For Immediate Release REMARKS (as prepared) Chargé d’Affaires, Rafik Mansour AmCham Singapore’s U.S. Presidential Election 2020 November 4, 2020 Thank you very much to Hsien, the AmCham Board of Governors, and your entire team for making today’s event a reality. I know there are many challenges to hosting an event like this – especially ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 4 November, 2020 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Press Releases | Tags: American Chamber of Commerce, Chargé D’Affaires, election
For Immediate Release February 10, 2020 SINGAPORE: Chargé d’Affaires Rafik Mansour is pleased to announce the United States will be represented by a large delegation of U.S. companies, high-level officials, and cutting-edge military aircraft at the Singapore Airshow 2020, the largest defense exhibition and biennial international trade show in the Pacific. Over 145 U.S. companies ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 10 February, 2020 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Press Releases, Trade | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, Defense Department, DOD, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, Indo-Pacific, military, Singapore Airshow, U.S. Delegation
January 18, 2020 Singapore Chargé d’Affaires Rafik Mansour launched the eighth iteration of the U.S. Embassy-ITE Alumni Mentoring Program on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College Central. This flagship alumni and community engagement program connects notable Singaporean alumni of U.S. government exchange programs with young Singaporeans seeking to improve ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 18 January, 2020 | Topics: Alumni, Chargé D’Affaires, Press Releases | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, Education, Embassy Alumni Mentoring Program, students
For Immediate Release REMARKS (as delivered) Remarks by United States Chargé d’Affaires to Singapore Rafik Mansour at the Celebration of the 244th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps Organized by The United States Marine Security Guard Detachment, Singapore 15 November 2019 New Zealand Minister of Defense; New Zealand Secretary of Defense; Singapore Army Chief ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 26 November, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Speeches | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, military
Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Rafik Mansour delivered remarks at the September 27 launch of the latest edition of the ASEAN Matters for America/America Matters for ASEAN report, published by the Honolulu-based East-West Center. In his remarks, he highlighted the United States’ strong commitment to Southeast Asia through partnerships built on respect for the sovereignty of nations, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 27 September, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Press Releases | Tags: ASEAN, Chargé D’Affaires
For Immediate Release REMARKS (as delivered) Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Rafik Mansour Launch of ASEAN Matters for America/America Matters for ASEAN ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore September 27, 2019 Good morning everybody. I would like to thank the East-West Center, the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, and the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute for your important work on the ASEAN ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 27 September, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Press Releases, Speeches | Tags: ASEAN, Chargé D’Affaires, Indo-Pacific
Chargé d’Affaires Mansour was pleased to host educational leaders from the top universities in Singapore to discuss the immense value of U.S.-Singapore collaboration in higher education, research, and innovation on September 18. (L-R: Tan Tai Yong, President, Yale-NUS; Lim Sun Sun, Nominated Member of Parliament and Dean, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Chen Tsuhan, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 20 September, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Education | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, Education
Chargé d’Affaires Mansour welcomed exchange alumni from The Fulbright Program, International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI), and the US-Singapore Summer Exchange Scholarship Programme on September 12. He highlighted the vital importance of people-to-people exchange and recognized the contributions exchange alumni make to Singapore.
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 18 September, 2019 | Topics: Alumni, Chargé D’Affaires | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, Fulbright, IVLP, SUSI, US-Singapore Summer Exchange Scholarship Programme, YSEALI
Chargé d’Affaires Rafik Mansour hosted a reception to meet friends and partners of U.S. Embassy Singapore on August 27. The event was well-attended by government officials, the diplomatic corps, U.S. and local business leaders, NGOs, academics, journalists, and artists. In his remarks, Chargé d’Affaires Mansour spoke about the breadth of the indispensable U.S.-Singapore relationship, saying: ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 3 September, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, U.S. & Singapore
Get to know Chargé d’Affaires Mansour as he eats his way across Singapore! Our newest senior diplomat at U.S. Embassy Singapore gets to enjoy kaya toast, murtabak, & more as he shares his vision for an even stronger U.S.-Singapore relationship.
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 21 August, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Video | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, U.S. & Singapore
Chargé d’Affaires Mansour joined Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat to congratulate Micron on the successful expansion of their Fab10 facility in Singapore. Micron has invested $15 billion in Singapore and employs 8,000 people here – more than one-fifth of Singapore’s 35,000-strong semiconductor industry workforce. The American company has also given more ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 15 August, 2019 | Topics: Business, Chargé D’Affaires | Tags: American Corporate Excellence, Chargé D’Affaires
For Immediate Release August 1, 2019 Singapore Senior U.S. diplomat Rafik Mansour arrived in Singapore to begin his assignment as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. of the Embassy of the United States of America on July 30. Upon his arrival, Mr. Mansour said, “I look forward to deepening the strong partnership between our two countries to advance ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 1 August, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Press Releases | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires
Chargé d’Affaires Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath celebrated the launch of Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) Anthea Ong’s ’50 Shades of Love: Unearthing Who We Are’ at Johnson & Johnson Singapore’s “Celebrating Women & Diversity: Different Shades of Strengths & Successes” event on March 22. Chargé d’Affaires Syptak-Ramnath emphasized the role female leaders play in creating diverse and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 25 March, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Culture | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, Embassy Alumni Mentoring Program, Entrepreneurship
As part of the 16th annual Corporate Community Day, AmCham Singapore organized the “Walk for Rice” fundraising event on Saturday, October 27. For every 100 meters covered per participant, local supermarket NTUC FairPrice donates one bowl of rice to needy families in the Southeast Community District of Singapore. This year, AmCham raised 22,125 bowls of rice, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 30 October, 2018 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Culture, Health Issues | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, sports
U.S. Embassy Singapore Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath visited the MITRE Asia Pacific Singapore (MAPS) Laboratory on August 28 to hear about U.S.-Singapore cooperation in aviation. During her visit, CDA Syptak-Ramnath learned about advances in Air Traffic Management by MITRE, a not-for-profit organization that provides R&D and technical advice to government. A demonstration of a “human-in-the-loop” experiment ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 30 August, 2018 | Topics: Business, Chargé D’Affaires | Tags: business, Chargé D’Affaires
Remarks by Charge d’Affaires Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath USA Partnership Pavilion Opening at the Singapore Airshow 2018 Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 10:45 a.m. Thanks, Tom. And thanks to the Color Guard for starting us off with such a great reminder of why we are all here today – to represent the very best of the United ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 6 February, 2018 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, News, Press Releases | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, Singapore Airshow
On May 31, 2017, Chargé d’affaires Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath hosted a reception in honor of the U.S.-Singapore Summer Exchange Scholarship Programme. The reception was attended by the Guest of Honor Dr. Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Mayor, South East District of Singapore, as well ...
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By U.S. Embassy Singapore | 1 June, 2017 | Topics: Events | Tags: Chargé D’Affaires, US-Singapore Summer Exchange Scholarship Programme