KPKB just to approve a few hundred K to help the poor? Does this BEST PAID govt in the world still have any sense of balance?
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</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Ren Ci gets $450k boost <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
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Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre is in need, given its projected deficit of nearly $10 million this year. --ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->REN Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre has just received a much needed $450,000 boost.
It got the biggest amount among 17 voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) which were awarded contingency funds totalling $2.2 million to help them cope with shrinking donations.
This was revealed on Saturday at a physiotherapy event at East Coast Park which was attended by Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan.
According to the minister, fewer than 20 VWOs had applied for help from the ministry's $5 million contingency fund and almost all were approved.
After Ren Ci, the next biggest beneficiaries are the Kidney Dialysis Foundation ($307,200) and the Salvation Army Peacehaven Nursing Home ($300,000).
Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre is in need, given its projected deficit of nearly $10 million this year.
Said its chief executive officer, Mr James Toi: 'Last year, our donations dropped by 50 per cent because we did not have a charity show. This year, because of the economic downturn, donations have dropped a further 50 per cent.'
Mr Khaw expressed relief that the nursing homes and community hospitals have not been hit badly by recent events.
'In the beginning of the year, we thought this will be the greatest depression and we will see a repeat of the 1920s. When H1N1 came about, we thought we were going to see a huge 1918 type of pandemic.
'Those black scenarios have fortunately not come about. Everybody is affected but not as badly as we thought,' he said.
Read the full report in The Sunday Times.
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR>Sep 12, 2009
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>Ren Ci gets $450k boost <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Nur Dianah Suhaimi
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>
</TD><TD width=10>
Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre is in need, given its projected deficit of nearly $10 million this year. --ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->REN Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre has just received a much needed $450,000 boost.
It got the biggest amount among 17 voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) which were awarded contingency funds totalling $2.2 million to help them cope with shrinking donations.
This was revealed on Saturday at a physiotherapy event at East Coast Park which was attended by Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan.
According to the minister, fewer than 20 VWOs had applied for help from the ministry's $5 million contingency fund and almost all were approved.
After Ren Ci, the next biggest beneficiaries are the Kidney Dialysis Foundation ($307,200) and the Salvation Army Peacehaven Nursing Home ($300,000).
Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre is in need, given its projected deficit of nearly $10 million this year.
Said its chief executive officer, Mr James Toi: 'Last year, our donations dropped by 50 per cent because we did not have a charity show. This year, because of the economic downturn, donations have dropped a further 50 per cent.'
Mr Khaw expressed relief that the nursing homes and community hospitals have not been hit badly by recent events.
'In the beginning of the year, we thought this will be the greatest depression and we will see a repeat of the 1920s. When H1N1 came about, we thought we were going to see a huge 1918 type of pandemic.
'Those black scenarios have fortunately not come about. Everybody is affected but not as badly as we thought,' he said.
Read the full report in The Sunday Times.
