SINGAPORE, 8 May 2019 – What do an ex-CEO, ex-musician and a 15-year old teenager have in common? They are all graduates of HCSA Academy, which turns one today. Officially declared open a year ago, on 8 May 2018 by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Member of Parliament, Jalan Besar GRC, HCSA Academy is the latest programme...
Category: <span>Press</span>
President Halimah Yacob visits HCSA Academy and Highpoint
SINGAPORE, 5 November 2018 – President Halimah Yacob spent a fruitful afternoon at HCSA Community Services today, interacting with residents from HCSA Highpoint halfway house and graduates from HCSA Academy Culinary Training Centre. A charitable organisation with the Institution of a Public Character (IPC) status and a member of the National Council of Social Service...
Culinary Training Centre gives a “rice bowl” to ex-offenders
SINGAPORE, 8 May 2018 – One signed up for the course while in prison, while another hopes to be a chef someday. Dwight and Colin are amongst the inaugural batch of trainees at the newly-launched HCSA Academy Culinary Training Centre. Homeless after being released from prison, they had nowhere to go. HCSA Highpoint took them...
President Halimah Yacob visits HCSA Dayspring
SINGAPORE, 25 September 2017 – President Halimah Yacob visited HCSA Dayspring this morning, barely two weeks after being sworn in as Singapore’s eighth President. Accompanied by MPs Christopher De Souza and Alex Yam, the 63-year-old President toured the newly-renovated premises at Dayspring’s Residential Treatment Centre (RTC), the only Home in Singapore that provides trauma-informed care...