Singapore, 2nd November 2022 – ONERHT Foundation Ltd (“Foundation”), the corporate social responsibility vehicle of RHTLaw Asia LLP and the RHT Group of Companies (collectively, “ONERHT”), announced that its charity golf event had raised close to S$560,000 for disadvantaged groups – a core target group of the Foundation’s philanthropic mission.
Funds raised through the charity golf event will be used to support underprivileged families, as well as the elderly and their caregivers, through four local beneficiaries: PCF Sparkle Care Centres, Dementia Singapore Ltd, Life Community Services Society, and ARTDIS (Singapore) Ltd.
Ms Kaylee Kwok, Chairman of ONERHT Foundation, said, “With the strong support of the Foundation’s generous donors and sponsors, we continue to advance the Foundation’s initiatives and programmes across its four core pillars of education, environment and sustainability, disadvantaged groups, as well as arts and sports.”
Almost 250 golfers participated in the charity golf event held over three days on 14, 20 and 28 October 2022 at Sentosa Golf Club which ended with a gala dinner attended by Guest-of-Honour, Minister for Trade and Industry Mr Gan Kim Yong, and more than 180 guests.
In line with its goal of promoting sports, the Foundation entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Singapore Golf Association (SGA). Under the MOU, the Foundation and SGA will collaborate on various projects and outreach programmes to promote golf as a healthy sporting activity.
Mr Eddie Chua, Honorary Treasurer of SGA, said, “We are excited to partner with ONERHT Foundation to collaboratively achieve SGA’s strategic goals for golf in Singapore.”
Since its inception in 2015, the Foundation has with the support of its donors and sponsors been able to raise more than S$4 million for more than 15 charitable organisations. The Foundation is glad that it is able to make a meaningful philanthropic impact on the community.