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160 needy families in Bukit Batok receive food and vouchers
Mr Murali Pillai (centre) and Ms Roszanah Abdul Salim (right), general secretary of Muhammadiyah Association, at the Ramadan giving event. TNP PHOTO: KHALID BABA
Apr 12, 2021 06:00 am
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Until her breast cancer diagnosis 10 years ago, Madam Rubiah Hamid was cooking meals for needy families as a member of her neighbourhood Residents Committee in Bukit Batok.
Now needing a wheelchair to get around, it was the 58-year-old s turn to receive a helping hand, with Bukit Batok MP Murali Pillai presenting her with food and vouchers yesterday.
The former cook at a childcare centre lives with her husband, a 59-year-old heart attack survivor who does odd jobs.
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160 Bukit Batok families given food, vouchers for Ramadan
Bukit Batok MP Murali Pillai handing out vouchers during the event on April 11, 2021.ST PHOTO: KHALID BABA
PublishedApr 11, 2021, 7:30 pm SGT
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MOH to conduct more studies on COVID-19 vaccines immunity duration: Janil
SINGAPORE The Ministry of Health (MOH) will be conducting further studies to monitor and review the extent and duration of immunity provided by the COVID-19 vaccines, said Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary in Parliament on Monday (5 April). This includes collecting selected post-vaccination samples from groups such as healthcare workers, frontline staff and seniors to monitor the persistence of antibodies up to 24 months, Dr Janil replied, in response to questions by Members of Parliament (MPs) on the vaccination process in Singapore.
More details on the studies will be shared once they are completed, said Dr Janil, adding that there are no plans to serologically test those who have been vaccinated, which are currently in line with international practices.
Singapore’s financial management board of Hindu temples to tighten measures to keep track of gold inventory
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March 01, 2021 13:01 IST
The Hindu Endowments Board will also carry out more audits each year, including unannounced ones, Culture Minister Edwin Tong said
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The Hindu Endowments Board will also carry out more audits each year, including unannounced ones, Culture Minister Edwin Tong said Singapore’s Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) is taking steps to improve the tracking of all movements of gold items within the four Hindu temples that it manages, the Culture Minister said on March 1, weeks after a former Indian temple chief priest was charged with misappropriating and pawning gold jewellery. Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, told Parliament on March 1 that the temples’ management committees would tighten oversight of the gold in