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USE 11th Executive
Council for 2008 – 2010
Security Identification
Card Project
Union of Security Employees
Contact Details
Union of Security Employees (USE)
Blk 261, Waterloo Centre, Waterloo Street #03-30,
Singapore 180261
Hotline: 6334 6393
E-mail: use@ntuc.org.sg
How to join as an USE Member - E-mail: use@ntuc.org.sg or call our hotline at 6334 6393
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Together, We Can Upturn the Downturn
In his New Year message earlier this year, NTUC Secretary-
General Lim Swee Say outlined three core priorities for the
labour movement to help Singapore pull through the global crisis.
“Cut costs to save jobs – Be pro-active in working closely with the
management and government to improve productivity and reduce total
costs – wage and non-wage costs – as best as we can. More cost reduction
for our businesses would mean more jobs saved for our workers.”
“Up-skill and re-skill for new and different jobs – Our
challenge is to encourage workers to not just look for ‘same
job with same pay’. We need them to believe in themselves
and be willing to adapt to new job demands, so that we can
help them up-skill and re-skill to take on new and different jobs in different industries.”
“Stay the course to achieve our longer term objectives – We have
worked hard to increase the employment rate of women and older
workers through various tripartite efforts. We have also worked
hard to reduce unemployment and under-employment by re-creating
low-paying jobs, promoting best-sourcing of contract services,
and enhancing the employability of low-skilled workers. The pace of our efforts will be affected by the
short-term crisis due to excess manpower in a growing number of companies. We will spare no effort
in sustaining the momentum jointly with our tripartite partners. Together, we can upturn the downturn.”
This message from NTUC Secretary-General hit a cord with the Union of Security Employees
(USE). In response to his call, USE will be rolling out a slew of initiatives together with our industry
partners to upturn the downturn. These include the Security Industry Job Fairs; Security Job Recreation
Programme; Security Identification (ID) Card Project; SPUR Training; NTUC U Care
Fund Raising; Care and Share Vouchers and the inaugural USE Scholarship and Bursary Awards.
“T
he Union of Security Employees has worked with our tripartite
partners over the last few years to raise the standard of our industry
with better regulations to enhance the employability and productivity of
our officers. As a result, our industry is less affected by this downturn and
security services remain relevant and its demand remains strong. We’ll
continue to support the long-term initiatives, including the on-going Job
Re-creation Programme and Best Sourcing
security industry and workers now
Initiative to benefit our
and in the future.”
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Security Identification Card Project
Union of Security Employees (USE), in collaboration with the
Security Industry Regulatory Department (SIRD), will jointly
issue the standardised identification (ID) card for all screened,
trained and registered private security officers in Singapore. With
an estimated of at least 35,000 (in-house and agency) officers
currently in the industry, the entire ID card issuance exercise
is expected to take more than one year to complete. Security
officers will be notified by SIRD in batches through a letter
to approach NTUC Centre to process their ID card application.
The ID card is introduced as part of the Job Re-creation Programme (JRP) to improve the professionalism
and image of the private security industry. As part of our union member benefits, USE will undertake to fully
subsidise the initial card processing fee of $10 as well as future card renewal fees for all USE members for life!
NTUC U Care Fund
The Labour Movement U Care Fund was launched on 11
March 2009 to raise $20 million to help needy low-income
workers and the retrenched to weather this economic downturn.
Union of Security Employees (USE) with the support of our
unionized companies and members will be contributing to the
fund through canvassing and fund raising events, to support
this good cause.
USE Bursary & Scholarship Award
At our USE 30th Anniversary Celebration cum Fund Raising Dinner on 28
November 2008, Union of Security Employees (USE) successfully raised about
$100,000 to fund a new benefit for our Ordinary Branch
(OB) members, in the form of our very own USE Bursary
& Scholarship Awards. This marks a new chapter in the
history of USE as it is the first time USE is giving out these
awards for the benefit of our members and their children.
USE Bursary & Scholarship awards will be given out to
members’ school going children studying in primary to
tertiary education levels at local education institutions.
Applications are now open from 24 April 2009 till 15 May 2009. Successful
applicants will be notified within one month from closing date.
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USE 30th Anniversary Celebration
Dinner
28 November 2008 marked an important date in the
history of Union of Security Employees (USE) – we
held our 30th Anniversary Celebration cum Funding
Raising Dinner at Meritus Mandarin Hotel Ballroom.
The event kicked off with a coordinated march-in by
security officers from our unionised companies as
well as members of the USE Executive Council to
welcome our Guest-of-Honour, Deputy Secretary-
General, Mr. Heng Chee How. Tokens of appreciation
and recognition were given out to our industry partners
including two of our USE ex-General Secretaries,
Mr. Yusoff Marican and Mr. Ryan Cheong. The
dinner successfully raised about $100,000 in funds
towards the USE Bursary & Scholarship Award.
