GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Media OutReach – 24 September 2022 – Bitkub Online Co., Ltd. and Bitkub Labs Co., Ltd. has announced the marketing partnership with TRON, a leading global blockchain network behind the creation of the TRON (TRX) coin, to distribute learning airdrops in the pursuit of stimulating secure investments, while also announcing the opening of a business-pitching competition for participants in the ages of 18 – 22 to induce education amongst young investors.
Bitkub Online, the service provider behind the Bitkub Exchange, Thailand’s no.1 cryptocurrency exchange, regulated by the Thai SEC, and Bitkub Academy, the central hub for knowledge in cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and investments in digital assets, have developed a mutual goal in stimulating educational awareness towards digital assets for safe investments, leading to the revolutionary partnership with Tron to support knowledge and awareness in the crypto space, as well as visibility for TRON within the Thai crypto community through various forms of campaigns, resulting in the partnership with TRON to drive educational understanding towards the TRON blockchain network and the creation of the NewTRON : Pitching Competition. The campaign is aimed to create opportunities for university-level students within the ages of 18 – 22 to propose business and marketing models in the effort of developing awareness and educational amongst the young masses, while also rewarding learning airdrops and the opportunity to intern with the company.
The partnership agreement signing ceremony between Bitkub and TRON was hosted on September 17th, 2022 at the Bitkub M Social venue, The EmQuartier department store with Mr. Sugrit Phutaviriya, Chief Marketing Officer of Bitkub Online Co., Ltd., Ms. Liyawal Chakphatrapakin, Academy Business Manager of Bitkub Labs Co., Ltd., and Ms. Rachel Huo, Marketing Manager of TRON taking commemorative photos to commence the partnership.
Mr. Sugrit Phutaviriya, Chief Marketing Officer of Bitkub Online Co., Ltd. provided insights to the partnership as follows:
“Under this collaboration with TRON, we are determined to drive more than just marketing values. Bitkub has been aware of the influx of interest towards cryptocurrencies and digital assets since 2017, with many investors just entering the marketing lacking the essential knowledge to effectively invest in this highly volatile market. With this kept in mind, the company has moved forward with providing adequate tools to invest wisely to induce risk-awareness and education. This is indeed reflected in the provisions of learning airdrops under the NewTRON: Pitching Competition activity, hosted to stimulate targeted education amongst young investors and prepare them for upcoming market trends.”
Mr. Peerasit Chiwabhong, Deputy CEO of Bitkub Infinity Co., Ltd. and member of the NewTRON : Pitching Competition’s judging panelists provided a visionary opening to the event as follows:
“The NewTRON : Pitching Competition’s aim is to not only support knowledge in digital assets and the opportunity to acquire real experience in a professional environment through an internship program with the company, but also to bring out the potential very evidently-seen in the young masses, saturated with determination to create revolutionary changes in the current age of digital disruption. With this taken into account, the NewTRON : Pitching Competition is indeed an important step forward towards the aim of laying down a strong foundation for young investors and to enable them to display their full capabilities.”
The NewTRON : Pitching Competition distributed learning airdrops in the total amount of 36,000 TRX (TRON) with a total value of approximately 80,000 Thai baht to the top three winning teams, while also enabling the invaluable chance of taking an internship with the Bitkub Online Co., Ltd.’s marketing team to allow participants to push forward their ideas into reality.
For further details and information of upcoming activities, please visit the Bitkub Official and Bitkub Academy Facebook pages.
Extending in-depth and high-quality multidisciplinary, future-oriented postgraduate by coursework programmes offered by NUS through a virtual event featuring 14 booths, 14 masterclass sessions, 23 information sessions and more than 30 distinguished speakers.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 24 September 2022 – The endless disruptions caused by rapid technological advancements, climate change, evolving societal needs, and emerging economic transformations have paved the way for a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) future. Developing the necessary knowledge and skills in key growth areas is the way to prepare and advance in the future economy.
