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Government sets up S$10m fund to promote social integration
Posted: 16 September 2009 1748 hrs
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore government is putting aside S$10 million for projects that will help new citizens and locals integrate better, the National Integration Council (NIC) announced on Wednesday.
Non-profit organisations, registered societies and companies can apply to the Community Integration Fund to get up to 80 per cent funding on their social integration projects.
Council chairman Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, who is also the Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister, said the aim is to help newcomers and locals expand their social circles to include one another.
The NIC will look at ways to encourage people to join community organisations, as well as link up these organisations which are keen on doing more.
The broad range of measures includes using the "Meals@Home" programme at schools to get young children to build friendships with the newcomers, and to get new citizens who are unfamiliar with the English language to enrol in language courses here.
New citizens will also have to go through a new course called the Naturalisation and Integration Journey as part of their orientation programme.
The 20-member NIC was formed in April this year and is made up of six Cabinet ministers and leaders from the community and the private sector.
The programmes outlined on Wednesday were described as strategies to "open the doors, hearts and minds" of newcomers and Singaporeans to each other.
- CNA/so
Government sets up S$10m fund to promote social integration
Posted: 16 September 2009 1748 hrs
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore government is putting aside S$10 million for projects that will help new citizens and locals integrate better, the National Integration Council (NIC) announced on Wednesday.
Non-profit organisations, registered societies and companies can apply to the Community Integration Fund to get up to 80 per cent funding on their social integration projects.
Council chairman Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, who is also the Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister, said the aim is to help newcomers and locals expand their social circles to include one another.
The NIC will look at ways to encourage people to join community organisations, as well as link up these organisations which are keen on doing more.
The broad range of measures includes using the "Meals@Home" programme at schools to get young children to build friendships with the newcomers, and to get new citizens who are unfamiliar with the English language to enrol in language courses here.
New citizens will also have to go through a new course called the Naturalisation and Integration Journey as part of their orientation programme.
The 20-member NIC was formed in April this year and is made up of six Cabinet ministers and leaders from the community and the private sector.
The programmes outlined on Wednesday were described as strategies to "open the doors, hearts and minds" of newcomers and Singaporeans to each other.
- CNA/so