USE would like to thank all donors/helpers who have
generously donated/contributed towards the event.
Security Industry Career Fair 2009
To promote security jobs and facilitate placement of
more jobseekers into the private security industry,
the Singapore Workforce Development Agency
(WDA), supported by Union of Security Employees
(USE), NTUC Women Development Secretariat
(WDS), Security Association (Singapore) (SAS) and
Association of Certified Security Agencies (ACSA),
organised a Security Industry Career Fair on 25 and
26 April 2009 at the Suntec Singapore International
Convention Centre Concourse (3rd floor). The job
fair was estimated to attract more than 1,000 job
applicants from all walks of life to fill up more than
200 available security job positions. New programmes
such as the Security Supervisor Conversion
Programme (SSCP) and Professional Conversion
Programme (PCP) for Security Executives to assist
unemployed/retrenched PMETs/workers to enter the
security industry were also rolled out at the event.
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Care and Share Assistance Vouchers
To assist low wage members to defray their
living expenses and enable them to enjoy free
family recreation at NTUC Downtown East, Union
of Security Employees (USE) assisted to distribute
more than $200,000 worth of assistance vouchers
to our members in 2008. These were in the form
of NTUC Family and Fun Carnival vouchers, U-
Stretch discount vouchers, Back-to-School (BTS)
vouchers as well as public transport/utilities
vouchers. In addition, USE also assisted family
members of deceased union members to claim under
the NTUC GIFT group insurance and Singapore
Labour Foundation (SLF) Hardship Grant.
Looking forward, USE will continue to assist low wage members through
these assistance vouchers. USE received overwhelming response from some
300 USE union members for the NTUC Family and Fun Carnival Vouchers
09/10 which was recently launched. Successful applicants can look forward
to bringing their family members for one full day of fun at Downtown
East, enjoying facilities such as Wild Wild Wet and Escape Theme Park.
Type of Voucher
Number of Successful Applicants
$40 Public Transport / Utility bill offset 900
$50 U-Stretch discount vouchers 910
$125 Back-to-School vouchers 618
Family Recreation & Fun Carnival 464
Advantage! Scheme –
Security Job-Redesign Programme
The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), in consultation with Union
of Security Employees (USE) and NTUC Re-employment Expert Group, developed a
new revised Advantage! Scheme for private security employers to implement Security
Job Re-design programme to encourage the recruitment, retention and re-employment
of mature workers in the security industry. The scheme offers up to $100,000 funding
for employers to implement IT systems to support flexible work arrangements and
raise the value add of mature workers. This programme encourage employers to start
re-employing mature workers before the re-employment legislation kicks in by 2012.
Till date, more than 20 unionised security companies have benefited from the
Advantage! funding. In the months to come, USE will continue to work closely with
NTUC and WDA to bring more unionised companies on board the Advantage! Scheme.
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USE 11th Ordinary
Convention of Delegates
Union of Security Employees (USE) held our
11th Ordinary Convention of Delegates (OCD) on
23 October 2008 at DXO @ The Esplanade. The
new 11th Executive Council saw leadership renewal
taking place as four new leaders were introduced. At
the same time, four senior members from the 10th
Executive Council progressed to become founding
members of the newly formed Senior USE committee.
USE presented distinguished recognition awards
to extend our sincere gratitude and appreciation
to the years of service rendered by our ex-council
members as well as our long serving branch officials.
Union of Security Employees
11th Executive Council for Term 2008 to 2012
President:
Vice-Presidents:
General Secretary:
Executive Secretary:
Asst Executive Secretary:
General Treasurer:
Members:
N. Silva
Ahmad Abdul Jaffar
W Siva Ananthan
Murugesan Sanjivanathan
Patrick Tay Teck Guan
Andrew Lim Choon Guan
Kalshum Mohamed Ali
Lawrence Lee Yeow Wei
Mustaffa Kamal
Fong Bee Khai
Sarah Amir Hamzah
Security Industry National Day Observance Ceremony 2008
Union of Security Employees (USE) made another
remarkable milestone on 1 August 2008 when it coorganised
an inaugural Tripartite Security Industry
National Day Observance Ceremony. The event
was organised together with the Security Industry
Regulatory Department (SIRD) and supported by the
Association of Certified Security Agencies (ACSA)
and Security Association (Singapore) (SAS). More
than 400 union members and representatives from
all our partners and security agencies pledged their
allegiance to Singapore through the reciting of the
pledge and singing of the national anthem during the
ceremony which was followed by a security industry
conference. In his speech, Guest-of-Honor, NTUC
Secretary-General Mr. Lim Swee Say, touched on
various developments in the private security industry
over the years as well as the need for employers to
work hand in hand with the union to protect workers,
especially during the uncertain economic conditions
ahead. The observance ceremony was followed by a
Security Industry Conference coordinated by SIRD.
