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The mission of MFA is to safeguard and promote
the interests of Singapore and Singaporeans through
effective diplomacy. A total budget of $298m has
been allocated to MFA in FY2003 to achieve this
mission.
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A total of $219m
to promote Singapore's foreign relations,
which includes:
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$32m for the Foreign
Technical Assistance Programme, which
includes the Singapore Co-operation
Programme, that trains over 3,000 participants
from developing countries in Singapore
annually, including 60 undergraduate
scholarships to recipients from ASEAN
countries under the Singapore Scholarship
scheme. |
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$39m for contributions
to the United Nations and other International
Organisations. |
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Myanmar participants
learning how to fix network cables during
one of the IT courses conducted in Singapore
under the Singapore Co-operation Programme. |
Minister for Foreign
Affairs Prof S Jayakumar and Japanese Ambassador
Kunihiko Makita exchanging diplomatic notes
on the Japan-Singapore New Age Economic Partnership
(JSEPA) on
31 October 2002. |
Mr Izhari Mawardi,
Ms Maria Teresa Wijaya, Mr Richard Prayogo
and Mr Samuel Siswanto, all from Indonesia,
receiving the Singapore Scholarship on 12
August 2002. The scheme was announced by Prime
Minister Goh Chok Tong in December 1998 to
alleviate the adverse effect of the Asian
financial crisis on the educational opportunities
available to bright and young people in ASEAN
as well as to integrate the newer ASEAN countries,
namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam,
into ASEAN. |
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