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S pore Flat Paints Ang Ku Kuih, Kuih Lapis & More To Help The Elderly Find Their Way Home
The murals are part of an initiative to build dementia-friendly communities.
By Tiffany Tay â 03 Jun 2021, 02:12 PM
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While taking a morning walk around her neighbourhood, a woman discovered beautiful murals of nostalgic items on the walls of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, a Housing and Development Board (HDB) estate in Singapore
The murals feature familiar, retro items such as White Rabbit candy, ang ku kuih, kuih lapis, satay, the iconic rooster bowl and kopi cup, painted tiffin carriers, tang yuan, and other age-old designs.
COVID-19: Groups call for dementia priority
By Lo Chih and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The government should make people with dementia a priority in the COVID-19 vaccine program, the Taiwan Alzheimer’s Disease Association said yesterday, citing concerns over their vulnerability to viral infection and complications.
Association president Lai Te-jen (賴德仁) said that inoculating people with dementia would help reduce the stress their families face, while helping to protect Taiwan from the virus.
Association secretary-general Tang Li-yu (湯麗玉) said that dementia is a form of cognitive impairment and those affected by it have trouble adapting to changes in their environment, including societal changes amid the pandemic.
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May 13, 2021
Vibrant murals have been commissioned to reinvigorate this older residential estate which was developed in the 70s.
Biddylow.com Walls Of Fame is a series on Wonderwall.sg that throws the spotlight on murals all around our LIttle Red Dot that bring our neighbourhoods to life, and the stories behind the art and the artist(s).
ICYMI, we kicked off the series with a focus on the works of probably the most prolific muralist in Singapore, Yip Yew Chong - in particular, the murals in Chinatown.
We ve also journeyed through the vibrant, eye-catching and Insta-worthy supersized works in Little India and Haji Lane, and thrown the spotlight on one of the leading pioneers of the local street art movement, TraseOne.
There is no known cure to Huntington s.
Jade and George aim to hike 32 miles in on Saturday, May 15.
The pair will roughly follow the Harcamlow Way between Stansted and Addenbroke s.
Jade Bolton and George Addison-Atkinson are raising money for research into Huntingdon s Disease. Picture: Jade Bolton
- Credit: Jade Bolton
Jade, who lives in Stansted, chose Addenbroke s as her destination to recognise the efforts of health researchers in Cambridge working on Huntington s therapies.
She said: When you sign up to #HDHike, you can ask for the money to go to a specific area. We chose to put our fundraising towards research into slowing down the onset of Huntington s.