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Do Good – Visit to St Vincent Home
Chinese New Year just got more meaningful
for the residents of St. Vincent Home this year. A
collaboration between Senior USE and Young USE,
the pre-Chinese New Year visit on 19 January 2009
by 11 union leaders and staff started the lunar new
year on a high note for the destitute old folks. New
Year decorations were put up and home residents
were given free health screening, courtesy of
NTUC Healthcare. Following a sumptuous lunch,
ang baos were also distributed to home residents.
This event marks the beginning of a series of
events to be hosted by the Senior USE for 2009.
Senior USE Event - Health Seminar
The Senior USE committee organised an inaugural
health seminar on 23 March 2009 at the Aranda Country
Club. Specially catered for our mature members,
Senior USE invited experts from NTUC Healthcare
and Centre for Seniors to share tips on maintaining
a healthy lifestyle. Participants were also introduced
to a relatively new wellness/health concept of Hand
Reflexology by our invited guest, Mr. Kelvin Lim.
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Young USE KidzQuest
KidzQuest is a Young NTUC Volunteerism program supporting
activities to promote quality learning for children of ages 4 to 6. Young
USE is honoured to join Young NTUC on a run of the KidzQuest as
we brought children from My First Skool (previously known as NTUC
Childcare) at Hougang on an excursion trip to the Central Fire Station
and Singapore City Tour on 28 June 2008. 20 volunteers including
members of the Young USE committee turned up for the half-day event.
Besides trying out water jets used by firemen during their work, the
children also got a taste of how it feels like to be lifted into the air by
machine operated ladders used by firemen in low-rise building rescues.
Watch for more exciting events to be organized by Young USE in 2009!
USE Calendar of Events 2009
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Events
Visit to St Vincent Home by Young USE & Senior USE (Do Good)
USE Executive Council Corporate Planning Seminar for FY 09/10 (Do Well)
Senior USE - Health Seminar (Do More),
NTUC Family Recreation and Fun Carnival Application (Do Good)
Private Security Industry Identification (ID) Card (Trial-run) (Do More),
USE Newsletter Connexion 2009 Issue 1 (Do More),
Union Management Networking Session (Do Together),
USE Bursary and Scholarship Awards Application (Do Good),
Security Career Fair (Do More)
May Day Events (Do Together)
Intermediate Certificate in Industrial Relations (ICIR) course cum Branch Officials’ Gathering cum Mid-Term
Review of 2009 Targets (Do Well)
USE Bursary and Scholarship Awards Presentation Ceremony (Do Good)
Official Launch of Private Security Industry Identification Card (Do Together)
National Day Observance Ceremony and Security Industry Conference (Do Together),
Young NTUC Celebrates National Day (Do Together)
Young USE & Senior USE Karaoke Singing Competition (Do More)
USE Newsletter Connexion 2009 Issue 2 (Do More)
Basic Certificate in Industrial Relations (BCIR) course (Do Well)
USE Executive Council Corporate Planning (Do Well)
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May Day 2009
May Day marks a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the labour movement throughout
the world. NTUC will celebrate May Day this year with an exciting line-up of events.
29 April
May Day Dinner
Orchid Country Club
1 May
May Day Rally
Downtown East
30 May
Family Day Out with U
Downtown East
16 May
May Day Model Partnership Award
Downtown East
23 May
Labour Movement Solidarity March & Concert
Marina Bay Golf Course
USE MEMBERSHIP LUCKY DRAW 2009
Announcing USE’s latest Membership Lucky Draw 2009!
As part of our efforts to reward USE members, USE will be conducting
quarterly lucky draw for members.
First Prize: 20,000 LinkPoints
Second Prize:10,000 LinkPoints
Third Prize: 5,000 LinkPoints
20 Consolation Prizes: 1,000 LinkPoints each
To participate, simply fill up
the lucky draw coupon below
send it back to us by
fax or mail.
Blk 261, Waterloo Centre,
Waterloo Street, #03-30,
Singapore 180261
Fax: 63346361
Alternatively email your name, NRIC number, contact number
and address to USE@ntuc.org.sg.
Kindly indicate ‘USE Members Lucky Draw 2009’ in the subject
heading.
Be rewarded with 100 LinkPoints just by
participating!
Closing Dates For Quarterly USE Membership Lucky Draw
1st Draw – 30th June 2009
2nd Draw – 30th September 2009
3rd Draw – 31st December 2009
Terms & Conditions
1. This lucky draw is only open to USE members without any
outstanding union subscription fees.
2. Limited to one entry per member.
3. Non-winning entries for each draw will automatically
qualify for subsequent rounds of draw.
4. All winners will be notified by mail.
USE Membership Lucky Draw 2009 Coupon
NRIC:
Name:
Address:
Contact number:
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