Mr Heng yesterday announced the collaboration between Samsui Supplies and StanChart in training persons with disabilities for jobs in the F&B sector.SPRING rolls and baked cajun chicken roulade were some dishes - prepared by persons with disabilities - served at the Company of Good Fellowship networking dinner held on Wednesday at the Enabling Village, a community space at Lengkok Bahru.
Standard Chartered Bank contributed S$160,000 to the project, and Samsui Supplies will tap into its food and beverage experience to train this group of people. The kitchen in Enabling Village is equipped with facilities that mirror industrial kitchens in a commercial setting, and the equipment and processes have been adapted to meet the needs of the users.The group will be given training and placed in jobs offered by a partner network of F&B operators, which include Soup Restaurant.
Ang Kian Peng, director of Samsui Supplies, concurred, adding:"We see potential in the PWD segment with the right training. They are a valuable source of labour that the companies can develop . . . It takes a village to create an ecosystem of having a suitable talent pipeline, supporting them through the training process, and transiting them into a new job environment."