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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. 29-0688 Newsletter Draft 1.indd 4 4/21/09 12:18:56 PM
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. 29-0688 Newsletter Draft 1.indd 5 4/21/09 12:19:40 PM
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