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Sembawang Town Council november 2010

Minister Lui visits Marsiling

A word from the Chairman

We have had many reasons to celebrate over the past months. National Day filled our town with life and colour – you’ll see snapshots of

the divisional celebrations we had on page 5 and, on the next page, pictures from the huge party when we all came together to celebrate Singapore’s 45th year of independence. Fireworks, special performances and military exhibits just outside the Woodlands Civic Centre made it a most memorable evening for thousands of us.

And let us not forget the success of the world’s first Youth Olympics. To be selected as the venue for this prestigious sports event over so many other, larger countries, and then to have received compliments from the International Olympic Committee President, Dr Jacques Rogge, on a job well done – that is something that each and every one of us can be proud of. It has put Singapore on the world map as a clean, safe and well-organised city, with good infrastructure and friendly people. And our own Youth Olympians showed how Singapore can hold its own in the global sporting arena. See silver medallist Isabelle Li, a resident of our Town, on page 7.

In fact, I think it is safe to say that life in our Town is cause for celebration, almost every day. Look at how our homes are kept beautiful and convenient with upgrades and redecorations. How more greenery and space for leisure is added all the time – Woodlands Waterfront and Admiralty Park are two great examples. And how we all come together to work for a good cause, just like in the old kampong days – you’ll find some stories about our gotong royong in this newsletter.

Remember: you don’t need crowds of people, lots of money or a grand feast to celebrate. Every time you wave at a neighbour, every time you hold the lift for someone, each morning you step out of your door with a smile – you’re celebrating life in our Town.

Kita mempunyai banyak sebab untuk merayakan pencapaian kita dalam beberapa bulan yang lalu. Hari Kebangsaan telah mengisi bandar

kita dengan keceriaan dan warna – anda akan melihat gambar-gambar sambutan Hari Kebangsaan di pelbagai tempat dalam kawasan undi pada halaman 5 dan, pada muka sebelah, gambar-gambar parti besar-besaran yang diadakan apabila kita semua berkumpul untuk menyambut hari kemerdekaan Singapura yang ke-45. Pertunjukan bunga api, persembahan istimewa dan pameran peralatan tentera di luar Pusat Sivik Woodlands membuatnya satu malam yang tidak dapat dilupakan oleh ribuan daripada kita.

Dan kita tidak harus lupakan kejayaan Olimpik Belia yang dianjurkan buat pertama kali di dunia. Untuk dipilih sebagai tuan rumah bagi acara sukan berprestij ini dengan mengatasi banyak negara lain yang lebih besar, dan kemudian menerima pujian daripada Presiden Jawatankuasa Olimpik Antarabangsa, Dr Jacques Rogge, kerana menganjurkannya dengan baik sekali – itu adalah suatu yang setiap kita dapat banggakan. Ia telah meletakkan Singapura di peta dunia sebagai sebuah bandar raya yang bersih, selamat dan tersusun rapi, dengan infrastruktur yang baik dan rakyat yang ramah. Dan para peserta Olimpik Belia kita telah menunjukkan bagaimana Singapura berprestasi dengan baik dalam arena sukan global. Lihat pemenang pingat perak Isabelle Li, seorang penduduk Bandar kita, di halaman 7.

Malah, saya fikir adalah selamat untuk mengatakan bahawa kehidupan di Bandar kita memberi sebab untuk kita merayakan pencapaian kita, hampir setiap hari. Lihat bagaimana rumah kita sentiasa dipelihara kecantikannya dan dilengkapi pelbagai kemudahan menerusi projek-projek peningkatan dan ubahelok semula. Bagaimana lebih banyak kehijauan dan ruang untuk riadah ditambah sepanjang masa – Woodlands Waterfront dan Admiralty Park adalah dua contoh. Dan bagaimana kita semua berkumpul untuk melakukan kerja amal, sama seperti pada zaman kampung dulu – anda akan dapat membaca beberapa kisah tentang semangat gotong royong kita di surat berita ini.

Ingat: anda tidak perlu ramai hadirin, belanja yang besar atau hidangan yang istimewa untuk menyambut sesuatu acara. Setiap kali anda melambai kepada jiran anda, setiap kali anda menahan pintu lif untuk seseorang, setiap pagi anda keluar rumah dengan senyuman – anda telah merayakan kehidupan di Bandar kita.

