Singapore, 21 July 2014 – The Businesses and Unions Cluster of the Community Engagement Programme (CEP) will showcase the winning entries from its recent Harmony @ Workplaces Photo Contest. The contest is aimed to build public awareness about the importance of building relationships with colleagues in achieving harmonious workplaces and will be held from today (21 July) till 4 August 2014, 8.30am-5.30pm, at MOM Services Centre, Level 1 Foyer, at 1500 Bendemeer Road.

The Harmony @ Workplaces Photo Contest is part of CEP’s ongoing initiatives to strengthen understanding and ties among colleagues of different races and religions. The contest succeeded in creating opportunities for workers across Singapore to showcase how their organisations create harmonious workplaces. A total of 370 entries from 270 organisations were received.

Mr Felix Ong, MOM’s Director of Labour Relations said, “The creative entries and comments shared by the participants have provided insights and inspiration to what it means to create an inclusive workplace culture. It is great to see snippets of joyous moments shared by colleagues from various backgrounds and cultures.”

The top three and ten consolation entry winners received a total of S$3,200 at the prize ceremony held today (21 July), which is also Racial Harmony Day.

Press release: MOM_Harmony @ Workplaces_20140721_Photo Exhibition_Media Advisory_Final