Having the motivation to make a difference

"MAKING a difference", "touching others", or "giving back" - call it whatever you want, the basic motivation at work is our desire to make a difference to other lives, and build an even more inclusive society. I am unable to pin down a date when I began my "giving back" activities, but a good guess would be when I joined the Rotary movement in 1997. Since then, I have been actively involved in community-based projects in and outside Singapore.

As a developed nation, Singapore has done much to promote the value of "inclusiveness" and caring for others, in particular the less advantaged in society, and animals.

Much more can be done, and we could also do with a higher number of Singaporeans who volunteer their time to support such activities.