PAP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Mr Cheo Chai Chen asked the Acting Minister for Community Development whether his Ministry had subsidised the PAP Community Foundation in 1993 and 1994; if so, what was the subsidy and what was the amount allocated for kindergarten education programmes for each of the two years.

Mr Abdullah Tarmugi: The Ministry of Community Development gave a subsidy of $56,648 to the PAP Community Foundation in 1993 specifically for the running of one of the 4 Family Service Centres under a pilot scheme. This amount was based on 50% of the standard cost of running a Family Service Centre, a basis which also applied to the other voluntary welfare organisations running the other three centres then.

The Centre operated by the Foundation merged in August 1993 with the Tanjong Pagar Family Service Centre run by a voluntary welfare organisation, the Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society.

The Ministry of Community Development did not give any subsidy to the PAP Community Foundation in 1994. Appendix A (Cols. 1405 - 1410) Appendix B (Cols. 1411 - 1412) Appendix C - CCCs which had received CIPC funds (Cols. 1413 - 1414) Appendix D - TYPES OF PROJECTS FUNDED BY CIPC (Cols. 1415 - 1418)