Kian Peng speaking to reporters from ChannelNewsAsia

APSN Delta Senior School’s (DSS) Ong Kian Peng was featured as a success story for Community Chest’s fundraising efforts at its fund raising launch last Thursday.

The Community Chest announced its goal of raising $72.3 million, which will be a stimulus for various social service programmes, including the APSN schools.

Kian Peng is an alumnus of APSN Delta Senior School and APSN Tanglin School (TS). The combined efforts of his own determination and the efforts of the schools’ staff, training and development programmes led to Kian Peng’s progress towards a life of indepedence and self sufficiency.

TS and DSS alumnus Mr Ong Kian Peng with Community Chest Chairperson Ms Jennie Chua

Kian Peng (right) and his DSS Job Placement Officer (JPO) Raymond

Kian Peng is now a full-time employee at Wendy’s fast food restaurant. His achievements were featured in major publications and television news.

Straits Times

ChannelNewsAsia

Congratulations Kian Peng!

The talk will now be held on 17 Aug, Friday, 2pm.

Please take note and make the necessary change to your schedule if you’d like to attend!

Throughout the entire project for the afternoon, the volunteers had the opportunity to interact with the clients, while working with them to prune the grounds by weeding grass and trimming hedges. The clients themselves were happy to have visitors for company.

NTUC FairPrice Volunteers working with CFA Horticulture team clients

They were in a joyful mood and chatted with the volunteers.

The clients are trained to work as a team, endure physical challenges of the tasks they are assigned, and had the necessary skills needed in using the tools for gardening.

The volunteers from NTUC FairPrice weren’t simply here just to help our clients in gardening, as backbreaking as the job of the CFA Horticulture team may be. The volunteers also toured the centre’s facilities to understand its programmes: the hydroponics facilities, the bakery, thrift shop operations, and the occupational therapy room. Some were genuinely impressed at what CFA had to offer to its beneficiaries. Miss Ng Runqian, Admin and Operations Executive of the Centre was there to explain the centre’s programmes, while answering the volunteers’ queries.
The Centre’s Admin and Operations Executive Ng Runqian explaining the artwork done by clients.

For many of the staff volunteers, this was an eye opener for them as they were not aware of the existence of such facilities for intellectually disabled people. The tour also helped the volunteers better understand the daily routines of the clients.

“I was impressed with the clients work and attitude. Also, they don’t look much different from us.” Wong Pui Chan, Group Manager at NTUC FairPrice said.  “They are also knowledgeable about their work too”, he added.

Jeffrey Yu, Head of Fresh Food Task Force, NTUC FairPrice, was impressed that when they were trimming the hedges, CFA’s Horticulture team clients passed a pair of shears to him by the handles, which was the right way to do it. ”The clients at CFA are very polite people, and know how to do their jobs well and safely..” he said.

Weeding and trimming – clients and volunteers hard at work!

APSN hopes that the volunteers from NTUC FairPrice will share their experience at APSN to their colleagues, friends, and family. APSN hopes there will be many more opportunities for similar activities with NTUC FairPricein the  near future.

At Chaoyang School last Friday, Ms Chua Sock Koong, Group CEO of SingTel and Ms Jeann Low, Chairman of STLF, presented a $2.6 million-dollar cheque to Ms Jennie Chua, Chairman of ComChest and Ms Ang Bee Lian, CEO of NCSS.

The SingTel Touching Lives Fund has contributed significantly to the well-being of the disadvantaged and the social service sector.

The funds will go to to six beneficiaries that run programmes for children and young persons with special needs, which includes APSN Chaoyang and Tanglin school.

Students of Chaoyang school also put up a highly entertaining hip hop dance for the guests present.

You are invited for our upcoming Public Talks at APSN’s Katong School. This is a chance to find out more about our Admissions Procedures, Katong School’s programmes, admission criteria, and process.

The dates are:

1)  02 Mar. 2012, Friday, 2pm – 5pm

2)  18 May 2012, Friday, 2pm – 5pm

1)  24 Aug. 2012, Friday, 2pm – 5pm  17 Aug, Friday, 2pm

1)  02 Nov. 2012, Friday, 2pm – 5pm

Address: 900 New Upper Changi Road

To register, please email your name, contact details, and the date of the talk you’re interested in attending to hq_ar@apsn.org.sg

For further enquires, call our Admissions Officer Nolita at 64796252

First Lady Mrs Mary Tan was the Guest-of-Honor at the event.

Date: Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Time: 11:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: Chaoyang School
18 Ang Mo Kio Ave 9
Singapore 569767

Contact Person: Doris Low
Email: dorislow@apsn.org.sg

The Centre For Enabled Living (CEL) is holding its “LivEnabled Showcase Event on the 19-20th of November 2011 (Sat-Sun)
at the Singapore Expo.

APSN will be present at the event, and will provide the public with information about the association’s services, schools, and centre.

Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 5B
Guest of Honor on the 19th of November, 10:30am: Mr Gan Kim Yong, Minister of Health