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Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society

Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society was registered with the Registry of Societies on 22 April 1978 and was made the Commissioner of Charities on 26 April 1991. It is a Voluntary Welfare Organisation that aims to promote good morals and the universal virtues of filial piety, brotherliness, loyalty, trustworthiness, compassion and righteousness, without discrimination as to race, colour, creed or religion.

The Society offers help to all people by carrying out welfare services for the good of mankind, such as rendering free medicine and medical services and providing financial and personal support for those who are weak, old, poor, sick or disabled. Over the years, it has established several Child Care Centres, Family Service Centres, Free Meal Centres, homes for the elderly and disabled and other community, social and welfare services for the general welfare of the community. It also provides financial assistance, free tuition programme, free burial services, counselling and referral services, family life education, and education loan and subsidies for the needy.

The Society's early contributions include organising the Filial Piety Award and screening of filial piety films in cinemas to promote filial piety. In 1979, it set up a free clinic dispensing free western medicines and medical services. It also ran "Project Sunshine", a programme which has helped 60 poor families to pay their monthly rentals to the Housing Development Board. Its Emergency Relief Fund has given urgent cash relief to the poor. The Society has also actively organised competition and contests in schools to inculcate "Respect for Elders" and "Patriotism" in young children. In the late 1990s, the Society also set up the Moral Home for Disabled Adults, the first in Singapore to cater to intellectually-disabled adults. It is a development of the Moral Home for the Disabled, meant for children.



Author
Koh Lay Tin



References 
Directory of social services (pp. 470-481). (1998). Singapore: National Council of Social Service.
(Call no.: RSING 361.00255957 DIR)

Karaoke, company and comfort attract visitors to family centre. (1994, July 17). The Sunday Times, p. 26.

Network to help senior citizens. (1999, December 2). The Straits Times, Home, p. 64.

One-of-a-kind home opens. (1999, January 18). The Straits Times, Home, p. 21.

Upgraded one-room flats to get social services. (1994, December 22). The Straits Times, p. 19.

Welfare body wants more old folks to get free lunches. (1997, March 9). The Straits Times, Home, p. 26. 

Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society. (2001).  Retrieved August 20, 2002, from www.thkms.org.sg 

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Organisations>>Associations
Associations, institutions, etc.--Singapore
Public welfare--Singapore
People and communities>>Social groups and communities



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