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ANNUAL REPORT 2013 27
above:
Tiger Balm was given out to needy
villagers by medical volunteers at a
mobile clinic in Cambodia.
below:
Tiger Balm partnered The Avon
Walk for Breast Cancer in the
United States to offer emotional
support and encouragement
to breast cancer survivors and
promote public awareness.
The charity visits to UWS were
widely covered in the local TV news
reports and succeeded in promoting
greater public awareness of the need
for the society to provide support
to people with disabilities as well
as to their caregivers.
Haw Par Healthcare (HPH) continued
to extend care and comfort to those
in need at the fringes of society in
regions where the company conducts
business.
This year, Singapore recorded one of
the most serious dengue outbreaks
in recent years. Recognising the
vulnerability of the elderly and the
young to dengue fever, a painful,
debilitating mosquito-borne disease,
Haw Par Healthcare (HPH) donated
Tiger BalmMosquito Repellent Spray
and Patch to charities such as the
Jamiyah Children’s Home and the
Rochor Kongsi Home for the Aged.
In response to the devastation that
Typhoon Haiyan inflicted in the
Philippines in November 2013,
HPH joined the Red Cross Relief
effort with donations of Tiger Balm
Ointment as part of the essential
frst aid and medical supplies to
help the recovery of the victims.
In November 2013, HPH contributed
Tiger Balm Ointment for the mobile
clinics organised by the Lutheran
World Mission to provide medical
aid to remote villages in the Kampong
Chhnang Province of Cambodia.
Having only limited access to medical
care, the villagers, mostly needy
elderly and families, were appreciative
of the much sought-after Tiger Balm
which helped alleviate their aches
and pains resulting from long hours
of work in the felds.
To empower the young to create
a compassionate society, HPH
supported a number of initiatives
championed by youths including
the annual medical review for
the needy elderly in January 2013
conducted by the National University
of Singapore Pharmaceutical Society
titled ‘Know your medicines. Get it
Right’. Other charities that beneftted
from HPH’s product sponsorships
included Singapore Children’s Society,
National Kidney Foundation and
Orange Valley Nursing Home.
In our commitment to promote health
and well-being for all, HPH supported
various health forums conducted by
public hospitals and endorsed health
walks and community runs, as well as
international and national marathons
and cycling tournaments such as the
Paris Marathon in France and the
Amstel Gold Race in Holland. In the
United States, HPH was a sponsor for
the 2013 All Sports Summer Festival
with the tennis legend Michael Chang
and also partnered The Avon Walk
for Breast Cancer in a national series
of 39-mile weekend walks in San
Francisco, Chicago and New York.
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