Hawazi Daipi

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Heartland Celebrations

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Fly our flag higher

Get set! Let Fly!!Tie strings!

“Our dream is that one day everyone will fly the flag,”said Mr Law Shun Yong, BBM(L), Chairman of the Sembawang CCC after the residents in his division established a new Singapore record for the number of flags unfurled simultaneuosly.

The record of 2,000 was established at 10.45am on 4 July, 2010.

The day was 4 July because that was the first Sunday in the first month that we can fly the flag. The time was 10.45 because it was the ten RCs of Sembawang who made the attempt possible.

And it was 10.45 because this year we celebrate Singapore’s 45th

birthday!

In the minutes before the horns sounded the “Let Fly!” signal, dozens of volunteers from Republic Poly went floor-to-floor and door-to-door in dozens of blocks, explaining to residents the plan and helping them tie their flags in place.

Then they held them, hidden, until the national anthem had been sung and the horns sounded. “This sort of thing teaches us how to pull together as a group,” said Ms Ho Woan Roei, a second year student.

Without help from hundreds of young people studying at Republic Polytechnic the attempt might not have been possible, certainly not successful!


Celebrating National Day


Here’s a role model for us allGail Pantin was born in Trinidad and, though

her family moved to Canada when she was in high school, she still speaks with the care and

the lilting accents of the Carribbean. She came to Singapore to teach art and design

at Nanyang Polytechnic. Now, 13 years later, she has decided to stop teaching for a while, do some serious painting, and get ready for a show.

Living in a flat in the estate built around Mandai Tekong Park, she noticed the littering problem common to most estates. But she could not

accept the two most common explanations: “Oh, it’s the foreign workers;” and “It’s the children!” Gail considered herself a ‘foreign worker’ and she knew young people too well to believe they could be the root of the problem.

And she didn’t think it really mattered who dropped the litter, the important thing was to just pick it up. Which she did. Every Saturday morning. All around her estate.

On her regular rounds she made friends with a group of kids who were always playing and talking together. They wanted to help her pick up the litter.

So Gail bought tongs for them and arranged a time and place for them to meet...and it all began.

The Saturday mornings start with some

work on a most ambitious art project (all materials supplied by Gail) and then a leader for the day is appointed – and off they go. Somewhere between 8 and 14 children, depending on their commitments.

“Just pick it up” is their official slogan. The kids have painted it, and a few crows, on some bins provided by the Town Council. Strategically placed around the estate – with a few words to prospective users – the bins are being used.

When there is no more litter, Gail’s group plans to spend more time on art projects.

When it’s finished, this artwork will be even longer and show the children’s impressions of every part of Singapore.

The kids in front find the trash and put it on the pathway for those with the bags to pick up when they come along.

The children all knew one another and played together regularly before they joined the Just-Pick-It-Up team.


Isabelle lives in Admiralty and was training at the Sports School while attending Chongfu Primary. But that was nothing like her two years of training

before the Youth Olympic Games. She joined the School in 2007 and at the end of

2008, when the YOG was announced, she joined a team of eight young players for intensive training.

In the six months before the games they travelled to over twenty tournaments on four continents. “It was exciting doing all that travel with others of my age. I liked that. “

Winning Silver at the YOG was a tremendous achievement for Isabelle. She was up against the best in the world.

The skill and experience she won on the world

Our young Olympian won silver!

junior circuit was a big help. “If I went to any other school, I would not have had the time.”

Now she’s making up for the missed classes. “But each of us was given a PC tablet so that we could study on-line, and watch videos our teachers recorded of their classes. You need that for the science experiments!”

Isabelle thinks the two-year journey to her silver was more important than winning it. And wants to thank everyone, “coaches, teachers, family, friends” for the help they gave her on that journey.

She talks about that when she acts as a Sports Ambassador, giving speeches. “The last was to 50 adults! A 16-year-old talking to a room of adults. I’m still thinking about that!”


Big Day in Marsiling

Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Information, Communications & the Arts, came to join us. He said he was really impressed by

the organisation he had seen, the welcome he had received, and the pleasure we seemed to be getting out of all the fun and games.

His tour started at the Mega Sports Park and, after some line-dancing and kite-flying, he drove up to see the new Woodlands Waterfront.

Next stop was the Marsiling CC, where he and all the Sembawang GRC MPs put their hands together to applaud the work of the volunteer Healthy Lifestyle Champions.

