Hong Leong Foundation holds Silver Sports Day for senior residents

HONG Leong Foundation held its annual charity event at M Hotel last Tuesday (Feb 7), with more than 80 elderly people dancing and exercising to reggae and rock-and-roll music.

The event, Silver Sports Day, was specially customised for the senior residents from three senior homes.

Aged 60 to 100, the elderly folks were aided and joined by around 50 staff volunteers across Hong Leong Group, including those from City Developments Limited (CDL), Hong Leong Holdings and Millennium Hotels and Resorts.

To commemorate the event, the foundation also donated about S$450,000 to more than 3,000 beneficiaries under the Ministry of Social and Family Development’s ComCare Long-Term Assistance scheme.

Kwek Eik Sheng, a governor of Hong Leong Foundation and CDL’s group chief operating officer, said that the charity was eager to welcome back the seniors in a physical event for the first time since 2019. 

“Due to the pandemic that curtailed physical events and in-person visits to residential care homes in the past few years, many seniors told us they missed the social interaction with our volunteers,” he added.

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According to the group, Silver Sports Day was inspired by the Ministry of Health’s 2023 Action Plan for Successful Ageing, which focuses on community initiatives to assist people in their ageing journey. 

Silver Sports Day is part of the foundation’s annual outreach to the elderly, which has been ongoing for around 40 years.