by Abriel | Dec 18, 2018 | 2018, ST Singaporean of the Year 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Mr Robert Chew was 18 and on his way to donate blood when he noticed a girl and her mother at the entrance of Singapore General Hospital staring at the people walking in. He walked up to the girl and asked her why she was there. Nervous and flustered, she said her...
by Abriel | Dec 18, 2018 | 2018, Causes Week 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
The Art Faculty has famous customers – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s wife Ho Ching sported a dinosaur motif pouch and clutch created by one of its artists at international events – but it had humble beginnings. Run by the Autism Resource Centre...
by Abriel | Dec 16, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Siti Noor Mastura’s voice starts quavering as tears well up in her eyes. She stops talking, blinking furiously as she swallows the lump in her throat. The tears drop; her right hand reaches out for a piece of tissue paper on the table. Her chest of painful...
by Abriel | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
In a brightly lit space right next to Khatib MRT station, baristas togged out in striped aprons pull espresso shots and steam milk to create latte art. Meanwhile, customers sip their brew as a large poster near the entrance greets patrons with cheeky puns: “How...
by Abriel | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
For the past three years, Madam Mai Thi Thien Thanh and her 50-year-old husband Kang Eng Hiang – a couple who run a small stall at Geylang Serai Market – have opened their modest Marsiling Housing Board flat to Vietnamese families with children who are...
by Abriel | Dec 9, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
A charity here wants to give poor families in Singapore a free staycation as respite from all their woes. The Break Away Holiday Charity is the brainchild of Swiss banker Andrea Meierhofer, who roped in his Singaporean wife Sharin Lim, and their friend Minz Xu to...
