East Coast Plan unveiled

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Heng Swee Keat​

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The Deepavali light-up at Little India is a tradition that has gone on for nearly 35 years. This year’s lights were designed according to song and dance motifs. Very beautiful!

(MCI Photo by Betty Chua)

 

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HSK's East Coast Plan is to keep East Coast Park clean.

Heng Swee Keat is with Cheryl Chan 陈慧玲 and
5 others
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Today is International Coastal Clean Up Day!
The East Coast team came together with our South East Family and residents for a district-wide clean-up effort at East Coast Park and other green activities this morning! We picked up plenty of plastic waste, which will be passed to The Re-Purpose Collective to be upcycled. We also had community partners, Just Keep Thinking and Marine Stewards, share more about their sustainability efforts.
Keeping our spaces clean and green is a community effort, so let us all do our part! A big thank you to everyone — NParks, South East CDC - Your Social Broker, East Coast Buzz, Marine Parade Cluster, our residents, partners and volunteers — involved in today’s activities!
#GreenEastCoast
#EastCoastCares

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Joined East Coast residents for the coastal clean up! We picked up almost 90kg of trash!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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A big thank you to the over 200 residents who joined us for today’s activities!
— with Cheryl Chan 陈慧玲 and
4 others

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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With ITE College East students! Planted some trees and did our part to contribute to NParks One Million Trees movement.

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Yasser Amin, one of the founders of The Re-Purpose Collective, showed us some of the end products of their upcycling process.

Find out more about them here: https://www.therepurposecollective.co/
— with Tin Pei Ling 陈佩玲 and
2 others

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Pleasantly surprised to meet MJ from Just Keep Thinking. Told her I’ve seen some of her online videos! Glad to have her at the event to share more about the biodiversity the community might encounter during the cleaning efforts at the beach.
— with Jessica Tan Soon Neo and Tan Kiat How.

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Song Thye, a Sustainable Fishing Advocate from Marine Stewards, shared more about some of the programmes that they have to encourage marine conservation within the community.
— with Fahmi Aliman and
3 others

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Started the day with a mass workout session with our South East residents. Good to see many families with their young ones join us!

 

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HSK encourages donations.

Heng Swee Keat​

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A promise made to a young boy with cancer sparked the creation of Arc Children's Centre more than a decade ago by Ronita and Geraldine. His last wish was to have a safe and welcoming place for children like him to have a normal life of learning and playing.
From the seed of that one promise, Arc has blossomed over the years. As a daycare centre for children with cancer and other life-threatening conditions, it has served as a sanctuary and pillar of support for over 200 families. I was at their charity gala lunch this afternoon and was moved by the passion and dedication of the staff and volunteers. The Arc team spoke of their immense joy when children under their care recover and resume normal lives. Parents also told me that Arc’s support meant so much to them on this difficult journey.
I’m confident that Ronita, Geraldine, and the Arc team will continue to help build a caring and inclusive Singapore, one child at a time. A big thank you to those who have supported them. If you are able to, do consider contributing to this worthy cause: www.giving.sg/arc-children-s-centre-co-ltd.

 

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HSK penned his condolences at the British High Commission last week.

Heng Swee Keat​

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The state funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will take place later this evening.
Her Majesty’s passing is mourned by many, including here in Singapore. As a mark of respect, Singapore flags at all government buildings will be flown at half-mast today.
I penned my condolences at the British High Commission last week.
May she rest in peace.
(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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HSK met several Vietnamese youths at BLOCK71 Saigon, some of whom had either studied or spent time in Singapore.

Heng Swee Keat​

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I am always inspired by people who not only come up with good ideas, but also work hard to make their ideas come alive.
In my recent trip, I met several Vietnamese youths at BLOCK71 Saigon, some of whom had either studied or spent time in Singapore. Some of them have started companies together with their Singaporean classmates when they were studying here. Wonderful to see how they are all involved in Vietnam’s tech start-up scene, from robotics to finance. If youths from Singapore and Vietnam can work even more closely together, we can achieve more.
The same goes for our companies. Earlier in Hanoi, I visited a collaboration between Singapore’s NCS Group and Vietnam’s FPT Corporation. Both companies are working closely to meet the growing demand for IT services in the region.
I strongly encourage youths and companies from both countries to explore new partnerships and opportunities as we venture into a smarter and greener future!

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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With Singaporean and Vietnamese National University of Singapore alumni. Had a good laugh at the common Singaporean phrases at the back!

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Looking through the "Fun learning to program with G-Robot Creator" book by Garastem.

The book guides students through how to self-assemble and program the GaraSTEM G-Robot Creator. It covers basic to advanced levels.

The GaraSTEM start-up is essentially an ecosystem of STEM education for both teachers and students to learn electronics and robotics. Hope to see more students taking up STEM subjects!

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Chatting with Huy, the CTO of Holistics, a Business Intelligence platform. He’s also an alumnus of National University of Singapore and a mentor at BLOCK71 Saigon. Good to have people like Huy to mentor the new groups of incubators!

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Took a selfie with Singaporean Zac Chen, who is the founder of Cash box, a finance software for small businesses.

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Thank you all for your warm welcome! Thank you once again to Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Becamex IDC Corporation, Leader of Becamex IDC, Leader of Block71 and VSIP, for hosting me on this visit!

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Chatting with the young NCS Group team at FPT Software Campus in Hanoi. I had asked how many of them were Vietnamese!

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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Heng Swee Keat​

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Much thanks to Dr Truong Gia Binh, Chairperson, FPT, (on my right); Chu Thi Thanh Ha, Chairperson, FPT Software (on my left); Sam Liew, Managing Partner, NCS (in green); and the rest of the FPT team for hosting HE Ambassador Jaya Ratnam and me!

(MCI Photo by Fyrol)

 

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HSK gives a scary statistic.

Heng Swee Keat​

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1 in 10 people above 60 has dementia, of which Alzheimer’s is a leading cause.
This is a scary statistic as our population ages rapidly.
Despite significant investments in R&D, a cure for Alzheimer’s and dementia remains elusive. Though there are promising candidates on the horizon.
Today on World Alzheimer’s Day, we can commit to do more.
Bedok is one of the 15 Dementia-Friendly Communities in Singapore. These signs, which help residents with dementia find their way around the blocks, is one such way we can help support people with dementia in their daily lives.
We can also do more to reduce the risk of dementia, by maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle, and to support caregivers, many of whom walk alongside dementia patients for years, if not decades.
You can learn more about dementia here: www.DementiaHub.sg.