In light of this, the National University of Singapore (NUS) announced that it is organising the NUS Postgraduate by Coursework Fair 2022 (NUS PGCF 2022) to develop and empower individuals and corporates such that they can effectively manage change. The event is aptly themed “Become a Master of the Future Economies” and addresses key growth areas including: the Digital Economy, Green Economy, Care Economy, Industry 4.0 Economy and more. The two-day fully virtual event will take place from October 4 through October 5, 2022 from 10am to 9:30pm daily, with the goal of increasing interest in higher education both locally and internationally. Participants will get the chance to learn how a prestigious Master’s Degree by Coursework programme from NUS can help them remain future-ready and establish them as highly sought-after talents in a new era. In addition to its comprehensive agenda, the event boasts a line-up of renowned speakers who are experts in their respective fields at NUS.
Organised by the Academic Programmes Business (APB) unit under the NUS Office of the Vice Provost (Masters’ Programmes & Lifelong Education), the event serves as a one-stop platform for attendees to get a glimpse of all the Colleges, Schools, Faculties and Institutes at NUS that offer Master’s Degree by Coursework programmes. These include: Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, NUS Business School, School of Computing, School of Continuing and Lifelong Education, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Design and Engineering, NUS Law, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Faculty of Science and more.
A notable event highlight is the masterclasses delivered by esteemed NUS faculty members who are leaders in their disciplines, which prepare attendees for future economies and economic transformations brought on by key growth areas. The masterclasses cover a wide variety of trending topics, including Industry 4.0, Maritime Technologies, the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, ‘Art’ of Entrepreneurship, Data Science, Predictive Analysis and more.
Dr Li Haobin, who is a Senior Lecturer from the College of Design and Engineering and Academic Director of the Master of Science (Maritime Technology and Management) programme mentioned that, “The sharing of knowledge through such masterclass sessions would help not only in training a higher-quality workforce to meet new challenges in the maritime industry, but also inspire more talent to conduct practical and impactful research to shape the future of the industry. As we step further into emerging technologies, we have found that it is important to provide education related to what we are researching.”
The masterclass sessions will not only cover maritime technologies but also the green economy. Dr L Roman Carrasco, Associate Professor from the Faculty of Science, mentioned, “The reduction of carbon emissions is essential in managing global warming and climate change. I will be making the case for why carbon markets represent one of the most promising tools to accelerate a transition towards green energy.”
Another noteworthy event highlight is the exhibition with virtual booths that showcase a variety of NUS Colleges, Schools, Faculties, and Institutes, as well as their Master’s Degree by Coursework programmes. Additionally, programme consultants are available at the booths throughout the event to assist visitors. To learn more about the Master’s Degree by Coursework programmes, admission standards, and application processes, attendees can speak with the programme consultants directly.
There are also information sessions, where speakers will share insights into specific Master’s Degree by Coursework programmes and provide real-time responses to audience questions. Experts from a variety of Master’s Degree by Coursework programmes, including Computing, Science, Supply Chain Management, Energy Systems, Business Analytics, and the Arts, will conduct these information sessions.
On top of gaining useful knowledge, attendees of the NUS PGCF 2022 can participate in an event-exclusive contest for a chance to win an iPad Air. Attendees would simply need to log on to the event portal at any time during the event and answer a few questions correctly.
Only a one-time registration is needed to access all the exclusive offerings in the NUS PGCF 2022 programme line-up, which includes visiting virtual booths, attending masterclass sessions and information sessions as well as standing a chance to win the iPad Air. To sign up for this event, visit https://www.gevme.com/nuspgcf2022.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 23 September 2022 – BingX, the leading social trading exchange, has become the first crypto platform to introduce copy trading subsidy vouchers. These help to cover losses for users.
Copy trading allows inexperienced users to automatically copy positions opened and managed by other selected individuals. This enables users to trade beyond their level of expertise while empowering proficient traders to earn extra income by helping copiers. As the industry’s leading social trading exchange, BingX provides a robust environment where both copiers and traders can gather, communicate, and profit.
