Update on Suggestion for President to Issue Congratulatory Notes to Singaporean Centenarians on Their Birthdays

Debated in Parliament on 2 Sep 2019.

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Murali Pillai sought an update on the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s study of a 2017 suggestion for the President to issue congratulatory notes to Singaporean centenarians on their birthdays.
Desmond Lee agreed that centenarians’ birthdays are significant and suggested grassroots-led, community-based celebrations would be more meaningful than official notes.
He proposed that such celebrations could be organised organically by community leaders, with support from MSF and the Silver Generation Office.
The agencies would share information on centenarians who wish to participate, fostering kinship and community bonds rather than issuing formal notes.
The response emphasised grassroots initiatives over a centralized presidential note system as the preferred approach.

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Murali Pillai

Mr Murali Pillai asked the Minister for Social and Family Development whether he can provide an update on his Ministry's study of the suggestion made in the House on 8 March 2017 that the President of Singapore issue congratulatory notes to Singaporean centenarians on the occasion of their birthdays.

Desmond Lee

We thank Mr Pillai for his suggestion, and agree that the birthday of a centenarian is a significant occasion. It would be most meaningful to celebrate such an occasion via grassroots-led ground up efforts, where we celebrate not just the birthdays of centenarians, but the kinship and community bonds forged with family, neighbours, and the broader community. Grassroots and community leaders would be well-placed to organise such celebrations in an organic manner. The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and other agencies, such as the Silver Generation Office, would be happy to support these efforts, for example, through sharing of information on centenarians whom the agencies come into contact with and who would like be involved in these celebrations.

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Murali Pillai sought an update on the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s study of a 2017 suggestion for the President to issue congratulatory notes to Singaporean centenarians on their birthdays.
Desmond Lee agreed that centenarians’ birthdays are significant and suggested grassroots-led, community-based celebrations would be more meaningful than official notes.
He proposed that such celebrations could be organised organically by community leaders, with support from MSF and the Silver Generation Office.
The agencies would share information on centenarians who wish to participate, fostering kinship and community bonds rather than issuing formal notes.
The response emphasised grassroots initiatives over a centralized presidential note system as the preferred approach.

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Update on Suggestion for President to Issue Congratulatory Notes to Singaporean Centenarians on Their Birthdays

Debated in Parliament on 2 Sep 2019.

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Murali Pillai sought an update on the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s study of a 2017 suggestion for the President to issue congratulatory notes to Singaporean centenarians on their birthdays.
Desmond Lee agreed that centenarians’ birthdays are significant and suggested grassroots-led, community-based celebrations would be more meaningful than official notes.
He proposed that such celebrations could be organised organically by community leaders, with support from MSF and the Silver Generation Office.
The agencies would share information on centenarians who wish to participate, fostering kinship and community bonds rather than issuing formal notes.
The response emphasised grassroots initiatives over a centralized presidential note system as the preferred approach.

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Murali Pillai

Desmond Lee

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Murali Pillai sought an update on the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s study of a 2017 suggestion for the President to issue congratulatory notes to Singaporean centenarians on their birthdays.
Desmond Lee agreed that centenarians’ birthdays are significant and suggested grassroots-led, community-based celebrations would be more meaningful than official notes.
He proposed that such celebrations could be organised organically by community leaders, with support from MSF and the Silver Generation Office.
The agencies would share information on centenarians who wish to participate, fostering kinship and community bonds rather than issuing formal notes.
The response emphasised grassroots initiatives over a centralized presidential note system as the preferred approach.

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Update on Suggestion for President to Issue Congratulatory Notes to Singaporean Centenarians on Their Birthdays

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Update on Suggestion for President to Issue Congratulatory Notes to Singaporean Centenarians on Their Birthdays

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Desmond Lee

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