WINNING A SINGAPORE Prize
The latest winner of the Group 2 prize in Singapore Pools’ Toto draw was drawn on Oct 2. The winning ticket, purchased online, was sold at Giant supermarket in Pioneer Mall and FairPrice in The Woodleigh Mall. Its winning amount was $127,391 per share.
A total of 12 tickets were won in the draw, with each one having a chance to win a cash prize of up to $22.3 million. In addition, there were other prizes including a car, a home and an electronics item.
Toto is an official lottery of the Government of Singapore, and all proceeds from the game are used for charitable purposes. In addition to the cash prize, the winner will also receive a gold medal and a certificate of honour.
NUS’ Kishore Mahbubani, senior advisor (university and global relations), has hinted that there could be plans to broaden the scope of the singapore prize in the future, allowing works of fiction, movies or comic books to qualify. He said: “This is something we’re (still) looking at, because history isn’t just a book, it can also be told in other forms.”
The NUS Singapore History Prize was launched as part of programmes to mark SG50 and the National University of Singapore’s Department of History administers this first book prize in Singapore dedicated solely to our nation’s history. It was founded in 2014 to enliven interest and discussion on Singapore’s long history, making its complexities and nuances more accessible for non-academic audiences.
It was named in memory of Christopher Bathurst KC, Viscount Bledisloe, who died in 2009. He was a leading member of Fountain Court Chambers and developed a substantial practice at the commercial bar in London, with a particular expertise in Asia, including Singapore.
The 2021 shortlist includes works with a personal slant, like Leluhur: Singapore’s Kampong Gelam by Hidayah Amin. Its author grew up in the heritage building Gedung Kuning, or Yellow Mansion, in the Kampong Gelam area, and her book illuminates the city’s rich heritage as a place that connects us to our past. Among the non-fiction work, The 1950s: A New Beginning by Tiang Jian Peng, traces key events in our formative years, when the future of our city seemed up for grabs. Each of the shortlisted books is a must-read for any Singaporean.