He ended his visit by giving us all an opportunity to ask him questions. It was a very comfortable, informal affair – sitting around tables with cold drinks at the Fuchun CC.

Our Community Day on Sunday 26 September involved the young and old, the super-fit and those trying to get in shape, musicians, kite-flyers, cheerleaders...in fact, the whole community joined in.

Waiting for the Dialogue to start – time to share a joke with friends.

After a brisk walk from the Fuchun CC to the Mega Sports Park we sat down with our goodie bags and watched Tai Qi performances by the Zone 8 and 9 RCs.


Do not try to do this yourself! Call in the Singapore Titans to move it.

Before they launched the programme for the Healthy Lifestyle Champions (wearing sky-blue track suits), all the VIPS joined in the Great Singapore Workout.

Hari Besar di Marsiling

Hari Masyarakat kita pada Ahad 26 September melibatkan golongan muda dan tua, mereka yang cergas dan mereka

yang cuba mengurangkan berat badan, pemuzik, pemain layang-layang, kumpulan sorak… malah, seluruh masyarakat menyertainya.

Encik Lui Tuck Yew, Menteri Penerangan, Perhubungan dan Kesenian, datang menyertai kita. Lawatan beliau termasuk acara-acara kita di Mega Sports Park dan Kelab Masyarakat Marsiling dan berakhir dengan sesi dialog di Kelab Masyarakat Fuchun.

Beliau berkata bahawa benar-benar tertarik hati dengan cara kegiatan-kegiatan itu diatur, sambutan yang beliau terima dan kegembiraan yang kita raih daripada segala keseronokan dan permainan-permainan itu.

Drummers from the Marsiling Chinese Orchestra were on hand to welcome the VIPs.


The project has a strong, three-pronged

approach that may well put an end to the

litter that mars our neighbourhoods.

First, it plans to educate us on the

dangers we create and the damage we do

when we litter.

Second, the project ensures that bins

will be there to make sure it’s easy to bin our

litter.The last prong of the programme

is the clincher, however: the plan is to

identify those who wilfully continue to

litter!

Admiralty says

NO to high-rise litteringA pilot project to curb high-rise littering was launched by Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman, on 11 July. It’s a collaboration between the NEA, Town Council and grassroots organisations and, if successful, will be introduced throughout our Town.

with educationE ducation is a key element of the project and was a key element of the launch. Education includes house visits, student ambassadors, flyers, community events, mass clean-ups, games, even an EZlink card as a constant reminder to bin your litter.

with enforcementT he NEA will have more officers on patrol, but the heart of the new project is the role

to be played by grassroots leaders. They will

encourage us to form a sort of neighbourhood

watch to help identify the culprits.Besides the fines – which can go as high as

$5,000 per offence - and the Corrective Work

Orders, other deterrents may be tested during the

pilot project.

with infrastructureMore litterbins. And if the students of

Woodgrove Secondary School have their way:

better-looking bins.


Our Town Councillorsfor the term June 2010 to May 2012

Contractsand Legal

Projects andDevelopmentFinance

EstateAmenities andMaintenance

Publicityand PublicRelations

Mr Khaw Boon WanMinister for HealthMP for Sembawang GRCAdviser to SembawangTown Council

Assoc Prof Ho Peng KeeSenior Minister of State for Lawand Home AffairsMP for Nee Soon EastConstituency

Mr Hawazi DaipiSenior Parliamentary Secretaryfor Manpower and HealthMP for Sembawang GRC(Marsiling)Chairman of SembawangTown Council

Dr Mohamad MalikiOsmanSenior Parliamentary Secretary for National DevelopmentMP for Sembawang GRC(Admiralty)

Mr Ong Ah HengMP for Nee Soon CentralConstituencyVice-Chairman of SembawangTown Council

Dr Lim Wee Kiak, PBMMP for Sembawang GRC(Canberra)Vice-Chairman of SembawangTown Council

Ms Ellen Lee Geck Hoon,PBMMP for Sembawang GRC(Woodlands)

