MEDIA RELEASE

7 December 2013

FIRST‐EVER BREAKFAST WITH A HEART RAISED OVER $170,000

FOR S R NATHAN EDUCATION UPLIFTMENT FUND

1. Pools i‐SHINE (“I Shine in Serving from the Heart and In Nurturing

Everyone”) Volunteers capped off the year with a unique fund‐raiser, Breakfast With A

Heart 2013, held on 7 December 2013, Saturday, at Satay by the Bay.

2. About 200 corporate and individual donors contributed a minimum of $100 each to support the cause, bringing the total amount raised to $170,000, which will benefit the S R Nathan Education Upliftment Fund (the “Fund”). The Fund helps to provide children from less privileged homes with the opportunity to receive sound education and gain skills for a better life for themselves and their families.

3. Among the participants were present Members of Parliament (MPs), including

Mr bin Masagos Mohamad, Mr , , and Mr , as well as former MPs, Mr Abdullah bin Tarmugi, Mr Sin

Boon Ann, Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed and Mr Zulklifi bin Baharudin.

4. Everyone took part in a leisurely one kilometre walk from the Flower Dome to the breakfast venue, Satay by the Bay, where they savoured nasi lemak from three popular and award‐winning stalls, namely, Boon Lay Power Nasi Lemak from Boon

Lay Place Market; D ’Authentic Nasi Lemak from Central Food Centre;

Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 210 Middle Road #01-01 Singapore Pools Building Singapore 188994 Tel: (65) 6216 8168 URL: www.singaporepools.com.sg RCB Reg No. 196800202G

Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak from Adam Road Food Centre. Selera Rasa topped the list with 166 votes from the participants.

5. The fund‐raiser culminated in the presentation of the donation cheque for

$170,000 by Mr Tan Soo Nan, Singapore Pools Chief Executive Officer, to the Fund’s

Grant Advisory Committee Chair, Mr Bobby Chin.

7. To thank Mr Nathan for his support towards Singapore Pools’ i‐SHINE fundraising events, a specially‐curated photo montage of Mr Nathan’s significant milestones during his 12 years as the Sixth President of Singapore was presented to Mr

Nathan’s daughter, Ms Juthika Ramanathan.

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About R Nathan Education Upliftment Fund

The S R Nathan Education Upliftment Fund was launched in conjunction with the former President Mr S R Nathan’s memoirs, “An Unexpected Journey – Path to the Presidency” in September 2011.

The endowment is to support and promote programmes to raise the educational levels of financially challenged Singaporeans. Education is perhaps the most important social leveller, and gives children from less privileged homes an opportunity to seek a better life for themselves and their families.

The endowment fund currently stands at $10 million in size and the annual returns would support educational upliftment programmes in Singapore. For enquiries, please contact National Volunteer & Philanthropy or Community Foundation of Singapore.

About Singapore Pools i‐SHINE Staff Community Programme i‐SHINE, which stands for “I Shine in serving from the Heart and In Nurturing Everyone”, is about the value and joy of helping the community. It is about individual Singapore Pools staff reaching out, lending a helping hand and doing that extra bit for the less fortunate in our society.

Since 2007, staff volunteers at Singapore Pools have raised over $3.7 million in aid of the President’s Challenge and other worthy causes through annual fund raising event such as Golf with A Heart, Lunch with a Heart and Football with a Heart to benefit a myriad of causes for children, elderly and sports. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/SingaporePoolsInTheCommunity.

About the three selected nasi lemak stalls

Boon Lay Power Nasi Lemak Located at Boon Lay Place Market and Food Centre (Blk 221B Boon Lay Place #01‐06)

• Singapore Hawker Masters 2010 – Best Nasi Lemak • BT/Knight Frank CEOsʹ Hawker Choices 2012 • Recommended by many other online blogs

D’Authentic Nasi Lemak Located at Marine Parade Central Food Centre (Blk 84 Marine Parade Central #01‐156)

• BT/Knight Frank CEOsʹ Hawker Guide 2013 • Recommended by many other online blogs

Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak Located at Adam Road Food Centre (2 Adam Road, Stall 2)

• Green Book Best Food Awards • Encounter Of The Kings • Singapore Food Map • Makansutra (six chopsticks)

About i‐SHINE song, Come shine with me

Lyrics and music by Leo Qi Jun

Standing on the edge I’m looking out I see a mix of good and evil in the world And thou I want to play my part I’m just one little heart How much impact can I really make on earth? But I know .. Everyone has the right to shine We can be the greatest leaders of our time We all have something we can share With people everywhere And when we give we help the world to grow

Chorus We all have power To shine brighter I can soar up high I can touch the sky And I believe in me It’s my destiny I can change the world I can change the world Come Shine with me

Deep within your heart you know it’s true Everyone has something they must do You gotta hold on to this dream Tho impossible it may seem To achieve your dreams it all depends on you Now I am… Standing on the edge I’m looking out I see so many opportunities around TO make this world a better place Nothing ever will replace A spirit filled with hope and love unbound

About Leo Qi Jun

Leo has been writing and performing music for more than 15 years. In his early years, he studied piano in Singapore and was later trained in Opera and Music Theatre in the United States.

Leo won the NATS Opera Singing competition in Virginia, USA and the Outstanding Soloist Award in Chicago. Leo wrote and performed on the side while studying engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

In Singapore, Leo represented StarHub and won First Place, earning the coveted title of SiTF Infocomm ICT IDOL award in 2010.

Leoʹs music contributions include writing the ʺSong For StarHubʺ entitled ʺTogether, Yes We Can!ʺ, composing the motivational song for AIAʹs Victor Lim district entitled ʺWeʹre Together Come What May!ʺ, and ʺCome Shine With Meʺ for Singapore Pools i‐ SHINE staff community programme.

Leo is currently working on writing a full scale musical on The Odyssey of Homer, as well as composing and recording original childrenʹs songs for his two lovely children.

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