Wednesday, January 18, 2006

TODAYonline (Singapore)-SAVH seeks redemption

TODAYonline: "SAVH seeks redemption
Interim chief hopes to regain IPC status and funding


Jasmine Yin
jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg

WOOING back public confidence and restoring its charity funding are at the top of the Mr Tan Guan Heng's checklist.
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The new interim president of the Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH), said that he decided to take up the post last week after much persuasion from the executive committee, members from the blind community and community leaders.
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'It was a more than difficult decision,' said the blind writer candidly. 'But if your house is on fire, do you try to put out the fire, or do you stand idly by and let it burn to the ground and hope in vain that the phoenix will rise from the ashes?'
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His appointment came after former president Lyn Loh resigned this month, citing 'personal reasons'.
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Mr Tan, who was the first blind president of the former Singapore Association for the Blind between 1975 and 1980, will hold this interim post until SAVH's 400-strong members elect him in at a meeting on Feb 25.
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