SBAV Chap Goh Meh Charity Dinner On 21 Feb   2008, the SBAV organised a dinner at the Golden Ballroom, Fortuna  Hotel.  The event was to enable members  especially those who were away from their families to celebrate Chap Goh  Meh  -   the 15th day of the Lunar New Year.   In fact, is we had more than one good reason to gather and celebrate. The occasion also marked the 10th Anniversary of the SBAV.  Singaporeans have ventured into Vietnam long ago but it was in 1998 that the community formed and registered SBAV.  We have the founder members to thank for making that move.  Singaporeans since then have an official organization and platform here in Vietnam to represent them and for assistance in networking On the night of the event, we had a joyful breaking news  -  that Singapore had won the bid to host the first ever Youth Olympics in 2010.  This really made us Singaporeans feel proud.  It is a testament that the IOC recognizes the organization ability of Singapore and that the small island country has the spirit as well as backing of its people. The greatest reason to celebrate was that the event brought out the true spirit of the Singapore community and friends.  About 390 Singaporeans and friends responded to SBAV’s appeal for support for our charity project.  Besides paying US$50 each to attend this charity dinner, they responded by donating very generously when the Exco members and Ambassador T K Lim went on stage to sing “We are the World”.  After deducting expenses, the event raised nearly US$22,000 for the SBAV charity fund. Thank you very much for your kind support and donation.  Special thanks to Dennis Tee, our Honorary Secretary who flew back to Hanoi at his own expense to be MC for the event.  Fortuna Hotel once again supported greatly, this time by charging a much discounted rate for the dinner, thus enabling us to net a bigger surplus for the fund.  Notable mentions are donations from Frankie Ang and Tan Ah Yau.  They have left Hanoi but kept very much in touch with SBAV. The SBAV knows that success in raising this charity fund is not the end but the start of our social work.  We now have the fund needed to carry out projects at the Center for Year 2008.  They include English language and IT classes for the orphans and handicraft and physiotherapy classes for the disabled aged. In Summary: Total donation                   =       US$10,090    plus   VND37,600,000 Table sales               =        US$19,500 Total expenses         =        US$10,403  9,853 Surplus Generated   =     US$19,187   plus   VND37,600,000 Listed below are details of donations and table sponsorship
Cash Donation:
1. Ms Jesskie	-  VND500,000
2. Ms Sasha and family	-  VND500,000
3. Mr Lim Choon Seng	-  VND1,000,000
4. Mr Wong Seong Wei	-  VND1,000,000
5. Mr James Chia	-  VND1,000,000
6. Mr Koo Chin Kit	-  VND1,600,000
7. Mr Ong Yew Kheng	-  VND1,600,000
8. Mr Tan Ah Yau	-  VND1,600,000
9. Mr Tan Hwee Tang	-  US$200
10. Mr Frankie Ang	-  US$200
11. Mr Thng Tien Tat (OCBC)	-  US$200
12. Mr Jason Phua	-  US$200
14. Great Eastern Life	-  US$500
15. Falcon Inc, Mr Low Heng Huat	-  US$500
16. HE Mr T K Lim	-  US$500
17. Singapore Embassy in Vietnam	-  US$500
18. Norfolk Hatexco JVC, Mr Royce Kwok	-  US$1,000
19. Singapore Technologies Telemedia	-  US$3,000
20. Citibank	-  US$1,000
21. Donor at event	-  US$100
22. Lee Puay Eng at event	-  US$100
23. Ms SS Lim at event	-  US$30
24. Individual booking (7X$50)	-  US$350
25. Human Jackpot collection	-  VND2,300,000
26. Table collection (We are the World)	-  US$1,410
	-  VND26,500,000
Total	-  US$10,090
Plus	-  VND37,600,000
Table Booking  39 tables @ US$500
1.  4 P Co	19. Lee Puay Eng
2.  C S Ong Co	20. May 19 Textile
3.  Ciputra	21. May 19 Textile
4.  Cisco	22. Norfolk Hatexco JVC
5.  Citibank	23. Norfolk Hatexco JVC
6.  K A Chua	24. Pan Horizon
7.  Falcon Inc, Mr Loh	25. S T Telemedia
8.  Falcon Inc, Loh	26. Sedona
9.  Fortuna Hotel	27. Singapore Embassy in Vietnam
10. Gamuda	28. Sommerset Serviced Residence
11. Great Easten Life	29. Sommerset Serviced Residence
12. Hanoi Club	30. UIC Vietnam
13. Hatay Brewery	31. UIC Vietnam
14. Jason Phua Co	32. VSIP
15. Johnny Tan	33. UMW
16. Keppel Land Vietnam	34. DBS
17. Kinderworld	35. SingLun Holdings
18. Kinderworld	36. IAV
37. Frasers	38. PwC
39. Desmond X4, Mailinh X3, John Lian x2, Gary Lim
	SBAV Celebrates CHAP GOH MEI Photo Gallery

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