The new subsidy vouchers for copy trading are designed to help users protect themselves from potential losses. As long as the user activates the copy trading subsidy vouchers, BingX will compensate any losses in the copy transaction (within the denomination of the card and coupon). This voucher works as a safety net and allows users to enter and exit positions with popular coins like BTC, ETH, MATIC, LUNC, OP, STG, PSG, ADA, SHIB, DOGE, CHZ, and IDO without the fear of incurring losses on their trades.
Elvisco Carrington, PR and Communications Director, BingX said: “Copy trading is our unique product offering and we are always looking to improve beginners’ trading experience. With the introduction of copy trade subsidy vouchers, new users can easily try out trading strategies without incurring losses. By pioneering new products that directly benefit traders, BingX can maintain its record for innovation.”
BingX continues to explore novel solutions to create a better user experience. It will release version 3.14.0 of its mobile trading app for iOS and Android on 22 Sep. The latest version also includes a new feature in the Standard Futures section for viewing the trader’s current position, further improving the trading experience.
Hashtag: #BingX
About BingX
Founded in 2018, BingX is a crypto social trading exchange that offers spot, derivatives, and margin trading services to more than 100 countries worldwide with over 3 million users. BingX connects users with expert traders and the platform in a safe, simple, and transparent way.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Media OutReach – 23 September 2022 –On the morning of September 23, TRON founder Justin Sun attended Upbit Developer Conference (UDC) in South Korea and delivered a keynote speech titled “TRON Leads the Way to Web 3.0” via video link. As Sun suggested, Web 3.0 makes us closer to a decentralized future. The TRON ecosystem is striving in multiple fields such as marketing, technology, and asset liquidity to democratize finance and foster a better environment for art, games, media, etc. in Web 3.0.
Sun first stressed that Web 3.0 is full of promise. He believes that Web 3.0 can make a difference to the industry’s transparency, decentralization, scalability as well as supporting charity. Although Web 3.0 still needs to overcome obstacles including government regulation and the lack of public consensus, he holds firm that the future belongs to digitalization. The scale of virtual assets has expanded exponentially over the past decade, and such rapid growth will not slow down in the future. He then introduced TRON’s proactive efforts and business innovations in the rapidly-growing Web 3.0 field. TRON has been innovating in digitizing artworks, funding artists and art contests, and hosting TRON Hackathons, all dedicated to supporting the blockchain industry.
Sun also said that TRON has been witnessing 50 million accounts added every year, and based on that growth rate, it is expected that TRON will have a user base equal to that of Ethereum next year. Regarding the much-anticipated USDD, he emphasized that it is the world’s first over-collateralized decentralized stablecoin.
Hosted by Dunamu Inc., a well-known Korean fin-tech company, the UDC is reportedly the first Korean blockchain conference focusing on developers. First held in 2018, the UDC welcomed its fifth occurrence at BPEX on September 22-23, 2022. Themed on Imagine Your Blockchain Life, this year’s UDC invited dozens of leading figures in the blockchain industry to discuss NFT, metaverse, DeFi, Web3.0, and other trends in the blockchain industry. As the founder of TRON, one of the world’s top three public chains, Justin Sun has been invited to attend the conference.
A sound ecosystem incorporating an underlying protocol, smart contracts, and an NFT and metadata storage system has been built on TRON’s MainNet, one of the largest blockchain-based operating protocols for decentralized applications. As part of TRON’s globalization efforts, Justin Sun’s attendance at UDC has attracted much attention and heated discussions. Many are wondering whether this is a hint of TRON’s expansion into the South Korean market.
