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Ethnic self-help groups still vital as they customise support for beneficiaries: PM Lee​

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CDAC offers mentoring support, tuition programmes and financial aid to low-income families. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY

Jean Iau

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SEP 18, 2022, 2:44 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE - Ethnic-based self-help groups such as the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) are still an important source of aid for low-income families as they are able to customise programmes most relevant to their beneficiaries.
Speaking at CDAC's 30th Anniversary Open House on Sunday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that from time to time, people ask why these ethnic groups, which also include Mendaki, Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda) and Eurasian Association, are still relevant to Singapore's multiracial society.
PM Lee explained that while the Government provides assistance to low-income families regardless of ethnicity, these self-help groups – which are funded by the Government and community donations of 50 cents to $3 per worker each month – are able to provide additional support and address issues without raising racial or religious sensitivities.

These groups also provide a vehicle for more well-off Singaporeans to support members from their own communities, said PM Lee at CDAC's headquarters in Tanjong Katong.
He added: "It is a very natural human impulse, and it strengthens the bonds between members of the community. It builds a sense of self-reliance and pride in the community, which complements their Singapore identity."
Looking ahead, self-help groups such as CDAC, which benefits close to 18,000 households, will help with social mobility even as Singapore's economy becomes more developed and economic growth is harder to come by, said PM Lee.


He was speaking as the guest of honour at the open house, which was also attended by Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung and other MPs.

About 650 members of the public attended the open house where activities like balloon sculpting, badge making and pebble painting were enjoyed by families despite the rain on Sunday morning.
CDAC, established in 1992, offers mentoring support, tuition programmes and financial aid to low-income families.
Last year, 17,700 households benefited from its programmes and support. This is down from 18,600 households in 2020 and a slight increase from the 17,000 in 2019.

PM Lee Hsien Loong touring the activities at the CDAC 30th Anniversary and Headquarters Open House 2022. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
This year, its tuition programme has run classes for 5,000 students, and its bursary with the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations has spent almost $3 million on more than 7,000 students to help them with their education.
Executive director of CDAC Tan Yap Kin told the media the council will roll out more initiatives next year, including weekly play-based learning for 100 children aged five and six years old that allows them to build models using sustainable materials at their own pace.
CDAC will also increase its use of technology for education, such as programmes with artificial intelligence to help students research topics and improve their grammar and sentence structure.

Ms Jolin Toh (in yellow), a nursing undergraduate, on the Chinese Development Assistance Council's programmes, which have benefited her family. She is seen here with her family. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY

Ms Jolin Toh's household is among those that have benefited from CDAC's initiatives.
The 20-year-old nursing undergraduate at Singapore Institute of Technology attended tuition and character-building classes and now volunteers with CDAC.
Her three younger siblings, aged 13 to 18, also benefit from CDAC's programmes while her mother, telemarketer Mandy Teo, 48, attends classes on managing finances and parenting skills.
Ms Toh said of the programmes: "They teach you life values that can go a long way. For instance, resilience or giving back to society because it gives you opportunities to guide younger people so that you feel like you're giving back and want to do more for others."

 

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from straitstimes.com:

New book documents Yishun and Sembawang residents' community-based approach to healthy living​

(From left) Calligrapher Lim Kim Na, Yishun Health chief executive Chua Hong Choon and Health Minister Ong Ye Kung at the book launch. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Sarah Koh

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SEP 20, 2022, 10:06 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE - More than 200 Yishun and Sembawang residents and community partners on Tuesday attended the launch of a book featuring 38 healthy living community-led initiatives that around 10,000 residents have benefited from since 2011.
The book, titled Caring Communities, was launched by Yishun Health, a network under the National Healthcare Group, which serves the north of Singapore.
Filled with photographs of residents in action, the book documents how these initiatives - facilitated by Yishun Health's population health and community transformation (PHCT) team - have kept residents mentally and physically healthy.

