A total of 2,494 officers from the Home Team received their promotion certificates on Monday from Law Minister, K Shanmugam.
The Home Team Promotion Ceremony was held to recognise deserving officers who had shown the potential to take on greater responsibilities for the overall safety and security of Singapore.
The Home Team had embarked on an aggressive drive to recruit up to 1,500 officers.
So far, it has already employed about 500 of them in the first quarter of this year alone, a two-fold increase compared to the same period last year.
Mr Shanmugam, who is also Second Minister for Home Affairs, also revealed that the ministry has leveraged on online media platforms to recruit good candidates, such as Facebook and YouTube.
He also said there will be a new educational sponsorship scheme for applicants to study at polytechnics.
The Home Team is also looking at ways to re-employ officers who are fast approaching the retirement age.
Those who are deserving and are able to meet the demands of the job will be re-employed for a further five years.
Those who are unable to meet certain criteria may be offered employment on civilian schemes.
- Channel News Asia
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