Report says that TRON has been keenly following the development of the blockchain industry in South Korea in recent years. In 2020, TRON partnered with Samsung to integrate with the Samsung blockchain keystore, and enabling built-in blockchain wallets on Samsung mobile phones to support TRX, TRON’s native token; TRON participated in the NFT BUSAN 2021 conference, which was jointly hosted by the Busan Metropolitan Government and the Busan Blockchain Industry Association. Budlers NFT tokens, featuring a cartoon seagull, the Metropolitan’s mascot, were issued at the conference; TRON also donated $200,000 to the Busan Blockchain Industry Association to help build and expand the global blockchain ecosystem.
APENFT Foundation, which Justin Sun feels optimistic about, has also been invited to the conference. Yuliana Bravo, APENFT’s Director for Global Business Relations, gave a speech titled “The Future of Decentralization of NFT: APENFT, TRON, and BitTorrent”. According to Yuliana Bravo, as an NFT platform based on TRON, the APENFT Marketplace is dedicated to turning the world’s top artworks into NFTs on the blockchain. And it will take various measures to lead and promote crypto art in the era of Web 3.0.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 23 September 2022 – Web3 era has given birth to a new business model. On the eve of the change, BIB Exchange, an innovative trading platform in the Web3, was laid out in depth. A double ecological circulation system of “Exchange +Web3” was built based on the concept of Web3 to empower the platform currency BIB. Under its strategic layout, BIB provides value support for NFT in BIB Meta. As an innovative platform currency, BIB is highly sought after by crypto investors, Web3 enthusiasts and NFT collectors.
IDO plan of BIB Exchange is about to open. This event will last for three days, and each address can only be subscribed once. Details are as follows:
The Web3 era is on the verge, and BIB ecology emerges as the times require
BIB Exchange is the world’s first innovative exchange that integrates the Web3 ecosystem, creating the BIB Meta ecosystem. Through the massive user traffic of BIB trading platform, it perfectly solves the traffic dilemma of Web3 in the early stage of development. The mutual value transfer mode between platform currency BIB and NFT clears all the development obstacles, makes the true value spiral in the two financial symbols, and finally achieves the era light of Web3 and shines brilliantly in BIB ecosystem.
Innovative dual-core assets, analysis of the rights and interests of the five major tokens
At the beginning of this year, BIB trading platform released the creation plan of platform currency BIB, and will open the first round of IDO in the second half of this year.
BIB is the platform token of BIB Exchange, and it is also the core asset of BIB platform and BIB Meta double ecological circulation system. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze it in detail.
Unique deflation mechanism, condensing intrinsic value
BIB Token has a unique token destruction mode, namely, the destruction mechanism of casting and accelerating the synthesis of NFT, the destruction mechanism of node reward pool at a specific stage and the destruction mechanism of 1% on-chain transaction amount. Strong deflation provides a strong support for the value of BIB. Compared with the “deflation” mechanism of other platforms by destroying tokens and making announcements, BIB has achieved deflation in the real sense. The records of BIB’s destruction and exchange for BUSD can be queried on the chain, which is completely open and transparent, all of which is reflected in its exponential increase in the general price.
Empower BIB Meta NFT and provide value support.
The integration of BIB Token and BIB Meta ecology endows NFT with value and provides liquidity, which is equivalent to making NFT have value beyond its own attributes, and can be regarded as the second-class token of BIB Meta Star Card NFT. While BIB Meta, with the advantage of its own system, allows mining by pledging NFT to obtain BIB and feed back.
BIB Meta is an important application ecological scene of BIB. With the continuous improvement of multiverse scenes, the scenes in BIB Meta will be more and more abundant. For example, more Mint Meta self-operated projects NFT-in addition to the Star Card NFT, NFT cards with basketball, e-sports and other themes will be launched in the future, and NFT secondary market transactions will be opened. In the future, BIB will support the purchase of other NFTs and even their whitelist qualifications, as well as more decentralized lottery, tournament quiz, decentralized lending and other directions, which is worth looking forward to.