Mr Cheong Khim Teck, JP, BBM (L)Chairman

Mr Law Shun Yong, BBM(L)Co-Chairman

Mr Johari Bin Ahamad, PBMMember

Mr Liow Kian Huat, PBMMember

Rev Song Msang Seng, PBMMember

Hj Ahmad Bin Karim, PBMMember

Mr Ng Tok Yong, Andrew, PBMMember

Mr Bakerche Bin Mohd, BBMMember

Mr Sim Chee Siong, BBMMember

Mr Siyo Nyok On, PBMMember

Mr Poon Chue On, JohnMember

Mr Tan Kun Seng, JacksonMember

Prof Yong Kwet Yew, PPA, BBMChairman

Mr Sim Yeow Kwee, David, BBMCo-Chairman

Mr Wong Kok Wye, Allen, PBMMember

Mr Loh Wee Seng, PBMMember

Mr Tong Chwee Chong, Jeffrey, PBMMember

Mdm Lee Siew Khim, PBMMember

Mdm Koh Siang Noi, Rose, PBMMember

Mr Goh Peng Hong, PBMMember

Mr Tan Chin Huat, AlfredMember

Mdm Sa’diah Binte Imbek, PBMMember

Ms Ong San SanMember

Mr Mohamad Hashim Bin Mohd ShahMember

Mr Ang Chee Yam, JP, BBMChairman

Mr Gopala Krishnan, JP, BBMCo-Chairman

Mr Omer Farooks/o Sevatha Maricar, PBMMember

Mr Oh Cheng Kiat, PBMMember

Mr Shaw Kar Seng, Bob, PBMMember

Mr Jayapalan s/o Krishnan, PBMMember

Hj Mahmud Bin Ali, PBMMember

Mr Tan Kok Siong, Michael, PBMMember

Mr Koh Hock Thye, Sam, PBMMember

Mdm Loh Ai Pheng, Adalene, PBMMember

Mr Gurusamy SelvarajMember

Mdm Kalyani d/o Ramasamy, PBMMember

Mr Aw Kai Aik, Norman, BBMChairman

Mr Oh Cheng San, BBMCo-Chairman

Mr Chua Sook Yong, BBMMember

Mr Sim Kin Chye, PBMMember

Mr Chang Kok Bu, Rodney, BBMMember

Mr Toh Hong Hua, John, PBMMember

Mr Patrick Jaya Anthony, PBMMember

Mr Lim Seng Min, PBMMember

Mr Soh Choon Heng, PhilipMember

Mr Chew Meng Hui, Winston Member

Mr Ng Kie Cheow, AnthonyMember

Mr Abdul Rahman Bin Jais, PBSMember

Mr Reggie Thein, PBMChairman

Mr Lim Ah Lek, Christopher, BBMCo-Chairman

Mr Oh Thai Nan, Tonic, BBMCo-Chairman

Mr Goh Yew Lee, Alvin, PBMMember

Mdm Zawahir Binti Mohamed Yazid, PBMMember

Dr Phua Tan Tee, PBMMember

Ms Gay Meng ChooMember

Mr Adrian Rennie Pereira, PBMMember

Mr Chung See Fook, PBMMember

Mr Malik Maksudi, PBMMember

Dr Ting Seng KiongMember

Mr Seah Pit San, FrankMember

Mr K. ShanmugamMinister for Home AffairsMinister for LawMP for Sembawang GRC(Chong Pang) Adviser to Sembawang Town Council

Our Town Councillorsfor the term June 2010 to May 2012

T O W N C O U N C I L


Better homes for all of us!

You’ll find many parties taking place in our Town – and quite a few of them are held in celebration of good things that are coming! New lifts, upgrades to our estates, and now, the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme brings improvements on an even bigger scale. Yes, it’s smiles all around, for an even better town.

When: 27 August

Where: Blk 121, Yishun Street 11

Why: To open polling for an LUP for six blocks here. The Yeas had it and all blocks will soon have lifts that stop at every floor.

When: 21 August

Where: Blk 319 Woodlands St 31

Why: To unveil the NRP plans that will benefit 29 blocks at Woodlands Ave 1 and Streets 31 and 32. Among other things, those in the neighbourhood can look forward to more pavilions, hardcourts, covered linkways and drop-off porches.

When: 30 July

Where: Blk 404 Yishun Avenue 6

Why: To open the polls for an LUP for 16 nearby blocks. Nearly everyone voted Yes – so they will soon have lifts that stop at every floor.

The emcee said “Do you want an NRP?” and the kids said “Yes!”

These brothers thought the new drop-off porches were great.

The children loved the backchat the chicken gave the ventiloquist.

