About 3,500 Woodlands residents turned up on Saturday (Jul 25) and walked along Champions Way in tribute to the Republic’s first President Yusof Ishak. At the event, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan presented S$104,000 to the Chairman of the Yusof Ishak Mosque Building Fund, Mohamed Ayub Johari.
The funds were raised from a series of the events led by Sembawang GRC MPs in the past two months for the new 4,500-capacity mosque in Woodlands which is due to open late 2016.
Among those who participated in the tribute walk were students from Raffles Institution, which was Mr Yusof’s alma mater, PCF pre-school students, footballers from the LionsXII and volunteers from the Yusof Ishak Mosque. Mr Khaw and his fellow MPs from Sembawang GRC Ellen Lee and Vikram Nair also joined in the walk.
The walking route was near the Yusof Ishak mosque site and the Singapore Sports School, in remembrance of Mr Yusof’s passion for sports.
Mr Mohamed Ayub said a total of S$3.2 million, out of a targeted S$3.5 million, has been collected so far.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