High-level forecast of real currency price model
According to the BIB platform currency relative valuation model, the annual revenue of the exchange is USD 15 million. With an annual cost of $50,000, the expected price of BIB tokens should be $0.00668. Compared with the increase of IDO by 32 times, users’ actual mining income calculated by BIB will be higher.
While BIB token is about to start, IDO is ready to go.
In the project planning, BIB will focus on the development and research of global Web3 from beginning to end, gradually covering the open global Web3, the all-true digital experience meta-universe, multi-value support NFT series, and decentralized finance and lending, and strive to build a one-stop and all-round Web3 ecosystem.
Hashtag: #BIBMeta
About BIB Exchange:
Founded in September 2021, BIB Exchange (hereinafter referred to as “BIB”) provides professional digital financial services to more than 2 million users around the world. Its daily average assets flow over $1 billion, and the total digital assets under its custody exceed $500 million. BIB provides digital asset payment services for global enterprises, builds a seamless business system from digital asset transaction to payment. It is a full-service international group covering blockchain technology research and development, asset transaction and asset management services.
At present, BIB is laying out digital currency trading compliance business in Canada, Seychelles, Malta, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Australia and other places. In the future, it will provide multilingual versions and diversified digital financial services.
A fundraising appeal backed by actor Rosamund Pike has raised almost GBP 500,000 to clear a village in Laos of unexploded bombs left behind from the Vietnam war.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 23 September 2022 –The Enabling Festival 2022 opens on 23 September 2022 at National Gallery Singapore, with the key programme focus on the theme of Touch. COVID-19 has created a world of isolation and disrupted a fixed routine that many persons living with dementia live by. The lack of social and physical interaction has inevitably increased the burden and stress of caregiving. Too often we have underestimated the power of touch and its potential to heal when words become cumbersome. The festival aims to remind participants that touch is memory and is where we begin our journey to communicate, through a series of thought-provoking and engaging festival programmes. Visitors can expect to learn practical skills and ideas to help close the gap, as well as real-life experiences of persons living with dementia and their caregivers.
Ms Rahayu Mahzam, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Law, will open the festival with 10 pairs of persons living with dementia and their family caregivers1, as a ground-up approach recognising the festival built by caregivers for caregivers.
Mr Danny Raven Tan (陈重源), Co-founder, Enable Asia says, “It was very challenging during COVID-19 when we had to be very careful with the people we meet outside of home, for fear of bringing the virus back to my mother who is living with advanced dementia. I had to cut off social interaction in order to protect her, especially when I was down with the virus myself. She unavoidably felt really isolated and down as she could not understand the lack of interaction when I used to see her and massage her every day.”
The festival will be held from 23 September to 16 October 2022, in conjunction with World Alzheimer’s Day (21 September 2022) and spans over to World Mental Health Day (10 October 2022). It emphasises the importance of dementia awareness and caregivers’ mental well-being with a line-up of activities for persons living with dementia, caregivers and the public to engage in. Following the aftermath of the COVID-19 restriction, this is the first time that the festival is taking on a hybrid2 format, with 60% of the programmes online and 40% physically held at National Gallery Singapore. Enabling Festival Artistic Director, Jeremiah Choy, says, “Visitors can expect to be engaged both physically and digitally through experiential art and creative workshops, insightful talks as well as a short film screening that shed light on touching stories in our society.”
In tandem with The Enabling Festival 2022’s theme of touch, the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) will be showcasing a video on Namaste Care, a multi-approach care programme that incorporates sensory, psychosocial and spiritual elements to enhance the quality of life for persons living with dementia. The video features practical tips for communicating with persons living with dementia to benefit caregivers and their loved ones.
Mr Noel Cheah, AIC’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer, shared, “Caregivers play an important role in supporting the needs of their loved ones, and they are a valuable pillar within the healthcare system. A programme like Namaste Care complements their caregiving efforts by promoting a loving touch approach to carry out meaningful activities. To better equip caregivers with knowledge and skills, AIC will work with our partners to develop more tools and resources. We will continue to look into ways to support caregivers in their journey in line with our vision to enable seniors to live well and age gracefully in the community.”
