2021-22 has been a year of new possibilities. Thanks to the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions and collective perseverance, the Foundation was able to hold a few noteworthy events.
Our first major event after the ease of restrictions is the inaugural joint fundraising concert with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. It was a celebration of World Peace and Understanding together with my fellow Rotarians. I would like to give my sincere thanks to our donors for their generous contributions, and to the organising committee and staff who worked tirelessly to make this possible. Following the great success of our first partnership, I am looking forward to more collaborations with SSO in the upcoming years.
Secondly, the FRCS Eldercare and Caregivers Centre (ECC) had a successful grand opening on 25 June 2022, and the occasion was graced by Guest-of-Honour Mayor Low Yen Ling. My heartfelt appreciation to Mr Yeo Chuen Eng (Chairman, ECC) for spearheading this much-needed effort to benefit the elderly and caregivers, and Mr Daryl Toh (Centre Manager, ECC) for curating and driving the programmes for the members. I want to express my sincere gratitude to all of the donors who contributed to this Centre; Without you, we would not have been able to bring this project to fruition.
Lastly, the Marketing and Communications committee did an outstanding job creating a new corporate website for FRCS. The website is intended to be user-friendly and accessible, with an emphasis on providing information that is relevant and appealing to current and potential donors. This is an important step in our marketing strategy to build awareness of our work in the community. I am grateful to the committee and staff for their efforts in creating this valuable resource for FRCS.
We were able to achieve these milestones thanks to all our donors, members, staff, volunteers, Singapore Rotarians, and everyone who contributed to the growth of FRCS. Once again, thank you all for the fantastic year and I am looking forward to everyone’s continued support in the upcoming year.
2021-22 has been a year of new possibilities. Thanks to the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions and collective perseverance, the Foundation was able to hold a few noteworthy events.
Our first major event after the ease of restrictions is the inaugural joint fundraising concert with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. It was a celebration of World Peace and Understanding together with my fellow Rotarians. I would like to give my sincere thanks to our donors for their generous contributions, and to the organising committee and staff who worked tirelessly to make this possible. Following the great success of our first partnership, I am looking forward to more collaborations with SSO in the upcoming years.
Secondly, the FRCS Eldercare and Caregivers Centre (ECC) had a successful grand opening on 25 June 2022, and the occasion was graced by Guest-of-Honour Mayor Low Yen Ling. My heartfelt appreciation to Mr Yeo Chuen Eng (Chairman, ECC) for spearheading this much-needed effort to benefit the elderly and caregivers, and Mr Daryl Toh (Centre Manager, ECC) for curating and driving the programmes for the members. I want to express my sincere gratitude to all of the donors who contributed to this Centre; Without you, we would not have been able to bring this project to fruition.
Lastly, the Marketing and Communications committee did an outstanding job creating a new corporate website for FRCS. The website is intended to be user-friendly and accessible, with an emphasis on providing information that is relevant and appealing to current and potential donors. This is an important step in our marketing strategy to build awareness of our work in the community. I am grateful to the committee and staff for their efforts in creating this valuable resource for FRCS.
We were able to achieve these milestones thanks to all our donors, members, staff, volunteers, Singapore Rotarians, and everyone who contributed to the growth of FRCS. Once again, thank you all for the fantastic year and I am looking forward to everyone’s continued support in the upcoming year.
– Chew Ghim Bok JP, BBM
Chairman FRCS
Fundraising Committee Chairman
FRCS Eldercare and Caregivers Centre (ECC) Committee Chairman
FRCS Family Service Centre (FSC) Committee Chairman
Community Outreach Chairman
Marketing & Communications Chairman
Fund Administration Chairman
Youth Committee Chairman
FRCS House Committee Chairman
Honorary Treasurer
Special Projects Committee Chairman
Fellowship Committee Chairman
Marketing & Communications Chairman
Legal Advisor
Legal Advisor
Advisor
Audit Chairman
Youth Comm Alt Director
FRCS House Committee Alt Director
Fundraising Comm Alt Director
As a key to change, Foundation of Rotary Clubs (Singapore) Ltd (FRCS) is opening doors to new possibilities for our beneficiaries.
