SINGAPORE: Singapore, it seems, has been hit by a wave of panda craze since Kai Kai and Jia Jia arrived from China on Thursday.
Collectible
panda plush toys, which resemble the two pandas, created a snaking
queue at Plaza Singapura. The shopping mall was one of six locations
island-wide where the toys were being sold.
Singapore Airlines is
raising funds for children with special needs through the sale of the
toys. Each panda plush toy costs S$20.
All funds will be donated to the Community Chest.
Each member of the public may acquire a maximum of four panda toys, while stocks last.
Community
Chest General Manager Tan Bee Heong said funding requirements for
children with special needs have increased by 47 per cent compared to
last year, so it was timely to raise funds for the 36 programmes
supporting children with special needs under the care of Community
Chest.
Community Chest aims to raise S$72.3 million this year to
help support 82 charities in running 219 critical social service
programmes.
The funds raised will benefit over 300,000 people,
including children with special needs, youths-at-risk, persons with
disabilities, lonely and frail elderly and families-in-need.
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