Chitchat Shatec Shutting Down

[laksaboy]

I believe the Tiongs are opening vocational schools here in Sinkieland.

 

[oliverlee]

Shatec closing down: Lianhe Zaobao​

No longer taking in new students.


Belmont Lay

July 01, 2025, 05:37 PM​

Shatec, a Singapore institute that has trained individuals for the hospitality industry over the last four decades, is closing down.

Lianhe Zaobao reported that it has been gradually winding down operations since April 2025, citing the reason that its current operating model is difficult to sustain.

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Its Bukit Batok campus building has been put up for sale in May for S$18 million.

Orchard branch closed​

Its Orchard campus in Tourism Court, which had been in operation for a year, closed at the end of June this year.

Courses are still ongoing at the main Bukit Batok Street 22 campus but will be discontinued.

Zaobao reported that the courses include the final round of pre-employment training (PET) courses, which are professional diploma programmes, as well as continuing education and training (CET) courses for adult learners.

All courses are expected to be discontinued by the first quarter of 2026.

A Shatec receptionist who responded to queries on Jul. 1 said there will not be any further intake of new students at the moment, but more information is not readily available.

Email about winding down operations​

Zaobao reported that it saw a Shatec email to alumni dated Mar. 27 that stated that the institute would gradually suspend its operations from Apr. 1.

It was revealed in the email from its executive director that Shatec was evaluating its operations and business practices after a new management team took over in January 2025.

It was concluded that the current model of operations was not viable and would be wound down from Apr. 1, which was a difficult decision for the board to make.

Real estate company CBRE was appointed as the marketing agent to sell the Bukit Batok campus building.

The three-storey building is priced at about S$18 million and the lease ends in 2051.

Shatec chairman Loh Lik Peng told Mothership: "Shatec is currently in the early stages of reviewing its long-term plans. The sale of the building is part of Shatec’s asset management strategy."

"As the review is still ongoing, we are unable to provide further comments," he added.

On Zaobao's queries on why the operation was suspended and the school building was sold, the number of students affected, and whether it planned to stop permanently, Shatec and the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) did not give a direct answer.

In August 2024, Shatec announced that it was moving away from pre-employment training to continuing education and training programmes.

The writing was apparently already on the wall when the Sapling Restaurant, run by Shatec, closed on Mar. 7, 2025.

42-year history​

Shatec was established by SHA in 1983.

The pioneer institution has about 40,000 graduates so far, many of whom are industry leaders in the local and overseas tourism and hotel industries, Zaobao reported.

Since 2012, it has been appointed by the government as a continuing education and training centre, where students are given subsidies when enrolling in courses as part of Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) system.

these days kids are so rich, they go to Cordon Bleu or Switzerland or France to get themselves certified. Shatec is the ITE/PathLight of culinary skills

 

[oliverlee]

SG has started to hit the wall. It's an eventuality. Collapse is the final destination. Unless new laws are enacted to communise assets.

waiting with bated breath for 2026 to come, when the train to JB will start to run. Can't wait for the retail and rental scene here to uplorry. As long as cheebais continue to socialise expenditure and privatise profits, this shit hole will burn down

 

[sbfuncle]

Not say I want to boast or what.
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There were only 5 matches today for betting
I scored 4/5, with the other 1 miscued by human error while decoding it KNN

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[nabeifuckpap]

I believe the Tiongs are opening vocational schools here in Sinkieland.

Teach people money laundering

 

[50000]

I believe the Tiongs are opening vocational schools here in Sinkieland.

CECAs as well. These are actually assisting the employers to bypass the quota by providing training under the stupid Trainee work pass scheme. fucking govt just too plain stupid too see

taking in "trainees" by the shitload that go for 2 hour training per day without learning anything useful. rest of the day actually working cheaply and not paying levy.

The rest of SMEs that follow the rules all struggling