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Mr Chew Ghim Bok, PBM, is the Director of Skyven Group, a venture capital company. He has more than 24 years of experience working with charity organisations. An active past District Governor of District 3310, he has led a team together with STPB to secure Singapore as the host country for the 2024 Rotary International Convention. Besides Rotary, he is an active volunteer and serves as Chairman of Bukit Gombak CCC. He was appointed Justice of Peace and serves in the main committee of the National Council of Problem Gambling.
Mr Henry Tan is a businessman with Alpha-Health (Asia) Pte Ltd. He has been actively involved in community service, charities and grassroots activities with over 40 years of experience and participation. He is a Justice of the Peace (Rtd), and in this capacity, continues to serve official duties and work as in the past. He is also a Past District Governor of Rotary District 3310 in 2018-2019, and a Past President of the Rotary Club of Singapore West.
Mr Wong is a management consultant. He has many years of experience working with charities and serving on the Board of Director. He has been involved actively with Rotary District 3310 and is involved in planning Rotary International – Singapore Rotary Institute and the coming Rotary International Conference – 2024. He is a Past President and an active member of the Rotary Club of Changi.
Dr Gong is a practicing General Surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital and a member of the Liver Transplant Team with the Asian American Liver Centre. He has more than 30 years of experience working with charities and is a charter member of Rotary Club of Changi.
Mr Yeo is a Director with The Standard Chartered Private Bank. He is currently serving as a Council Member of Singapore Cancer Society and Society for the Aged Sick, with more than 16 years of experience working with charities. He is a member of Rotary Club of Singapore West.
Mr. Dastur is the Managing Director of Sirrus Advisory, which specializes in Governance, Operational Risk and Compliance activities. Prior to that he was a banker with Citibank for over 34 years holding managerial positions in North America, Europe and Asia. He is Past President of Rotary Club of Tanglin and was Assistant Governor for District 3310 for 2014-15. Since 2016 he is District Membership Chair.
He is actively involved with various charity organizations in Singapore, including Board Member – Food From The Heart, Audit committee – Yellow Ribbon Fund and the Management Committee – Clementi Family Center.
Mr. Dastur has a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (B.Com) as well as Laws (BGL) and is also a Chartered Accountant.
I joined Rotary with a heart to serve. Over 26 years, I have taken on numerous projects. Being a part of FRCS has enabled me to take up new challenges to help our community. In my book, ‘A Life Compass for Success’, I share my inspired experiences with youths. I am grateful to serve as a committee member of Society of Starfish Singapore, a beneficiary of FRCS. At SSS, we believe that every youth matters. We provide out-of-school youths a second chance to pursue their education under the Project Starfish programme.
Ms Elsie Chua has been a Rotarian at the Rotary Club of Pandan Valley since 2010 and is currently a District Chair for Public Image at Rotary International. She held leadership roles from small, medium to large corporations prior to her retirement as the Chief Marketing Officer at Singapore Press Holdings.
Elsie brings with her over 35 years of business, marketing and brand management experience. She led numerous change management projects to transform organizations and people to be future ready in the digital economy, setting up new systems for customer relationship management, operations, e-learning and front end web services.
Mr Engle is the Head of Academies and Clubs in Sport Singapore. He was a team coach for the US Olympic and Paralympic athletics team and has decades of experience working with youths. He is the Past President of the Rotary Club of Singapore North.
Mr Ng is the business owner of Emtech Wellness International. He has over 20 years of experience working with charities and has been a Rotary Club member for 22 years. He is a Past Assistant Governor of Rotary international District 3310 and is currently serving as Immediate Past President of Rotary Club of Bugis Junction.
Ms See has over 14 years of experience in the finance industry. She ran an accounting and corporate secretarial firm for 10 years. Prior to that, she had 8 years of experience in the service sector. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Singapore.
Mr Chew is the Founder of Astrans (S) Pte Ltd. He is serving as a member of Disaster Aids International and has over 25 years of experience working with charities. He is a member of the Rotary Club of E-Club of 3310.
Mr Cheong has been an active member of the Rotary Club Of Changi since 2015 and was President of the club for RY 2019-20. He is currently a level 2 major donor and a benefactor of the endowment fund of Rotary international.
