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ADDRESS BY MR PHILLIP TAN,
CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNITY CHEST AND
CARE & SHARE MOVEMENT STEERING COMMITTEE
AT ‘DIFFERENT STROKES, ONE HOPE’ EXHIBITION
ON 24 MAY 2014, SATURDAY, 6.30PM
AT THE FULLERTON HOTEL
Mr Peter Low, Chairman of SUN-DAC
Mr Giovanni Viterale, General Manager of The Fullerton Heritage
Ms June Goh, Director of Studio Haroobee
Ladies and Gentlemen
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Good evening to everyone. I am very pleased to be here this
evening at the “Different Strokes, One Hope” Exhibition organised by
Studio Haroobee to raise funds for SUN-DAC. As a member
voluntary welfare organisation (VWO) of the National Council of
Social Service, SUN-DAC has been caring for persons with
intellectual disabilities for close to 25 years through two day activity
centres, equipping them with basic living skills and improving their
physical abilities through therapy. The services provided by SUNDAC help their clients become more independent and provide
invaluable respite for their caregivers.
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I am delighted to be here today in the presence of generous
and passionate individuals who have contributed in enabling SUN1
DAC to help serve 50 clients at both centres. With your help, they can
receive the much-needed assistance without needing to worry about
issues such as transportation costs, which can be quite hefty for
clients with physical disabilities needing regular therapy sessions.
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We are also very grateful to Studio Haroobee for holding this
fund-raising exhibition to help the clients of SUN-DAC. The artworks
exhibited displays the creativity and the hard work put in by both the
students and their teacher, which includes over 30 excellent art
pieces. I commend their amazing efforts and I hope that everyone will
donate generously for their painstaking efforts.
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This exhibition has also brought out the key elements of the
nation-wide Care & Share Movement that Community Chest is
leading this year, and that is to care for the disadvantaged through
the gift of money, time and talent. We hope to rally the community to
show concern for the needy and over 200 VWOs in the social service
sector have also shown strong support for the movement. A total of
870 fund-raising and volunteerism projects will be rolled out this year
to optimise the $250 million government matching grant set aside for
the movement. This will truly be a wonderful way to celebrate
Singapore’s 50th anniversary next year.
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Community Chest is also actively engaging more segments of
the community to persuade them to contribute in various ways. I am
happy to share that we were able to engage the Chinese community
recently through the inaugural Community Chest – SCO Mother’s
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Day Charity Concert on 2 May 2014 and raised more than $850,000
from the event. We also hope to reach out more to younger segments
of our community to do their part for charity as well. Therefore, it is
really heart-warming to know that this group of young artists from
today’s exhibition have chosen to use their talents to create wonderful
art creations to give disadvantaged individuals the opportunities to
live independent and meaningful lives.
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Before ending, I would like to commend Studio Haroobee once
again for the initiative. I would also like to congratulate all the young
artists, Emelia, Kaelynn, Lukas and Steffi, whose works have been
exhibited as well as their parents and wish them success in their
future endeavours.
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Thank you and have a pleasant evening ahead.
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