Some 1,160 less well-off families in Nee Soon GRC each received $200 in FairPrice vouchers yesterday from a social enterprise in the community.
The funds came from the surplus of around $250,000 earned by FutsalArena @ Yishun.
Nee Soon GRC MPs – Mr K. Shanmugam, who is Law and Home Affairs Minister; Associate Professor Faishal Ibrahim, who is Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development and Education; Ms Lee Bee Wah and Mr Louis Ng – presented the residents with the vouchers at a lunch event at MPC @ Khatib.
Nee Soon GRC MP, Mr K. Shanmugam, who is also Law and Home Affairs Minister told reporters Yishun has helped the MPs build micro-communities to help different groups of residents, going beyond large government projects.
In a speech at the event, Mr Shanmugam assured Pioneer and Merdeka Generation seniors that there are many schemes to help them cope with the cost of living.
The Bicentennial Bonus announced in this year’s Budget will give lower-income Singaporeans up to $300 in cash.
FutsalArena’s deputy general manager Syed Mohamed Alkhairid said that it has been operating with the goal of giving back to the community.
Besides offering special rates to residents, schools and students, Mohamed said that they also planned to use a large portion of the surplus from our operations to help needy residents in Nee Soon.
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Source: The Straits Times, 29 April 2019