In his speech at the book launch, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung noted the importance of community and family support in building a sustainable healthcare environment.
He said: "When we think of health, we might think of doctors and hospitals. But actually, that might not be the best way to view health. Health happens with yourself, family, and in the community."

The book, titled Caring Communities, features 38 community-led healthy living initiatives that have benefited around 10,000 residents. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
One of the projects featured in the book is brisk-walking group Walking Kaki, the brainchild of 69-year-old resident Jeremy Wong.


After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2020, he suffered from depression and physical ailments which made walking difficult.


The widower who lives alone felt lonely as he did not have many opportunities to socialise.
During a regular visit to his doctor at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, he was introduced to Wellness Kampung, a community space in Yishun where residents can gather and interact with one another.
He began walking from his home to the centre almost daily, which takes him about 30 minutes. In June 2021, he came up with the idea to start a brisk-walking group.
"If I stay at home too long, I think too much, and my brain goes haywire. When I'm walking with the group, I feel happy and can forget (about my troubles)," said Mr Wong.
Today, the group of 10 brisk-walks together around the neighbourhood every Friday morning.

Mr Jeremy Wong started brisk-walking group Walking Kaki in 2021. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

Aside from leading the walking group, the former air-conditioner technician helps his neighbours fix faulty electrical items, such as fans and radios.
Another initiative featured is 269AB Community Pride, which is run by residents of Block 269A and 269B in Nee Soon East. They coordinate the distribution of food such as cooked meals and canned food donated by sponsors to residents who are less fortunate.
The book's main author, Dr Wong Sweet Fun, clinical director of Yishun Health's PHCT team, said: "Our aim (for the initiatives) was to co-create solutions for a resilient health ecosystem... Over the years, it has been heartening for us to see these projects bear fruit, especially when our residents take over the ownership (of these projects) and grow them."

 

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OYK wishes all Pharmacists Happy World Pharmacists Day!

Ong Ye Kung​

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Every 25 September, we celebrate the contributions of our pharmacists.
Most people only think of pharmacists within a hospital setting, when in fact, the profession has taken on many different roles.
Today, pharmacists also work in the community, pharmaceutical industry, academia and research.
Pharmacists are an important part of our healthcare system. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of patients.
Happy World Pharmacists Day!
Photo credit: Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore

 

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OYK wants to open more lush gardens for residents.

Ong Ye Kung​

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Rooftop Garden #7. Located at Blk 120B Canberra Crescent, this small yet bountiful garden is the product of the ‘heart work’ of prolific volunteers dedicated to greening our home.
Passionate volunteers are the driving force behind our successful transformation of carpark rooftops into rooftop gardens.
With more volunteers, we will be opening even more lush gardens for residents to enjoy greener communities.
#MakeSembawangSpecial
#OKwithOYK

 

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2 little girls walk around instead of gardening.

 

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OYK asks 2 little girls why they are walking around instead of gardening.

 

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OYK poses unmasked with a few unmasked gardeners.

 

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OYK congratulates all winners.

Ong Ye Kung​

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At the 14th National Medical Excellence Awards last night, we recognised several outstanding healthcare professionals.
Notably, our five individual and two team winners hail from all three healthcare clusters, proving that excellence runs deep across the public healthcare sector.
With the role of our clusters expanding under #HealthierSG, this bodes well as we shape the path towards a healthier Singapore.
Congratulations to all the winners and my deepest appreciation to their families who have supported them in their journey.

 

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OYK extends his congratulations.

 

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OYK poses unmasked with 4 unmasked award winners.

