SPRING Singapore says in its partnership with the Association for Small and Medium Enterprises, the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, it has responded to more than 17,000 requests from SMEs and helped them with various initiatives. One of which is the Business Advisors programme it runs with SMU and NUS. The scheme helped 93 PMETs last year to be matched to SMEs as business advisors.