SINGAPORE: Between 8.30am and 2.30pm, Ms Low Yen Ling had already made five stops, crisscrossing the South West District.
Apart from Ms Low, the other mayors are Mr Desmond Choo , Ms Denise Phua , Mr Alex Yam and Mr Fahmi Aliman .We started the morning on a Thursday at Lianhua Primary School in Bukit Batok. Ms Low spoke to staff members and students and posed for pictures as part of a handwashing event and a shoe donation drive with South West CDC’s long-time partner.Then it was on to a Boon Lay Senior Activity Centre run by NTUC Health where she observed seniors at an art class.
Underpinning the CDC’s duties - and by extension, the mayor’s - are two sets of"ABCs". Assist the needy, bond the people and connect the community; and aggregate resources, build capabilities and again, connect the community,While the assistance schemes and bonding efforts can be very visible through, for instance, the CDC’s distribution of care packs and building community gardens, its efforts to aggregate resources and build capabilities often happen behind the scenes, she said.
The CDC also connects those interested in serving the community to the demographic that they hope to help. “I meet some partners, I say, okay come, and immediately, we can help them to pilot on the ground and give them the necessary resources to get them started on the ground,” said Ms Low.The most difficult part about a mayor, she said, is when she sees a child’s progress being set back.
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