You always have to have some entertainment at a polling launch.

With a good crowd to watch, the SCDF taught us how to fight fire.

Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee opened exhibitions for two LUPs and an NRP. Mr Hawazi Daipi cut the ribbon to open an NRP exhibition. Mr K. Shanmugam opening the polls for an LUP in his division.


Congratulations to these eight Town Councillors who were honoured with Public Service medals for their outstanding contributions to the community.

The Public Service Star BBM

Mr Norman Aw Kai Aik, BBMChairman, Canberra CCC

Mr Oh Cheng Kiat, PBMVice-Chairman, Canberra CCC

Mdm Lee Siew Khim, PBMChairperson, Nee Soon Central Zone 8 RC

Mr Siyo Nyok On, PBMVice-Chairman, Admiral Garden CCMC

The Public Service Star (Bar) BBM (L)

Mr Cheong Khim Teck, JP, BBM(L)Chairman, Marsiling CCC

The Public Service MedalPBM

Mr Johari Bin Ahamad, PBMChairman, ACE The Place CC MAEC

Mr Malik Bin Maksudi, PBMChairman, Marsiling C2E

Mr Patrick Jaya Anthony, PBMChairman, Nee Soon East Zone 4 RC

When: 24 September

Where: Blk 353 Yishun Ring Road

Why: To start polling for an LUP. With a strong Yes vote, 20 blocks in the neighbourhood will soon have lifts that stop at every floor.

When: 25 September

Where: Near Block 407

Why: To celebrate the Lantern Festival and unveil the plans for an NRP that will benefit 35 blocks built around the Nee Soon East Park. The plans had dozens of improvements, including covered linkways, drop-off porches and fitness facilities.

These residents thought the “dogwalk” was a great idea!

The little ones found the lanterns more interesting than the plans.This model showed exactly where the new lift would fit.


Playing it Safe

Mr Soo Kwok Meng and Mis Chiau Mei Choo bounce a heavy electronic measuring device on the rubber flooring to make sure that its shock absorbency still meets safety specifications.

Checking distances between play equipment and the edge of the rubber surfacing.

Using the torso and head probes to ensure that the playground has no entrapment hazards.

This is the smallest of a set of gauges used by the engineers to check there are no dangerous projections.

This is the “fish” probe, used to identify any possible entanglement hazards.

A small part of the equipment has been vandalised, baring a metal part that is a projecting hazard.

A bolt has come loose on a rider. It is not a danger – yet – but should be tightened as soon as possible.

The test above is done once a year in all our playgrounds. On the left you see four of the hundreds of checks every

playground goes through before the Town Council will accept it from the installer.

But the careful visual check every playground gets every six months (right) is just as important.

With your help, these visual inspections can be made every day!If you see any of these, call the Town Council1. Vandalism. Besides ruining the appearance of a playground, vandals can create real dangers for children. 2. Damaged flooring. Major damage reduces the safety which rubber flooring can provide. 3. Splinters, splits, and decay in wooden parts. Rust or cracks in metal parts. Splits or cracks in plastic parts.4. Missing or damaged parts, particularly nuts, bolts and screws fixing equipment.

Ujian di atas dilakukan setiap tahun di semua taman permainan kanak-kanak kita. Di sebelah kiri, anda lihat empat

daripada ratusan pemeriksaan yang setiap taman permainan kanak-kanak lalui sebelum Majlis Bandaran akan menerimanya daripada syarikat pemasang.

Tetapi pemeriksaan teliti secara mata kasar yang dibuat terhadap setiap taman permainan kanak-kanak enam bulan sekali (kanan) juga sama pentingnya.

Dengan bantuan anda, pemeriksaan secara mata kasar ini boleh dibuat setiap hari!

Jika anda melihat mana-mana daripada ini, hubungi Majlis Bandaran1. Vandalism. Selain mencacatkan rupa taman permainan kanak-kanak, perosak-perosak harta awam ini boleh mendatangkan bahaya kepada kanak-kanak. 2. Lantai rosak. Kerosakan besar pada lantai getah akan mengurangkan keselamatan yang disediakan oleh lantai itu.3. Serpihan, rekahan dan kereputan pada bahagian-bahagian kayu. Karat dan retak pada bahagian-bahagian logam. Rekahan atau retak pada bahagian-bahagian plastik.4. Bahagian-bahagian yang hilang atau rosak, terutama sekali nut, bolt dan skru yang mengikat bahagian-bahagian pada alat ini.

