Singapore program offers 165,000 warm meals to 3,000 residents
What's new: 1,000 lower-income households will get S$500 in meal credits redeemable from September at about 30 food lockers.
More than 3,000 lower-income residents in Singapore's Tampines, Punggol and Pasir Ris-Changi areas will receive free warm meals from September under a new yearlong program run by OCBC and the North East Community Development Council. About 1,000 households will each get S$500 in meal credits, enough for roughly 165 meals, to redeem through a mobile app at around 30 food lockers near HDB rental blocks. The initiative aims to deliver 165,000 meals over 12 months. Meals from Chang Cheng Group will be halal-certified and rotated across more than 50 options, with at least eight choices a day. Lunch pickups run from noon to 3 p.m., and dinner from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.