PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION

9 King George’s Avenue 208581 Tel: (65) 63405430; 63405432; 62382032 Fax: (65) 63485977 Website: www.pa.gov.sg

30 August 2016

PEOPLE’S ASSOCIATION MALAY ACTIVITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES COUNCIL (MESRA) ORGANISES POST-NATIONAL DAY RALLY DIALOGUE WITH MALAY/MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS Community Leaders come together to discuss on National Day Rally speech and topics concerning the Malay/Muslim community

Since 2002, Malay/Muslim Advisers to Grassroots Organisations (GROs) have been conducting dialogue sessions with the Malay/Muslim Community leaders to discuss the Prime Minister’s (PM’s) National Day Rally (NDR) speech and other pertinent issues concerning the Malay/Muslim community. The dialogue sessions are organised by the People’s Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council (MESRA) and its Malay Activity Executive Committees (MAECs).

2 This year’s post NDR dialogue will be held on Wednesday, 31 August 2016, 8.00pm at The Grassroots’ Club Theatrette. The dialogue will be chaired by Adviser to MESRA and Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social and Family Development, Associate Professor . Madam Halimah Yacob, Adviser to -Yew Tee GRC GROs, Dr Mohamad Maliki Bin Osman, Adviser to East Coast GRC GROs and Mdm Rahayu Binte Mahzam, Adviser to Jurong GRC GROs will also be in the panel.

3 About 270 grassroots leaders and representatives from mosques and other Malay/Muslim organisations will attend the dialogue session, which will be conducted in Malay.

4 PA is organising post-National Day Rally Dialogues and Focus Group Discussions across the island to provide platforms for grassroots leaders and residents to share their views and concerns about issues raised in the National Day Rally. PA grassroots leaders have been actively gathering feedback on the ground and will be sharing the feedback through various post-National Day Rally sessions.

5 Your journalist and photographer are cordially invited to attend the dialogue session at 8.00 pm, 31 August 2016 at The Grassroots’ Club Theatrette, Level 2, 190 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, Singapore 568046. The programme and location map are attached at Annexes A and B respectively. Please note that the contents of the dialogue session are not for reporting. However, reporters can sit in at the dialogue session. Interviews with the Adviser and community leaders can be arranged after the session. Please RSVP to the undersigned by Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 5pm.

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Contact persons : Mr Sivashankar Chandra Head (Integration) Integration Division Tel: 63405094 / 96979215 Email: [email protected]

Ms Nur Zakiyyah Halil Manager (Integration) Integration Division Tel: 63405346 / 90231214 Email: [email protected]

Release by : Corporate Communications Division People’s Association Tel: 6340 5430/5432/5161 ______

About People’s Association

The People’s Association (PA) is a statutory board established on 1 July 1960 to promote racial harmony and social cohesion, and to act as a bridge between the Government and the people. We offer a wide range of community programmes and volunteering opportunities for from all walks of life. Our network includes more than 1,800 grassroots organisations (GROs), over 100 Community Clubs, five Community Development Councils, National Community Leadership Institute and Water-Venture. More information at www.pa.gov.sg.

About MESRA

MESRA is the co-ordinating council of the Malay Activity Executive Committees (MAECs) which aims to guide the MAECs in engaging the community through a wide range of outreach programmes, assist the MAECs and other grassroots organisations to identify and recruit suitable Malay grassroots leaders and to facilitate collaboration between MAECs and other grassroots organisations and the larger community.

Annex A

POST-NATIONAL DAY RALLY DIALOGUE SESSION 2016 WITH MALAY/MUSLIM COMMUNITY LEADERS AT THE GRASSROOTS’ CLUB THEATRETTE, LEVEL 2 190 ANG MO KIO AVENUE 8, SINGAPORE 568046 ON WEDNESDAY, 31 AUGUST 2016

Programme

7.00pm Post-NDR Dialogue 2016 Registration and Dinner Reception

7.45pm Participants to be seated

8.00pm Commencement of Post-NDR Dialogue 2016

9.30pm End of Dialogue

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Location Map

The Grassroots’ Club Theatrette Level 2, 190 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 Singapore 568046

MRT - Yio Chu Kang Station Bus - Bus Terminal Service No. 13, 70, 72, 76, 162 & 825