Disabilities

Long-term care is not just an age-related issue: Great Eastern

The insurer’s claims data shows that 62% of claimants under one of its long-term care plans are under 50

From left: MS Academy students Jonathan Tan and John Chan with Music Solutions associate director Lenny Mazlan.
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MS Academy offers alternative employment pathways in music for persons with disabilities

Project InteGr8 combines their passion for music performance with vocational training

MBS chief operating officer Paul Town (fourth from left) and Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling (fifth from left) at the Sands Future Talent Ceremony. The second iteration of the Sands Hospitality Scholarship programme will be seeded with S$2 million.
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Marina Bay Sands commits over S$2 million to scholarships for hospitality students

It is also partnering charity TomoWork to provide support to undergrads with disabilities

Dave Burgos Abelinde (left), a PWD working in F&B services, often helps mature worker Tan Lian Tee carry heavy things when they work together at ParkRoyal Collection Pickering’s buffet restaurant.
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Extraordinary People partners Pan Pacific to launch hospitality academy for PWDs

Collaboration between the non-profit and hotel group aims to create employment pathways in F&B, guest relations and housekeeping

Silvia is a real-time AI sign-language assistant for public transport.
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SBS Transit breaks communication barrier with Singapore’s first AI sign-language assistant

The program helps deaf and hard-of-hearing commuters navigate the transport operator’s rail network

OpenHeart is a mosaic sculpture composed of 240 tiles decorated by 250 participants from four social service agencies that UOL supports and UOL staff.
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UOL launches new inclusive exhibition to spotlight artists from diverse backgrounds

They comprise persons with disabilities and a beneficiary from the UOL-PPHG Community Uplift Programme

Genine Tham's Gaze Upon the Night is one of the artworks projected for UOB's festive show.
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UOB spotlights artists with disabilities in festive show’s projection display

Works by five artists from Extra.Ordinary People will be projected on UOB Plaza 1

Enabling Village was launched in 2015 to exemplify how PWDs can live, learn, work and play in an inclusive society. With the addition of the new Vista block, the village spans 33,400 sq m.
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Extension of Enabling Village further supports employability of persons with disabilities

They can get more job opportunities in sectors such as music, art and design

Beh Siew Kim, chief financial and sustainability officer, lodging, CapitaLand Investment, announces new commitments for Ascott that are structured around the playbook's five-pillar framework.
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Ascott launches playbook to drive disability inclusion in accommodation sector

It is structured around inclusive hiring, digital interfaces and programmes, among others