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Food is packed into into bento boxes and readied for distribution by 10am.PHOTO: T.KAVI
A brigade of 50 volunteers prepares the meals from mock fish in sweet chilli sauce to mock char siew fried rice.PHOTO: T.KAVI
The temple also distributed goodie bags, hongbao and mandarin oranges to the elderly.PHOTO: T.KAVI
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Singapore s first Asian postmaster-general Indian-origin M Bala Subramanion passes away
Subramanion joined the public service in 1936 as a probationary clerk in the colonial Postal Services Department. After World War II, he studied the postal system in Britain on a two-year scholarship.
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SINGAPORE: Singapore s first Asian postmaster-general and a veteran community leader, Indian-origin M Bala Subramanion, passed away due to old age ailments at his residence here, according to a media report on Friday.
He was aged 103 and would have turned 104 on March 5, The Straits Times reported.
Subramanion died peacefully at his residence on Wednesday evening. He is survived by his 87-year-old wife Sumitra Bala Subramanion, daughter and two granddaughters, it said.
Mr Bala Subramanion, Singapore s first Asian postmaster-general and a veteran community leader, died peacefully at his residence on Wednesday evening. He would have turned 104 on March 5.
He and his wife, Mrs Sumitra Bala Subramanion, 87, had celebrated 55 years of marriage the day before his passing. They have a daughter Anidha Thomas, who is married with two daughters. More than his age, his wisdom and commitment to the community are extraordinary. Till his last day, he was very much interested in what the Indian community can do better. He never lost his enthusiasm for new ideas, said Institute of Policy Studies special research adviser Arun Mahizhnan, 75.