Special Guests at the Eurasian Community House 2023 View fullsize Tea with President Halimah The EA was privileged to host President Halimah Yacob to tea at the Eurasian Community House (ECH) on 30 August. President Halimah is no stranger to the Eurasian community. She visited the ECH in March 2018, and officially launched the upgraded Eurasian Heritage Gallery in September 2019 during the EA's centennial celebrations, which has grown from a small room in 2003 to three galleries today. Funds from the President's Challenge have been channelled toward meaningful initiatives in EA's Family Support Services and Education - from sprucing up the homes of low-income Eurasian families living in one and two-room rental flats, to providing vital education aid to those who face financial constraints. The EA is grateful to President Halimah for her support of the EA throughout her tenure. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize New Year Lunch with Dr Tan See Leng EA President Sandra Theseira and MC members invited Minister for Manpower, and Second Minister for Trade and Industry Dr Tan See Leng, who is also MP of Marine Parade where the Eurasian Community House is located, to a new year lunch on 4 January. Members shared details on the EA's work and explored possible collaborations. From left: Percival Shepherdson (EA MC member), Edmund Rodrigues (EA MC member), Sandra Theseira (EA President), Vincent Schoon (EA 1st Vice-President), Caroline Lin (Minister's special assistant), Christopher Gordon (EA MC member), Martin Marini (EA Honorary Treasurer), Minister Tan See Leng, Yvonne Pereira (EA 2nd Vice-President), Lester Low (EA General Manager). View fullsize Front row from left: Yvonne Pereira (EA 2nd Vice-President), Minister Tan See Leng, Sandra Theseira (EA President), Vincent Schoon (EA 1st Vice-President). Back row from left: Martin Marini (EA Honorary Treasurer), Lester Low (EA General Manager), Edmund Rodrigues (EA MC member), Christopher Gordon (EA MC member), Percival Shepherdson (EA MC member). View fullsize With Minister Tan See Leng (4th from right) at the Eurasian Heritage Gallery. From left: Edmund Rodrigues (EA MC member), Percival Shepherdson (EA MC member), Martin Marini (EA Honorary Treasurer), Yvonne Pereira (EA 2nd Vice-President), Christopher Gordon (EA MC member), Lester Low (EA General Manager). View fullsize The EA hosted Ben J Benjamin, Secretary of the Jewish Welfare Board, to lunch on 19 April at the Eurasian Community House. View fullsize From left: Lester Low (EA General Manager), Sandra Theseira (EA President), Ben J Benjamin, Percival Shepherdson (EA MC member). View fullsize View fullsize Visit by SPS Mdm Rahayu Mahzam The EA was honoured to have Mdm Rahayu Mahzam, Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Law, visit the Eurasian Community House on 6 June. EA President Sandra Theseira, along with a few MC members, had a productive discussion on youth engagement, heritage and culture. View fullsize