Mr Heinrich Grafe has been an active Member of the Rotary Club of Marina City since 1998. Prior to this, he was a Member of the Rotary Club in Guam (USA) from 1985 – 1987. He has been in the Hospitality Industry all his life. His last posting was in Singapore as General Manager of the Conrad Centennial Hotel from April 1998 until February 2020, with three years of secondment to the Conrad Hotel in Tokyo.
PP Jeffrey CHAN Wah Teck, SC, joined the Rotary Club of Raffles City in 1990. He read law in the University of Singapore on a President’s Scholarship graduating in 1973 as the Gold Medallist of his class.
He subsequently obtained his LL.M from Harvard University, and completed his Advanced Management Programme at Wharton Business School. He was for 46 years with Singapore Legal Service where he held a wide range of appointments. He retired in 2018 and is presently an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore as well as the Senior Director of TSMP Law Corporation. His present legal practice covers a wide range of matters including arbitration, commercial law, company law and criminal law.
He is a Senior Mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre as well as a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as well as the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He has held many different positions in his Rotary Club as well as in the District and is presently the Hon. Legal Counsel to the Federation of Rotary Clubs (Singapore).
Mr Louis Lim graduated from the University of London with LLB (Hons) in 1996 and was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1998. He was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in August 2006 by the President of the Republic of Singapore President S. R. Nathan, and the Public Service Star (BBM) in August 2019 by the President of the Republic of Singapore President Halimah Yacob. He has been a member of the Rotary Club of Singapore since 2011 and is the President of the club for the year 2021/2022.
Mr Thomas Tan was an Air Traffic Control Officer in the RSAF before starting Alarm Supply Pte Ltd, a specialist supplier and contractor for fire alarm equipment and systems, in 1982. Thomas had been involved in community service in grassroots organisations for about 20 years till 2011, when he was appointed a Patron of The Serangoon. He had served as President of the Serangoon Gardens Country Club (SGCC) from 1998 – 2002 and 2006 – 2010. In 2021, Thomas was appointed a Trustee of SGCC. He had also served as Chairman of the Catholic Welfare Services, an “Advanced Tier Charity”, from 2013 – 2019.
Mr Ronald Wong graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Commerce and is an accountant by profession. He is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). He is also a Certified Practicing Accountant with CPA Australia. Ronald is a partner with Ernst & Young and he leads the Singapore Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team.
Mr Lee Guoxing graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work from Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) in 2011. Guoxing joined the social service sector in 2006 from a young Youth Worker and now specializing in Disability sectors since 2016. He is also part of the Family Violent Workgroup under the Ministry of Social and Family Development (Adult Protection Service) in Woodland Marsiling Region for two years (2020 – 2022).
Guoxing was an Interactor (1999), Rotaractor (2003), and now a Rotarian with Rotary Club of Marina City in 2016. He has held several positions as an Interactor and Rotaractor. He is currently holding a position as a Youth Service Chair since 2019 till date. He was Deputy Rotaract Chair (RY 2019/2020 and RY 2020/2021). Also, He held a position as an Alternate Director under the youth committee in the Foundation of Rotary Clubs Singapore.
Chew Phak Heng is the founder of PH Chew Consultancy Pte Ltd and MD of PH Chew (M&E) Renovation Pte Ltd and PH Chew (M&E) Renovation Sdn Bhd. The Group is dealing with industrial planning and building of factory facilities since 1984. He has more than 18 years of experience working with volunteer organizations and Charities. He served on the FRCS Board for 6 years He is a member of the Rotary Club of Garden City, and current President of JTC Alumni, Board Member of The Chinese High School Ltd, Treasurer of Hwa Chong Seniors Club, Council Member of Hwa Chong Alumni Association.
Dr YAP Lip Kee has been a Rotarian for 23 years, served on the Board of Directors of FRCS for 10 years and Chairman of the Fund Raising Committee for 3 years. He has been active in Disaster Relief and International Service for both Club and District. He is Rotary International District 3310 ‘s District Governor Nominee Designate ie. District Governor 2024 /25.
