Open letter to colleagues as I leave Raffles Institution
Thank you for the memories and for helping me to grow, especially in a particularly difficult year of bad health
Dear Raffles Colleagues,
Thank you for the guidance, memories and kindness. This was my first school — whether it was for dance, debates or just friends (particularly concentrated in Raffles Humans) — this school always held special memories even though I never studied here. I owe many thanks to especially to the Department, ODAC teachers, Strat Comm team as well as IT department, EduTech department, Estate, Finance, Admin, CARA and more. 2022 was a particularly challenging year health-wise and more. I really appreciate the patience and understanding that many colleagues extended to me.
While this wasn’t confirmed at the time of staff conference, I am happy to share that I will be posted to the health tech team under Open Government Products (OGP) which is under GovTech. This was the team that built familiar systems like COVID vaccination booking, covid.gov.sg and other systems you might have interacted with at the height of the pandemic. As efficient as it is, the healthcare system here is fragmented. The lessons in change management I learnt here will continue to apply there. In healthcare and in education — I…