Pastikan taman permainan kanak-kanak selamat


or (2) prevent their spread. As the supergerm will develop a strain resistant to any new drug in about year, we must prevent their spread.

Hand washing – or rubbing your hands with an alcohol sterilizer – has been proved the most

effective way to control the spread of infection.He showed the audience at the Learning

Centre in KTPH that, although everyone knows this, and knows exactly what they should do, they don’t do it all the time. For example, a doctor forgets to wash between shaking hands with two patients. It’s “the gap between knowing and doing.”

Everybody’s businessLectures, presentations, reminders, posters, all of these can increase awareness, and help people expect frequent hand-washing. More importantly, everyone in healthcare, all their patients and the general public must be involved in these efforts to stop the spead of the supergerms.

A good way to help anyone make a habit of hand-washing is to tell them when they forget. Not easy. It means you have to watch them.

Well, you already know that it’s important to wash your hands, don’t you? It prevents the spread of germs – you learned that

years ago, so who needs a lecture?We all need to be lectured about it. Because

few of us think about the growing danger of the germs we might pass on. The fact is: there are killer germs out there against which we have no defence.

When penicillin was invented in 1946, it took just one year before there was a germ resistant to penicillin. And so it has been ever since. Germs will develop a strain resistant to a new drug within one or two years of its launch. Yet it costs about one billion dollars to develop such a drug.

Beware of supergermsYou probably heard the recent news that there is a new germ in Singapore – originally spotted in New Delhi – that is resistant to absolutely every drug we have at the moment.

You don’t want to catch that. You don’t want to take it home to your family. And most importantly, you don’t want it getting spread around in KTPH and our nursing homes.

Dr Ooi Say Tat, a consultant with the infection control team at the hospital, explained that there are only two ways to fight these supergerms: (1) develop a new drug to kill them

Clean hands are safe hands

Dancing to their song, “I can, so can you,” children from the Little Skool House International put across their message that infection prevention is everybody’s business. Their performance was just one element in the

afternoon program arranged for the community by KTPH. On 7 October, staff from the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) and several nearby long-term care facilities attended a presentation that explained – in shocking detail – just how important it is to wash your hands.

Dr Ooi Say Tat

Want to make a Difference?Volunteer as an auditor.

The Primary Care Partnership Scheme (PCPS) was introduced in 2000 to allow means-tested elderly Singaporeans to receive

acute care treatment (e.g. coughs and colds) from participating private General Practitioners (GPs) at subsidised rates.

If you are elderly and needy, PCPS makes it convenient for you to get subsidised care near to your home, without travelling to a polyclinic.

Over the years, PCPS has been extended to basic dental services as well as chronic diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and Lipid Disorders in order to help needy patients.

The Ministry of Health has announced that from 1 April 2011, the PCPS will cover five

more chronic diseases: Stroke, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Schizophrenia and Major Depression.

About 8,000 more Singaporeans will ben-efit from the expanded PCPS. Under it they can receive subsidised outpatient care at their neigh-bourhood participating GPs, at rates comparable to polyclinics.

PCPS makes treatment by your own family doctor more convenient and accessible if you are needy, elderly and have acute or chronic conditions.

Currently, there are about 28,500 PCPS card holders. Last year, participating GPs served nearly 60,000 clinic attendances for them – about 53,000

for acute medical conditions and 7,000 for chronic diseases. Overall, about $1.2 million in subsidies were paid under PCPS, to reduce the medical expenses of needy patients.

To be eligible for PCPS, you must be a Singapore Citizen and either on the Public Assistance Scheme or have a per capita household monthly income of $800 or less and be either at least 65 years old or disabled, i.e. unable to perform at least one of the six activities of daily living (ADLs) such as bathing, feeding or dressing.

To apply for PCPS, you or a family member can go to any CC or CDC. If you have a disability, you will also need to undergo a assessment. For more information, please visit: www.moh.gov.sg

The Primary Care Partnership Scheme to cover more chronic diseases

Since it it so important that everyone in KTPH makes a habit of hand-washing, a team of volunteer auditors will help to do the watching.

Miss Ratna Herlina has been such a volunteer for a couple of months now. She finds it very interesting. “When we go into the wards, we just note who remembers to wash their hands and who forgets. We audit, we don’t police. We tell the patients we are trainees and talk to them.”