Ms Suenne Megan Tan, Senior Director, Museum Planning and Audience Engagement, National Gallery Singapore, says, “National Gallery Singapore is delighted to support The Enabling Festival as a Programme Partner as we recognise the proven benefits of art engagement in enhancing the well-being of persons living with dementia and their caregivers. As part of our vision to be an inclusive and accessible space for diverse communities to enjoy meaningful engagement with the arts, the Gallery will be introducing new initiatives including an evidence-based programme to better serve this community.”
“As dementia becomes more prevalent in Singapore, The Enabling Festival will continue to serve as an enablement and empowerment platform to help the public understand how persons living with dementia and their family caregivers perceive dementia, navigate their day-to-day activities, age-in-place and live independently in the community.” said Daniel Lim (林国源), Co-founder, Enable Asia.
Onwards and towards a dementia-friendly Singapore
Heightened awareness is essential as we strive to look for ways to overcome the challenges family caregivers and persons living with dementia face in the aspects of emotional health, community inclusiveness, job fulfillment, and financial support. It takes a whole village and multiple helping hands approach to achieve a dementia-friendly Singapore.
The Enabling Festival 2022 is an annual event focused on building awareness and facilitating discussions around dementia, as well as providing a channel of support and enablement for persons living with dementia and their caregivers.
The festival is organised by Enable Asia, a Singapore-based social enterprise dedicated to advocacy for persons living with dementia and their family caregivers and supported by The Majurity Trust and the Agency for Integrated Care.
1 See annex for caregivers’ stories 2 See annex for list of programmes
PROFILES OF ACCOMPANYING GUESTS-OF-HONOUR PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR FAMILY CAREGIVERS
Ms Irene Chan, 48 years old, was a former caregiver for her 77-year-old mother, Mdm Esther Liw Hong Chan, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2016. Mdm Liw had recently passed on. Ms Chan was in Singapore while her mother was based in Australia, during Covid-19, Ms Chan was back in Singapore to settle the administrative processes of employing a foreign domestic helper and transferring the help to provide care for her mother and father in Australia. She is a successful business consultant.
Mr William Koh (许威良), who turned 18 in 2022, is a caregiver for his mother, Mdm Margaret Rankin Laird, 60 years old. His caregiving journey started in 2018 before his ‘O’ levels examinations, which was challenging for a 14-year-old teenager. Today, he is not only juggling caregiving duties at home and preparation of his ‘A’ levels examinations, but also real life issues with single parenthood and financial woes. Despite facing struggles beyond what a teenager typically faces, he strives to do the best he can.
Mr Alvin Tan, 59 years old, founder and Artistic Director for The Necessary Stage, is a caregiver for his 87-year-old mother, Mdm Loo Geok Hoon, for 10 years. Mr Tan’s mother has always been supportive of him in life and career, telling him that, “You have only one life. So be happy.” A testament of ‘A mother’s love is as strong as she’s ageing.’
Mr Richard Ashworth, a 68-year-old retiree, was a caregiver for his father, Mr John Malcolm Ashworth, 89 years old, who lived with dementia for 10 years. Mr John has passed on in 2022. Mr Richard was adopted by Mr John, a British cargo ship captain, when he was 21 years old in 1975. His father taught him English and later encouraged him to take up sculpturing and enter his works for competition, later winning a prize in 1986. It was the help of the community that has supported him tremendously during this period.
Ms Nora Samosir is a caregiver for her late father, and her 95-year-old mother, who has been living with dementia for the past seven years. One of the emotional battles she had to face, aside from being the sole caregiver for both parents who are highly dependent on her, was to constantly remind her mother that her husband is dying when her mother was looking for him. Ms Samosir is a Singaporean actress of Indonesian descent who won a 2002 Life Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has been active in the Singapore theatre scene since 1979 and has worked in television and film.
