SINGAPORE: The People's Association Integration Council will be
adopting three approaches to bring new immigrants and Singaporeans
together to promote integration in the community.
It will intensify local integration efforts at the neighbourhood
level through Residents' Committees (RCs) and Neighbourhood
Committees (NCs).
A pilot Chit Chat session and Learning Journey will be
introduced at 20 RCs and NCs in the next six months.
Through the session, neighbours can get together to network and
bond on a more personal basis and talk about social norms and
neighbourhood issues.
The Integration Council will also multiply the outreach efforts
through partnerships and collaborative projects between immigrant
associations and various grassroots organisations.
To generate greater awareness of integration efforts, the
Integration Council will involve like-minded youths to be youth
integration ambassadors.
The Integration Council plans to work with institutes of higher
learning to train and appoint 150 youth integration ambassadors to
share positive stories about neighbourliness and graciousness
within the community on new media platforms.
These youth integration ambassadors could be matched to a RC or
NC near their homes so that they can join the grassroots volunteers
at various local community events to get to know the community
better.
- CNA/xq
