by Christie Lee | Feb 13, 2017 | 2017, Company of Good
YEAP MEDICAL SUPPLIES – For Yeap Medical Supplies (YMS) Pte Ltd, business and charity work are not mutually exclusive. The distributor of medical devices in Singapore has managed to meld both worlds in the course of its work. Set up in 2000, YMS focuses on the...
by Abriel | Feb 8, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty
The concept of a home for a displaced person may vary. For some, it is not about “owning” a place of having a roof over their heads for the night. Instead, it is about having a place where they feel safe, in control and surrounded by people they get along with....
by Christie Lee | Feb 6, 2017 | 2017, ST Singaporean of the Year 2016
The Schooling family has been named The Straits Times Singaporean of the Year 2016. Colin, May and Joseph Schooling – aged 69, 61 and 21 respectively – beat 11 other contenders to the award, which is in its second run. Their win was decided after a public...
by Abriel | Feb 6, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Approximately 300 domestic helpers from Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Myanmar and Sri Lanka ushered in the Chinese New Year at an event organised by the Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training (Fast) at its clubhouse in Jalan Bukit...
by Abriel | Feb 2, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Sign language differs between countries, and the language used here is the Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) which has developed over the past 60 years as a result of working with people who are deaf and of different backgrounds. In SgSL, there are signs for local food,...
by Abriel | Feb 1, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
An events and conference organiser by day, Mr Irza Fauzan Suprapto becomes a football coach on Thursday nights at a street soccer court. The players in his team are aged seven to 16, who comes mostly from lower-income families, living in HDB blocks and nearby estates....
