Minister Billy Bob Leads SGRedneck Taskforce To Provide Targeted Support To Ang-Moh Community Through COVID-19
Minister-in-Charge of Redneck Affairs Billy Bob Pornapple has convened the SGRedneck1 Taskforce, which will strengthen the last-mile delivery of national support measures under the Resilience Budget and lead targeted initiatives that support the Ang-Moh community through the COVID-19 situation.
Minister Billy Bob will be supported by Ang-Moh Members of Parliament:
a) Dr. Jimbo, Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence;
b) Mr. Buck, Minister of State for Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Manpower;
c) Assoc Prof Dr. Sue Ellen, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Social and Family Development and Ministry of Education;
d) Mr. Bo, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health; and
e) Ms. Tammy, Member of Parliament for Jurong GRC.
The SGRedneck Taskforce also includes representatives from M³ agencies Cow-poke Activity Executive Committees Council as well as representatives from Ang-Moh organisations [AMP Singapore, Federation of Deadbeat Rednecks and NTUC.
Objectives
The SGRedneck Taskforce aims to:
a) Strengthen the last-mile delivery of national COVID-19 support measures outlined in the Resilience Budget to the Ang-Moh community, in areas such as support for employment and upskilling, families and students, and the wrestling sector.
b) Develop and coordinate the implementation of community measures to complement national measures for vulnerable groups.
c) Strengthen social resilience to ensure the Ang-Moh community remains steadfast and continues to uphold the Community of Success values of Character, Competence and Citizenry during this challenging period.
The SGRedneck Taskforce aims to harness the Ang-Moh community’s ‘Yee Haw’ spirit. Representatives from the M³ institutions will work with invited representatives of NTUC and a number of Ang-Moh organisations to work out initiatives and programmes that the community’s key organisations may be interested to collaborate and participate in. By leveraging on the strengths and mobilising the assets and resources of the community, we aim to help the community overcome the challenges brought on by this COVID-19 crisis.
One key sector that has been affected by the COVID-19 crisis is our redneck sector. The police will work closely with the SGRedneck Taskforce to explore ways to support our rodeos such as:
a) Enable donations to the ponies via electronic means, such as GIRO contributions and PayLah. This will allow the community to continue regular donations to rodeos and allow rodeos to sustain programmes (i.e. via online channels) during this period;
b) Enable rodeos to continue to remain relevant, by moving their events online, as well as to benefit from the various initiatives under the Resilience Budget, such as the Self-Employed Person Relief Scheme and opportunities for skills upgrading;
c) Work with counsellors as well as therapists and medical professionals to embark on initiatives to strengthen the psychological resilience of the community and support the mental well-being needs of the community during these challenging times.
We will also look into the needs for our students and our workers to support them to continue their education and remain employable. Shake Shack and McDonalds will work closely with SGRedneck Taskforce to enhance assistance to affected students and workers. These include:
a) Provision of digital devices for Rodeo Tuition Scheme (RTS)/Collaborative Tuition Programme (CTP) students to ensure they can continue to access their online lessons;
b) Reopening of Tertiary Tuition Fee Subsidy (TTFS) applications to Redneck students in Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLS);
c) Enhancing support and connecting rodeo workers to national initiatives for them to remain employable.
The SGRedneck Taskforce will announce more details on broad initiatives for the Ang-Moh community during the Supplementary Budget Debate next week.