Mr Baba Richard Tan, 66 years old, Chairman of GenerAsia & Director of the Main Wayang Company, is a caregiver for his 86-year-old mother, Mdm Lucy Ng, who is living with dementia for eight years.
Mr Rosli Anjang Al Faqir, 58 years old was taken care of by wife, Mdm Sarima Mohd Tajudin, 57 years old since 2014. Mr Rosli was diagnosed with mixed dementia at the age of 50 – young-onset dementia and Lewy body dementia, a lesser known type of dementia (this dementia was what comedian and actor Robin Williams had). Back then, he decided to take matters into his own hands and get the answers to what was really wrong with him. He went to the hospital and they told him to do a dementia test. “I thought I was intelligent but I failed the test.” Since 2019, Mr Rosli has been a self-advocate for dementia care and continues to speak up about the condition in his community, at his mosque and with his friends, in the hopes to reduce the negative stigma in society.
Ms Emily Soh, 60 years old, works in an International School and is a caregiver for her 92-year-old mother, Mdm Lee Ng Kum. Mdm Lee was an avid swimmer when she started to learn swimming at the age of 79. Mdm Lee was diagnosed with mild dementia in 2018. She likes traveling and fortunately, she travelled to South Korea (2017) and Japan (2018) before Covid-19 happened and the borders closed. Ms Soh’s mother enjoys sewing and gardening and making compost for her plants. This is a positive testament that despite suffering from dementia, one can continue to live a fulfilled life.
Ms Dorcas Yeo (杨奕欣), 26 years old, was a secondary caregiver to her 93-year-old grandmother who lived with dementia for 12 years. Ms Yeo saw how her parents took care of her grandmother – they are the perfect role models of family caregiving. Her grandmother passed away in 2022. Ms Yeo is also the designer for “Colour Our Memories” – an Art activity colouring book for elderly and people living with dementia produced by Enable Asia.
Ms Grace Lee-Khoo, 36 years old, an art practitioner and founder of Access Path Production, is a caregiver for her 72-year-old father, Mr Tan Tok, a retiree who has been living with Alzhemier’s Disease since 2017. Grace is married with a one year old baby boy. She is now a caregiver for both a child and an elderly, tackling the daily challenges of being a three-generation family caregiver while juggling a highly successful career.
THE ENABLING FESTIVAL 2022 PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS
Art and Creative Workshops
The Language of Touch by The Glowers Brought to us by The Glowers, an elderly theatre performing group. Come experience the human emotional psyche about connecting with strangers and your loved ones.
The Gift of Touch by St. Luke’s Hospital Learn practical tips from specialists from St Luke’s Hospital on how to communicate with your loved ones and create a more conducive environment for daily activities, suitable for persons living with dementia even at the advanced stage.
Touching Moments Art Therapy Workshops by Red Pencil Singapore & LASALLE College of the Arts
LASALLE College of the Arts and Red Pencil Singapore brings to you two art therapy workshops that feature creative activities and tools for strengthening of cognition, sensory stimulation, mindfulness, and self-identity.
Venue: Wet Workshops 1 & 2 at Keppel Centre for Art Education, National Gallery Singapore Date: 24 – 25 September 2022 (Saturday – Sunday), 10.30am – 1.30pm daily Registration link: https://enablingfestivaltouchingmoments1.peatix.com/ Venue: LASALLE College of the Arts at 1 McNally Street (Green Grass Frass) Date: 7 October 2022 (Friday), 10am – 1pm for public access Registration link: https://enablingfestival2022touchingmoments4.peatix.com/
Touching Moments Create a Fidget Blanket by Anjali Venkat
Join glass artist Angali Venkat in transforming society’s undesirable waste into works of art that also offer tactile stimulation to persons living with dementia, helping them to maintain fine motor skills, alleviate anxiety and boredom or even reinforce memory.