 

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from straitstimes.com:

National Medical Excellence Awards go to 5 docs, 2 community care teams​

(From left) Associate professor Ng Kee Chong, Clinical professor Chan Choo Meng, Associate professor Lim Poh Lian and Professor Marcus Ong Eng Hock. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

Joyce Teo
Senior Health Correspondent
UPDATED

SEP 28, 2022, 5:47 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE - Two doctors who played key roles in the Covid-19 pandemic were recognised on Monday as outstanding clinicians of the year.
Before Singapore received doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in late December 2020, Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian, senior consultant and the head of the Travellers' Health and Vaccination Clinic at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, was busy helping to calm public anxiety about the safety and effectiveness of the shots.
As a member of the Ministry of Health's expert committee on Covid-19 vaccination, she also dealt with the inevitable logistical hurdles that were posed by the sheer number of people to be vaccinated.

Prof Lim, who also helped identify Singapore's first case of monkeypox in 2019, has more than two decades of expertise in managing disease outbreaks.
She was awarded the National Outstanding Clinician Award on Monday.
The award also went to Associate Professor Ng Kee Chong, a pioneer in paediatric emergency medicine who established the paediatric emergency preparedness plan in response to the rapidly evolving Covid-19 pandemic. He also helped to advance clinical education in maternal and child health.


Prof Ng, chairman of the medical board and senior consultant at the emergency medicine department at KK Women's and Children's Hospital, was instrumental in establishing Singapore's first children's emergency service at the hospital in 1997, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday.


Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, who gave out this year's National Medical Excellence Awards at a dinner held at W Singapore in Sentosa, said the recipients had shown passion, commitment and resilience in their relentless pursuit of medical excellence, which ultimately improved people's lives.
Professor Marcus Ong Eng Hock, a senior consultant and clinician scientist at the Singapore General Hospital's (SGH) emergency medicine department, received the National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award.
At the NUH Khoo Teck Puat-National University Children's Medical Institute, senior consultant Daniel Goh Yam Thiam, who has mentored paediatricians over nearly 30 years, received the National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award.

MOH said Associate Professor Goh had contributed significantly to the field of paediatrics in Singapore, in the region and internationally.
The National Outstanding Clinician Educator Award went to Clinical Professor Chan Choong Meng, a senior consultant at SGH's renal medicine department and SingHealth's group chief education officer.
MOH lauded his contributions to the education and training of clinicians and healthcare staff, and support in developing skills and competencies for high standards of care and treatment.
The team behind CareLine, a 24/7 personal care telephone service pioneered by Changi General Hospital (CGH) for vulnerable seniors in need of urgent assistance, received the National Clinical Excellence Team Award.

(From left) Adjunct Associate Professor Eugene Shum Jin-wen with Ms Claudia Ma, Ms Pearline Lee and Mr Eric Chen. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
Led by Adjunct Associate Professor Eugene Shum Jin-wen, CGH's chief community development officer, CareLine has helped close to 19,000 seniors age well in the community since it was launched in 2016.
The team award also went to the community health assessment team, or Chat, at the Institute of Mental Health for improving access to mental health care for distressed young people and advocating youth mental health literacy.
Chat, which is led by Associate Professor Swapna Kamal Verma, offers free and confidential mental health assessment for distressed youth.

Recipients of the 2022 National Medical Excellence Awards​

National Outstanding Clinician Awards:
Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian
Associate Professor Ng Kee Chong
National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award:
Professor Marcus Ong Eng Hock
National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award:
Associate Professor Daniel Goh Yam Thiam
National Outstanding Clinician Educator Award:
Clinical Professor Chan Choong Meng
National Clinical Excellence Team Awards:
CareLine team at Changi General Hospital
Adjunct Associate Professor Eugene Shum Jin-wen
Ms Pearline Lee
Ms Claudia Ma
Mr Eric Chen
Chat team at the Institute of Mental Health
Associate Professor Swapna Kamal Verma
Dr Charmaine Tang Yu Zheng
Ms Lee Yi Ping
Ms Chloe Ang Choo Eng

 

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OYK celebrated Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital’s 112th anniversary.

