Media Release
Temasek Cares Extends Its 'Stay Prepared' Initiative To Help Build Community Resilience In Singapore
Singapore, Monday 5 May 2014
Temasek Cares is partnering Singapore Power and Singapore Post to extend its "Stay Prepared" initiative by encouraging individuals and families to be prepared for emergencies.
Conceived by Temasek Cares with Singapore Power to prompt individuals and families to be prepared well ahead of any emergencies, a total of 1.2 million "Stay Prepared" Starter Kits will be distributed by Singapore Power and Singapore Post to all households in Singapore from 6 to 12 May 2014. Each "Stay Prepared" Starter Kit contains three 3M™ N95 face masks, instructions on how to wear the masks and emergency contact numbers.
About 17,000 Starter Kits will also be delivered to charity homes, and another 300,000 Kits have been prepared on standby for needy families in case of severe haze or flu pandemic emergencies.
Mr Richard Magnus, Chairman of Temasek Cares, said, “Singapore is a safe city. However, unforeseen events may adversely impact us and our community from time to time. All of us – individuals, families, companies – have to be prepared. For this reason, Temasek Cares wants to help build the resilience of our community, through its "Stay Prepared" initiative.
“Temasek Cares is very pleased to partner Singapore Power and Singapore Post for this initiative to provide "Stay Prepared" Starter Kits to every household in Singapore. The Starter Kit includes three N95 masks so that each household can have an initial stock in case of a flu pandemic or severe haze from the forest fires in the region. We hope the Starter Kits will prompt individuals and families to develop their own emergency plans. The Starter Kit with the emergency contact numbers and the N95 masks can be useful additions to their family or personal emergency grab bags.”
Mr Magnus added, “The Starter Kits programme is a significant step to fulfill Temasek Cares‟ vision of a resilient Singapore community – one that is ready for the unexpected, responds effectively to crises and recovers quickly from adversity. We will continue to come alongside people and partners in Singapore to create greater awareness of additional ways to be prepared. We believe such community initiatives are a useful way to complement national and individual efforts to keep Singapore safe.”
Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, Chairman of Singapore Power, said, “At Singapore Power, it is mission critical to respond to emergencies swiftly, safely and effectively. This readiness enables us to power every household and business in Singapore with world-class reliability, round the clock. We would like to encourage emergency preparedness among the community, so that it becomes second nature to everyone.”
Tan Sri Hassan added, “We have mobilised our meter readers and technicians to distribute the "Stay Prepared" Starter Kits. We are running a call centre to address public queries on this effort. In addition, our staff volunteers will be distributing 17,000 starter kits to more than 140 charity homes for the elderly, disabled and other residential facilities . We would like to touch all facets of society in this outreach.”
Mr Lim Ho Kee, Chairman of Singapore Post said: “We are happy to be part of this nationwide community effort to help Singapore households stay prepared. Over the next few days, some 1,200 postmen and postwomen will distribute the "Stay Prepared" Starter Kits to every HDB and high-rise household. As a responsible and trusted national postal service provider, SingPost remains committed to deploy our last mile delivery capability and resources to help with such meaningful initiatives.”
Singapore Power has set up a hotline where members of the public can get information about the delivery of the "Stay Prepared" Starter Kits. The delivery hotline (Tel: 1800-738-2000) will be in operation from Monday 5 May 2014, to Saturday 24 May 2014, from 8.00 am to 8.00pm daily.
If the "Stay Prepared" Starter Kit cannot be delivered to a postal address, residents will receive a delivery advice with information on where they can collect their Starter Kits.
The "Stay Prepared" Starter Kits programme and the umbrella "Stay Prepared" initiative are backed by the Temasek Emergency Preparedness Fund, which was established by Temasek Holdings with an endowment of S$40m in March 2014, as part of its 40th anniversary community initiative.
More information on the 'Stay Prepared' initiative is available at www.stayprepared.sg.
Useful tips on how individuals and families can prepare their own emergency grab bags can be found at www.e101.gov.sg.
Health advisory on haze or other health hazards may be found at:
Weather, air and other climatic or pollution developments may be tracked on www.nea.gov.sg.
Additional Information
About the ‘Stay Prepared’ initiative and the Temasek Emergency Preparedness Fund (TEPrep Fund)
"Stay Prepared" is a Temasek Cares initiative to help people in Singapore be prepared for emergencies and crises, and build a more resilient community. Programmes under this initiative are supported by the Temasek Emergency Preparedness Fund launched in March 2014, as a Temasek community endowment to mark its 40th anniversary.
