41 student Councillors from Clementi Town Secondary School helped to paint the homes of five underprivileged Muslim households in the Bukit Batok East constituency as part of a youth-driven community service project by the People’s Association.
Mr Jerome Chee, constituency manager for Bukit Batok East ward, said the painting materials were sponsored by various stakeholders and the total value of the resources was about $1,500.
Student council president Quek Xin Hui, 14, who painted a unit in Block 240, said: “This is a great platform for us to understand that there are underprivileged people around us, and we should use such community work to help them.”
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Source: The Straits Times, 20 June 2017