beneficial to the elderly people. The Jurong town council is proud enough as it has achieved scale 1 in each category which indicates that their services are the best. Apart from innovating projects they also take steps for the maintenance of the existing services like electricity and water etc. The town council maintains strong liaison with the public and thus they make sure that the people are benefited. They do not hesitate to obtain feedback from the people and considers those feedbacks in serious note. Thus the Jurong town council is constantly executing best class services for the public which is expected to be the same in future.
   
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Tampines town is in existence for more than two decades. In this period the Tampines town has been developed a lot and the people in the town council has come forward to build their environment and co operates the town council officials in doing the improvisation works. The vision of this town council is to build Tampines as a suitable environment to live in with the best comfort. The Tampines town council consists of five divisions namely Tampines Central, Tampines North, Tampines East, Tampines West and Tampines Changkat. These divisions are managed by team of property officers with property manager as head of each division. Earlier days Tampines town is known for coconut plantations and fishery town which is now changed as residential area with greater sense of responsibility.

The management of the town council is divided into many working divisions. The executive committee is the head of those working divisions. The divisions include estate committee, project committee, finance committee, community liaison committee and publicity committee. These working committees have individual board of members and committee head for carrying out the projects. There are five members of parliament who are elected from this constituency and they form the head management committee of the council. The head management committee consists of adviser, chairman and other official members.

The estate committee is responsible for the maintenance of residential estates in the town. They perform cyclic and routine improvisation works for the residents in the town. The project committee designs the required project that is needed to be carried over in the town. The finance committee takes the control over the fund maintenance and is in charge of framing financial policies of the council. The public relations committee always stays in touch with the public and publishes newsletters regarding the meetings and also organizes meeting sessions with the members of parliament. The overall performance is monitored by the executive committee that has chairman, co chairman and other executives. Thus the services offered by the officials of the Tampines town council are at its best and is expected to be continuing in future years.
   
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