Latest Happenings
Dumpling Festival Celebration and Senior Fair
2019-06-14700 seniors participated in our Dumpling Festival Celebration and Senior Fair last Saturday at Nan Chiau High School! They had loads of fun immersing themselves in a wide variety of cultural activities, games and performances. Live Stations were also set up where everyone gets to try their favourite Muah Chee, Kueh Tutu and Dragon Beard Candy! The event will not […]
Financial Literacy Day
2019-06-04Managing a family’s finance is not solely the responsibility of parents, children have their roles to play as well! Held in Lifelong Learning Institute last Saturday, 78 families attended CDAC’s Financial Literacy Day. The workshops are specifically designed to meet the needs of different members of the family. Parents learnt how to better develop their career and skills, the use […]
Dragonboat Activity
2019-06-0175 seniors had an early celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival yesterday at the Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade. Almost half of them are above 70 years old, with our eldest participant, Mdm Soh Lim Fong, who is turning 82 in 2 months time! The seniors formed into 5 teams and had great fun competing in a friendly match. They demonstrated […]
Featured Stories
Getting his life back on track
2018-12-18Mr Tan Cheng Soon, 35, a father of two, remembers a time when he had difficulties making ends meet. As the sole breadwinner of his family, he fell on hard times when his contract as an associate engineer was not renewed in August 2017. He was in despair because he had to make loan payments on his flat, as well […]
A path towards a brighter future
2018-10-15As one of four school-going children in her family, 18-year-old Khoo Xin Ping is wary of putting extra financial burden on her parents. Her father is a general worker who does not earn much and her mother is a housewife. With CDAC’s support in the form of bursaries, activity fee subsidies and “Ready for School!” packs and vouchers, the family’s financial load has […]CDAC Song
