As Singapore continues to change, NTUC’s Social Enterprises would need to re-think, re-invent and re-imagine what they can do collectively for the country and its citizens, said NTUC Enterprise Group CEO, Tan Suee Chieh.
He was speaking at a news conference on 23 July 2014 to share NTUC Enterprise’s work over the past year, and also to begin the process of creating a 10-year vision and strategic plan for its group of social enterprises.
“This will enable us as a group to continue to drive social outcomes and be the compelling, cohesive and extraordinary social force to ‘Do Good’ to meet the needs of our time,” he added.
Here is a quick look at how NTUC Social Enterprises have helped Singaporeans in 2013.
NTUC First Campus provided affordable and quality pre-school education to more than 13,000 children across 125 child care centres – three times as many places offered as in 2009.
My First Skool set aside 15 per cent of its places for children from low income families forming the lowest 20 per cent of the income bracket.
NTUC LearningHub trains 550 people a day or 180,000 persons a year. Since it started in 2004, it has trained nearly 1.6 million workers, becoming one of the largest private Continuing Education Training schools in Singapore.
The number of Foodfare’s Rice Garden stalls will grow to 40 by end 2015 and by September 2015, NTUC Foodfare’s Bukit Panjang Hawker Centre will start operating.
In 2013 alone, S$40 million dollars in LinkPoints and discounts were given to customers.
Original article written by Ramesh Subbaraman, and can be found in NTUC This Week (27 July 2014)
