Singapore s financial mgt board of Hindu temples to tighten measures to keep track of gold inventory
PTI | Singapore | Updated: 01-03-2021 12:33 IST | Created: 01-03-2021 12:19 IST
Representative image Image Credit: ANI
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 Monday, weeks after a former Indian temple chief priest was charged with misappropriating and pawning gold jewelry. Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community, and Youth, told Parliament on Monday that the temples management committees would tighten oversight of the gold inventories in their temples, Today newspaper reported.
Singapore Hindu Endowments Board to track all movements of gold at temples after ex-priest charged with misappropriating, pawning jewellery | Singapore
malaymail.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from malaymail.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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.
Share Via Email
| A+A A- By PTI
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.
SINGAPORE - Mr M. Bala Subramanion, Singapore s first Asian postmaster-general and a veteran community leader, died peacefully at his residence on Wednesday (Feb 3) evening. He would have been 104 years old on March 5.
He and his wife, Mrs Sumitra Bala Subramanion, 87, had celebrated 55 years of marriage the day before his death. 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 Mr Arun Mahizhnan, 75, Special Research Adviser at the Institute of Policy Studies.
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.