Ong Ye Kung​

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Celebrated Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital’s 112th anniversary today, in conjunction with the opening of its second nursing home in Potong Pasir. But more than a nursing home, the facility also houses an Active Ageing Centre, and a TCM clinic, which serves all the aged in the community. KWSH is a valuable partner of MOH, and an integral part of the healthcare system.

: Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital

 

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OYK talks to an ah mah with his mask on.

 

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OYK talks to 2 ah mahs with his mask on.

 

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OYK shakes hands with an ah mah.

 

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Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital opens second nursing home to cater to Potong Pasir's seniors​

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Beyond the usual services as a senior care centre, the new home will support up to 75 seniors daily through activities like dancing and taiji. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

Osmond Chia

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OCT 1, 2022, 2:59 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE - Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital (KWSH) opened its second nursing home on Saturday morning in Potong Pasir to meet the needs of the high concentration of seniors there.
The neighbourhood was chosen due to the high number of seniors compared with the national average, many of whom need nursing, daycare and traditional Chinese medicine services that will be provided by the home, said KWSH chief executive Ow Chee Chung.
The home also specialises in dementia care and can receive seniors with dementia from public hospitals to free up wards for patients with more urgent conditions, said KWSH chairman Patrick Lee during the home's opening.

In a collaboration, Tan Tock Seng Hospital nurses will work with the home's employees and train them to look after seniors with mild to moderate dementia in a five-month deployment until January 2023, said Mr Lee.
The home's opening coincides with KWSH's 112th anniversary, making it one of the oldest charitable healthcare institutions here.
The new facility, which has 438 beds, brings the total number of beds across its six eldercare facilities to 1,200.


Besides its other nursing home in Serangoon Road, KWSH has four care centres, including its Jalan Besar and MacPherson facilities, that offer eldercare services during the day.


Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, the guest of honour at the opening, said the nursing home will give the nation a boost in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as it helps to free up resources in hospitals to focus on more acute patients.
The Ministerial Committee on Ageing is finalising a plan by 2023, which will focus on care for seniors by giving them opportunities to learn and contribute, and keeping connected with others and staying active, said Mr Ong.
Beyond the usual services as a senior care centre, the new home in Potong Pasir will support up to 75 seniors daily through activities like dancing and taiji, and social work such as weekly visits to lonely seniors and running errands for them.
These programmes are part of a goal to develop the centre as an active ageing care hub, which welcomes seniors to drop in for social and recreational activities to keep them engaged in the community.

Seniors at Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital's nursing home in Potong Pasir on Saturday. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

Exterior view of the new Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital @ Potong Pasir. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
The home's development as a care hub will be supported with a transition grant from the Ministry of Health and is expected to reach out to at least 350 seniors in Potong Pasir in its first year of operation, said Mr Ong.
The home is also partnering schools at St Andrew's Village located next door to bring the young and old together in activities such as carnival games and outdoor walks.
Mr Ong said in his speech: "The lessons the students can learn (from the seniors) are sometimes more important than what they learn in class.
"I think it's very precious. When you have a school next to a nursing home and you bring old folks and young people to interact together as a community, even when you're old, you'll feel young."

 

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OYK wants to take care of Sembawang beach.

Ong Ye Kung​

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Not many constituencies have a beach, so we are very grateful Sembawang Central has one.
But we have to take care of it. I was out at Sembawang beach with a kayak alongside our nature-loving volunteers. We headed a little to the East, to the mangrove swamp at Sungei Simpang, picked up debris and litter along the way.
Our volunteers do this every month, and haul back 100-200kg of rubbish each time.
You can show our beaches some love, too! Sembawang residents who are keen can email us at
[email protected] and join us at the next Kayak ‘N Klean activity by the Sembawang Central Community Sports Club at PAssion WaVe@Sembawang.
#MakeSembawangSpecial
#keepourbeachesclean
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OYK asks why his pail is so big.

 

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OYK paddles behind chiobu.

 

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OYK tries to paddle in tandem with chiobu.