by Abriel | Mar 14, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
For his sheer will and determination, para-table tennis player Jason Chee was named the Straits Times Athlete of the Year 2017 on 13 March 2018 in a ceremony at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel. The 35-year-old navy regular, who lost both legs, his left arm and...
by Abriel | Mar 14, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Doctors said Jean Tan, now 32, who was born with a severe cleft palate, would never be able to speak properly. But she defied the odds and became a singer-songwriter. And then she was struck with an incurable kidney condition. Ms Tan, a singer-songwriter who has...
by Abriel | Mar 4, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Mr Richard Kuppusamy, 41, was born with spina bifida which left him wheelchair bounded. Not letting his disabilities set his limits, he works as the regional digital integration manager of leading international property group Lendlease. Before he took up the job a...
by Abriel | Feb 25, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Mr Noor Iskandaria Mohd Dena thought he had lost all chance of winning the Asean Para Games’ 24.6km handcycling race in 2017 after he crashed his bike and punctured a tyre just 2km before the finish line. Despite the setback, the 22-year-old, who suffers from a...
by Abriel | Feb 21, 2018 | 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
For 22 years, Mr Steve Tee had no problems seeing clearly. But that changed in 2004 when he was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare disease which starts with partial loss of vision and eventually leads to total or near-total blindness. Thankfully, an epiphany...
by Abriel | Feb 20, 2018 | 2018, Singapore Budget 2018, Sustainable Cities & Communities
The Community Networks for Seniors scheme, a programme piloted by the Government two years ago, will go national by 2020. It involves government bodies, voluntary welfare organisations and volunteers teaming up to visit seniors, getting them involved in community...
