False2025-08
What is circulating
“Minister Chee Hong Tat announced the government would fund the attraction of mainland Chinese to Singapore and groom them for leadership, using public money to nurture leaders only from the Chinese race.”
Claimed by TikTok user · social media
The facts
The Chinese Community Leadership Course is run by the Federation of Chinese Clan Associations and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce with government funding, and only active Singapore citizens are eligible, not foreigners. The government also supports leadership programmes for other communities, including Yayasan MENDAKI's 18-month Tunas Bersama M3 and the SINDA Young Leaders Programme. A POFMA correction direction was issued on 7 September 2025 over the TikTok video of 26 August.