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ABOUT 1,200 needy families on Monday received food rations, courtesy of a joint philanthropic effort by a Taoist and a Hindu temple.
The recipients, many from elderly and single-parents households, were from neighbourhoods in Sembawang, Chong Pang, Canberra, Nee Soon East, Nee Soon central & Nee Soon South.
Each got a package containing 5 kg of rice, a packet each of beehoon, instant noodles and sugar and a can of baked beans.
The giveaway cost the Hock Huat Keng and Sri Veeramuthu Muneeswarar temples $25,000, with supermarket chain NTUC FairPrice chipping in by giving a 20 per cent concession on the food items.
It was not the first time the temples have come together for charity projects like this.
For many recipients, like Madam Som Bte Raskit, a 56-year-old single mother to three boys, the food rations are a buffer against rising food prices for at least a while.
Another recipient was Madam Gopal Jaiyanthi, 54, a single who lost her security guard job recently when she had to undergo surgery on her hand.
She said: 'I am not sure when I will find another job, so this will certainly help.'
The two temples, which sit side by side in Yishun Industrial Park A, had help from the community to organise the food giveaway.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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