"Stay Prepared" supports programmes that:
- Help people in Singapore be ready for a range of emergencies
- Build longer term capability and capacity of the community in emergency preparedness
- Provide assistance in emergencies
- Complement national efforts and foster collaboration with private sector partners, voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) and community groups to achieve emergency preparedness.
The first program under the "Stay Prepared" initiative was with KK Women‟s & Children‟s Hospital to help train staff and volunteers from interested VWOs to support children who have suffered trauma.
For more information, please visit www.stayprepared.sg.
About Temasek Cares
Temasek Cares CLG Ltd is a Temasek funded non-profit philanthropic organisation (NPPO) that aims to help improve the lives of underprivileged individuals, families and communities in Singapore; and to build the capability and capacity of all people in Singapore to be prepared for emergencies.
Set up in 2009 as an Institution of a Public Character, it works in partnership with various voluntary welfare organisations, non-profit organisations, government agencies, Ministries and other institutions to support programmes that contribute to the well-being, dignity, livelihood, and emergency preparedness of its beneficiaries.
For more information, please visit www.temasekcares.org.sg.
About Singapore Power
Singapore Power Limited is a leading energy and utility company in the Asia Pacific. It owns and operates electricity and gas transmission and distribution businesses in Singapore and Australia. The Singapore Power Group is wholly owned by Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited.
In Singapore, more than 1.4 million industrial, commercial and residential customers benefit from Singapore Power‟s world class transmission, distribution and market support services. The networks in Singapore are amongst the most reliable and cost effective worldwide.
In powering economies and improving quality of life, Singapore Power is committed to initiatives that help communities in need live independently and with dignity. These efforts include the Singapore Power Heartware Fund that reaches out to the needy elderly through a range of social service programmes.
For more information, please visit www.singaporepower.com.sg.
About Singapore Post Limited
Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) is the national postal service provider in Singapore offering trusted communications through domestic and international postal services as well as end-toend integrated mail solutions covering secure data printing, letter-shopping, delivery and mailroom management, among others. As the trusted communications service provider for more than 150 years, SingPost today goes beyond physical postal communications to offer secure digital communications solutions as part of integrated solutions to its customers.
With its competencies in mail, logistics and e-commerce, SingPost is able to offer integrated ecommerce logistics solutions tailored to customers‟ needs. Having one of the largest multichannel distribution networks in Singapore, regional operations in 12 countries and access to a global postal network of more than 220 countries/territories, SingPost is also well-positioned to provide end-to-end e-commerce logistics solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, delivery and returns management for B2B, B2C and B2B4C customers in Singapore and the region.
SingPost won the UPU-approved World Mail Award for People Management in June 2013 and was ranked the top postal agency in an Accenture report in March 2013. SingPost also gained international acclaim when it was bestowed the Service Provider of the Year 2012 award by Postal Technology International. SingPost is the only company to win to the Universal Postal Union‟s EMS Cooperative award for its Speedpost courier service every year since 2001.
SingPost was listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange in 2003. To learn more about SingPost, please visit www.singpost.com.
About 3M
3M captures the spark of new ideas and transforms them into thousands of ingenious products. Our culture of creative collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops inventing. With $31 billion in sales, 3M employs 89,000 people worldwide and has operations in more than 70 countries.
3M Singapore is a wholly owned subsidiary of 3M Company. The company serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, which include electronics, health care, transport engineering, chemicals, building and construction, and consumer retail. 3M‟s presence in Singapore includes two manufacturing plants at Woodlands and Tuas, an R&D Center at Woodlands, and a Customer Technical Centre, laboratory and other supply chain and business operations based at Yishun.
For more information on 3M, please visit www.3M.com.sg.
About Temasek Holdings
Temasek celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, with a community initiative endowment of S$40 million for the Temasek Emergency Preparedness Fund (“TEPrep Fund”). This endowment is to be managed by Temasek Cares, a non-profit philanthropic organisation, to support community initiatives for emergency preparedness.
Temasek is a Singapore based investor with a portfolio of S$215 billion as at 31 March 2013. Iconic Singapore companies such as Singapore Power, Singapore Airlines, Singapore Telecommunications, PSA and DBS are among the Temasek Portfolio Companies (TPCs).
Please visit www.temasek.com.sg to learn more about Temasek.