Touching Moments The Science, Art & Meaning of Touch by Vincent Yong
Get up close and personal with Danspire’s Vincent Yong, Singapore’s only Certified Movement Analyst and Registered Somantic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA), as he teaches the application of movement to experience the touch and emotive nature in human beings.
Venue: Art Playscape (My INK-credible Adventure) at Keppel Centre for Art Education, National Gallery Singapore Date: 9 October 2022 (Sunday), 10.30am – 12.00pm Registration link: https://enablingfestival2022touchingmoments5.peatix.com/
Un*Dead Art Exhibition
Enter the artistic realm of Danny Raven Tan, a sole caregiver for his 89 year old mother living with dementia, and find out how art has become an integral part of his caregiving journey.
Venue: SimpleArte Gallery, 15 Lor 8 Toa Payoh #06-01 Braddell Tech, Singapore 319262 Date: 16 September – 31 October 2022 (Friday – Monday) | Free entry
Talks
Little Red Couch (4 episodes) Find out how four inspiring individuals who are caregivers of family members living with dementia overcome challenges in their daily lives, and for some, the loss of their loved ones.
Associate Director Ms Low Seow Ling from Eden Law will touch on sensitive legal topics surrounding professional deputy and donee scheme. Ms Low is one of the registered Professional Deputies and Donees in Singapore.
In-Conversation #2 Night Respite Service by Vanguard Senior Care Centre (Woodlands)
Night Respite Service is a pilot programme in collaboration with AIC. It is a programme which aims to support caregivers of persons living with dementia displaying sundowning behaviour through the provision of short-term overnight respite care.
An intimate and honest panel discussion touching on topics that are taboo and almost morbid to many. Hear from panelists that include a hospital doctor, a caregiver, a funeral director and a family therapist.
Touching Stories – A Curated Showcase of The Enabling Festival’s Short Films A screening of specially curated shorts films revolving around dementia, caregiving, hope and resilience. The film screening seeks to celebrate the journey of caregiving.
Enable Asia is a Singaporean Social Enterprise founded by two caregivers to persons living with dementia, who are passionate in educating and raising awareness about the caregiving journey and also to enable those living with dementia. They envision working with an inclusive community to identify problems and co-create solutions through various key initiatives such as The Enabling Festival to achieve their objectives. For more information, visit www.enableasia.org.
ABOUT THE MAJURITY TRUST
The Majurity Trust is a philanthropic organisation that seeks to work with donors and charities to build a thriving and sustainable community for all in Singapore. For more information, visit www.majurity.sg.
ABOUT AGENCY FOR INTEGRATED CARE
The Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) aims to create a vibrant care community for people to live well and age gracefully. AIC coordinates and supports efforts in integrating care to achieve the best care outcomes for their clients. They reach out to caregivers and seniors with information on staying active and ageing well, and connect people to services they need. AIC supports stakeholders in their efforts to raise the quality of care, and also work with health and social care partners to provide services for the ageing population. Their work in the community brings care services and information closer to those in need. For more information, please visit www.aic.sg.
ABOUT DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY SINGAPORE
The Dementia-Friendly Singapore (DFSG) is an initiative, led by AIC and in collaboration with community partners, announced by the Ministry of Health in 2016 to address the dementia prevalence in Singapore. DFSG initiative aims to build an inclusive society whereby people know about dementia and mental wellness as well as persons living with dementia and their families feel respected, valued and confident to live well in the community.
ABOUT NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE
National Gallery Singapore is a leading visual arts institution which oversees the world’s largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian modern art. Situated at the birthplace of modern Singapore, in the heart of the Civic District, the Gallery is housed in two national monuments—City Hall and former Supreme Court—that have been beautifully restored and transformed into this exciting 64,000 square metre venue. Reflecting Singapore’s unique heritage and geographical location, the Gallery aims to be a progressive museum that creates dialogues between the art of Singapore, Southeast Asia and the world to foster and inspire a creative and inclusive society. This is reflected in their collaborative research, education, long-term and special exhibitions, and innovative programming.