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The document discusses an event celebrating foster parents in Singapore where long service awards were given to recognize foster parents with at least 10 years of service. It profiles Madam Norliza Selamat, a 44-year-old housewife who became a foster parent after being unable to conceive, and has been caring for her foster daughter for five years. The event was attended by 190 foster parents and over 300 foster children and aims to celebrate the resilience of foster children and appreciate the efforts of foster parents.
The document discusses an event celebrating foster parents in Singapore where long service awards were given to recognize foster parents with at least 10 years of service. It profiles Madam Norliza Selamat, a 44-year-old housewife who became a foster parent after being unable to conceive, and has been caring for her foster daughter for five years. The event was attended by 190 foster parents and over 300 foster children and aims to celebrate the resilience of foster children and appreciate the efforts of foster parents.
The document discusses an event celebrating foster parents in Singapore where long service awards were given to recognize foster parents with at least 10 years of service. It profiles Madam Norliza Selamat, a 44-year-old housewife who became a foster parent after being unable to conceive, and has been caring for her foster daughter for five years. The event was attended by 190 foster parents and over 300 foster children and aims to celebrate the resilience of foster children and appreciate the efforts of foster parents.
for their loving care Lisabel Ting party hosted by MCYS at Down- town East yesterday. Unable to conceive, Madam Norli- The annual event, graced this za Selamat had wanted to foster a year by Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State for Community child but did not want to rush into Development, Youth and Sports, it. celebrates the resilience of foster It took two years, and the en- children and shows appreciation couragement of her mother, before for the efforts of foster parents. she sent in an application to the A total of 21 long service awards Ministry of Community Develop- were given out to recognise foster ment, Youth and Sports (MCYS). parents with at least 10 years of “My mother knew a neighbour service. who was a foster mum, and she saw Special mention was given to the joy in their household. She Madam Thiravingdam Sembugava- knew I wanted it too,” said Madam lie, 70, a housewife who has spent Norliza, 44, a housewife. 35 years taking care of a total of 39 She and her husband, Mr Kim foster children, including several Andrew Aitken, also 44, a manager with special needs. She is still a fos- in an offshore surveying company, ter mum to two children. had tried to conceive after their As for Madam Norliza, she has marriage in 1996 but were unsuc- been caring for her foster daughter cessful. for five years now. The girl the couple decided to be “When the girls come to me and foster parents to in 2004 is now say ‘I love you’, that’s the best feel- eight years old. ing ever,” said Madam Norliza. In 2006, they adopted a four- “Nothing in the world can beat year-old girl. that.” ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO Madam Norliza was one of 190 Volunteers interested in learn- At the launch of Web portal CLing in St James Power Station yesterday were (from left) MP Josephine Teo, Mr Ang Kok Yong, PM Lee Hsien Loong, Ms foster parents, together with more ing more about the fostering Mandaraz Lim Shi Hui, Ms Rachel Peh, Business China chairman Chua Thian Poh and senior executive vice-president of SPH’s Chinese Newspapers Division than 300 foster children, who at- scheme can visit www.mcys.gov.sg and Newspaper Services Division Robin Hu. Mr Ang, Ms Lim and Ms Peh had helped PM Lee in a quiz on the Chinese language and modern China. tended Love Beyond Boundaries, a /fostering
Brush up on your Chinese at new portal Quizzes and songs among the offerings at portal created by SPH’s omy.sg and Business China Kor Kian Beng
Secondary 3 student Rachel Peh struggled with Chi-
nese when she first went to Nan Hua High. She was used to an English-speaking environment in Raffles Girls’ Primary. To improve her Chinese, she listened to Mandarin pop songs. Yesterday, Rachel, 15, put her knowledge of Man- darin pop to use when she and two other youths helped Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a quiz on the Chinese language and modern China. Mr Lee aced two of the three questions on his own but was unsure when asked which Singapore singer – the choices were A-Do, JJ Lin, Stefanie Sun and Jocie Guo – had never appeared on China’s Lunar New Year Eve television show. After consulting the three assistants, he answered correctly that it was Stefanie Sun. The quiz marked the launch of CLing, a new Web portal (cling.omy.sg) set up to help raise Chinese-lan- guage standards among young Singaporeans and ex- pose them to various aspects of modern China through quizzes, Web novels and songs. Get understood CLing is jointly “If people from created by omy.sg – other countries Singapore Press Hold- cannot understand ings’ (SPH) bilingual news portal – and our Mandarin, it will Business China, a not be useful to us.” business networking PM LEE, on the importance of speaking proper Mandarin group. At its launch at the Dragonfly nightspot in St James Power Station, Mr Lee said Singaporeans need to speak good Manda- rin and take advantage of the opportunities China presents. Reading Chinese newspapers is a good way to stay in touch with the language, he said. He also urged Sin- gaporeans to speak proper Mandarin. “If people from other countries cannot understand our Mandarin, it will not be useful to us.” Some 300 participants, mostly students and young working adults, exchanged views with four local mu- sic personalities. Producer Billy Koh, lyricist Xiao Han, compos- er-producer Lee Shih Song and singer Chen Diya shared their experiences in building up the local Chi- nese music scene and achieving success beyond Singa- pore. Mr Chua Thian Poh, chairman of Business China, said it aimed to stimulate young people’s interest in China and encourage them to deepen their know- ledge through various activities and platforms, includ- ing CLing. Mr Robin Hu, senior executive vice-president of SPH’s Chinese Newspapers Division and Newspaper Services Division, said an interactive new media plat- form like CLing would play an important role of reaching out to young Singaporeans.
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