MCYS MEDIA RELEASE NO: 31/2006

DATE OF ISSUE: 02/09/2006

ENABLING MASTERPLAN FOR THE DISABILITY SECTOR

A steering committee comprising representatives from voluntary welfare

organizations (VWOs), the private and public sector, has been formed to come
up with an Enabling Masterplan to chart the development of programmes and
services in the disability sector for the next 5 years (FY2007-2011).

2 Prof Lee Eng Hin, President of Rainbow Centre and Director of Division of
Graduate Medical Studies (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS), will lead the
Steering Committee to review current service gaps in the disability sector before
making its recommendations in early 2007. This Committee is supported by the
Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and the National
Council of Social Service (NCSS).

3 A life-stage approach will be adopted for the Enabling Masterplan. The

Steering Committee will have three sub-committees to look into the following
areas:

a) Early Intervention and Education for children with disabilities (chaired

by Ms Denise Phua, President, Autism Resource Centre, and MP for
Jalan Besar GRC);

b) Employment (chaired by Mr David Wong, Managing Director & Chief

Executive, S.E.A., ABN AMRO Bank N.V.) and;

c) Community, Residential and Caregiving Support (chaired by Prof Tan

Ser Kiat, Group CEO SingHealth & CEO SGH).

4 The composition of the steering committee is at Annex.

ISSUED BY
MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH AND SPORTS
2 September 2006

ENABLING MASTERPLAN STEERING COMMITTEE
Steering Committee Chairman
1. Prof Lee Eng Hin
Advisor to Steering Committee
2. Prof Tommy Koh
Sub Committee Chairpersons
Early Intervention and Education for children with disabilities
3. Ms Denise Phua
Employment
4. Mr David Wong
Community, Residential and Caregiving Support
5. Prof Tan Ser Kiat
6. Mr Lee Kim Siang
Members
7. Sister Anne Tan
8. Prof Aziz Nather
9. Ms Claire Lim
10. Mr Frankie Chan
11. Mrs Jaya Mohideen
12. Ms Judy Wee
13. Mr Koh Juan Kiat
14. Mr Koh Poh Kwang
Annex
President, Rainbow Centre/
Director of Division of Graduate Medical
Studies (Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
NUS)
Ambassador-at-large,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
President, Autism Resource Centre, and MP
for Jalan Besar GRC – Chairperson
Managing Director & Chief Executive, S.E.A.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., – Chairperson
Group CEO SingHealth & CEO SGH –
Chairperson
President, Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society
– Advisor to Community, Residential and
Caregiving Support
Provincial Superior, Canossian School
President, Spastic Children's Association Of
Singapore
President, Asian Women's Welfare
Association
President, Singapore Association For the
Deaf
President, Movement for the Intellectually
Disabled of Singapore,
and Ambassador to the Czech Republic
Vice-president, Handicaps Welfare
Association
Executive Director, Singapore National
Employers Federation
Principal, Singapore School for the Visually
Handicapped
15. Ms Ong Lay Hong
16. Dr Ow Chee Chung
17. Mr Patrick Daniel
18. Mr Tan Ju Seng
19. Ms Tan Siew Ping
Chief Editor, Chinese News & Current
Affairs, MediaCorp News
Executive Director, Society for the Physically
Disabled
Managing Editor, English/ Malay Newspaper
Divison, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
President, Association for Persons with
Special Needs
Chief Editor, MediaCorp Radio

Ministry/ NCSS Representatives

20. Mr Niam Chiang Meng Ministry of Community Development, Youth
Sports
Permanent Secretary
21. Mr Chew Hock Yong Ministry of Community Development, Youth
Sports
Deputy Secretary
22. Ms Charlotte Beck Ministry of Community Development, Youth
Sports
Director, Social Support Division 2
23. Dr Mariam Aljunied Ministry of Education
Senior Specialist, Education Programmes
Division
24. Ms Low Yin Leng Ministry of Finance
Deputy Director, Social Programmes
25. Mr Yee Ping Yi Ministry of Health
Director, Healthcare Finance Division
26. Dr Carol Tan Ministry of Health
Deputy Director, Epidemiology & Disease
Control Division
27. Ms Tina Hung National Council of Social Service
Director, Service Development Division