It’s a pleasant way to spend an afternoon, yet the volunteers are a huge help to the infection control team. If it sounds like something you could spend four to six hours a week doing, just call Desiree Low on 6555 8000 and volunteer.

Miss Ratna Herlina


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Admiralty:Opening Of Greenwood Sanctuary Sunday, 26 December, 7.30pm-10pm Next to Greenwood Primary SchoolScholarship And Bursary Presentation Sunday, 8 January, 8.30am onwards Innova JC

Chinese New Year Dinner Saturday, 12 February, 7.30pm-10pm Hardcourt next to Christ Church Secondary School

Canberra:Vasantha Oli 2010 Saturday, 11 December, 7pm-10pm Field beside the Woodlands MRT End Of Year Party Saturday, 18 December, 6pm-10pm Jelutong Harbour parkHypersterial Countdown 2011 Friday, 31 December, Field beside the Woodlands Civic CentreBriskwalkers Loyalty Redemption Exercise Thursday, 20 January, 2.30pm-9.30pm The Jelutong CC Hall

Chong Pang:Pizza Party Sunday, 12 December, 7.30pm-9.30pm Chong Pang CC Roof TerraceChristmas Party Sunday, 19 December, 7.30pm-10pm Chong Pang CC HallBriskwalking Anniversary Dinner Sunday, 19 December, 7.30pm-10.30pm Sembawang Mega Games CourtScholarship and Bursary Presentation Sunday, 9 January, 9am-1pm Chong Pang CC HallHongbao Presentation Sunday, 16 January, 9am-1pm Chong Pang CC Hall

Marsiling:Magical Dance Night Saturday. 11 December, 6.30pm-9.30pm Fuchun CCCountdown Friday, 31 December, 6.30pm-12.30am Marsiling CC Marsiling Chinese Orchestra Friday, 14 January, 7.30pm-10pm Singapore Conference HallFinancial And Health Talk Saturday, 8 January, 10am-2pm Fuchun CCPonggal Celebration Sunday, 16 January, 9.30am-12.30pm Fuchun CC

Sembawang:Scholarship and Bursary Presentation Sunday, 9 January, 9.30am-12noon Sembawang CCSembawang GRC Residents’ Day and Woodlands Waterfront Completion Ceremony Sunday, 23 January, 8am-11.30am Woodlands Waterfront

Lunar New Year Celebration Dinner Saturday, 12 February, 7.30pm -10pm Sembawang CCChingay @ North 2011 (Mid-point) Saturday, 19 February, 7.30pm -10pm Hardcourt at Blk 717 Woodlands Dr 70

Woodlands:Floor Party at Zone 9 Sunday, 5 December, 3pm-5pm Block 652 Woodlands Ring RdHypersteria! Countdown 2011 Friday, 31 December, 8pm-12.15am Field beside Woodlands Civic Centre Christmas In Woodlands Saturday, 18 December, 4pm-9.30pm Woodlands CCChingay @ 888 Plaza Saturday, 19 February, 7.30pm -10pm 888 Plaza Woodlands Ave 4

Nee Soon Central:Children's Christmas Party Saturday, 18 December, 7pm-10.30pm Blk 636 Yishun St 61Christmas Dinner and Dance Saturday, 25 December, 7pm-10.30pm Pin Si Restaurant at Yishun SAFRA Scholarship and Bursary Presentation Tuesday, 28 December, 7pm-10pm Hardcourt next to Yishun Polyclinic Mega Dangut Hiphop Remix Nite Saturday, 8 January, 6pm-10.30pm Hardcourt next to Blk 924 Yishun Central Hong Bao Presentation Sunday, 23 January, 9am-12.30pm Field before Nee Soon Central CC

Nee Soon East:Christmas Party Saturday, 11 December, 2.30pm-5pm Nee Soon East Park, Blk 407Children’s Christmas Party Saturday, 18 December, 7pm-10pm Nee Soon East Community ClubEdusave Awards Ceremony Saturday, 8 January, 4pm-6.30pm Nee Soon East Community ClubEdusave Awards Ceremony Sunday, 9 January, 1pm-6.30pm Nee Soon East Community ClubChingay @ North 2011 Saturday, 19 February, 7.30pm -10pm

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