Listen to extracts of personal accounts of grassroots leaders: their passion, challenges, and experiences in serving the residents, and their actual ground experience of how grassroots organisations work and developed over time in Singapore.
Highlights
Cheong Khim Teck
Interview with CHEONG Khim Teck
Accession Number 002949
Cheong Khim Teck shares his motivations as a grassroots leader at Marsiling, and the importance the role of grassroots leaders as a bridge between the community and the government.
Osman bin Sinwan
Interview with OSMAN bin Sinwan
Accession Number 004074
Grassroots leader at Hong Kah North, Osman bin Sinwan, explains the impetus to form the Inter-racial and Religious Confidence Circle (IRCC) after 9/11, and how it promotes inter-cultural and inter-religious understanding within Singapore.
Ronnie Ma
Interview with MA, Ronnie Soon Peng 马顺平
Accession Number 004080
Kampong Glam grassroots leader Ronnie Ma describes how he manages focus groups for different community groups, and explains why having an active citizenry is important in Singapore.
Mdm Salamah Abdoll
Interview with SALAMAH bte Abdoll
Accession Number 004414
Mdm Salamah Abdoll, grassroots leader at Fengshan and Tampines, shares about the joys and challenges of being a grassroots leader.
Leong Sing Wee
Interview with LEONG Sing Wee, JP, BBM (L) 梁诚炜
Accession Number 003878
The iconic bridge at Kolam Ayer’s Active, Beautiful, Clean (ABC) Waterfront has hosted numerous grassroots activities. Grassroots leader at Kolam Ayer, Leong Sing Wee, described how arts and community activities come together at the bridge.
Er. Dr. Lee Bee Wah
Interview with LEE Bee Wah (Er Dr) 李美花 (博士)
Accession Number 004088
Former Member of Parliament for Nee Soon South Er. Dr. Lee Bee Wah talks about the rollout of the community litter-picking initiative Hold it and Bin it (HABIT) at her constituency and how Nee Soon South pioneered neighborhood Designated Smoking Points.
Dr. Aw Leng Hwee
Interview with AW Leng Hwee (Dr)
Accession Number 002959
Hear about how Dr Aw Leng Hwee, a grassroots leader at Tampines West and Kembangan, once sponsored a computer to an underprivileged school girl for her education.
James Wong
Interview with WONG, James Kang Kin 王康健
Accession Number 004071
James Wong is a grassroots leader at Nee Soon South. He shares his views on the importance of family and friends, and how the youth can be encouraged to participate in their grassroots activities.