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The Religious Rehabilitation Group (Abbreviation: RRG; Malay: Kumpulan Pemulihan Keagamaan; Jawi: كومڤولن ڤموليهن كاڬامأن; Chinese: 宗教改造小组; Tamil: மத மறுவாழ்வு குழு) is an organization of voluntary Islamic scholars and teachers in Singapore who assist in the religious rehabilitation and counselling of radicalised and self ...
Another milestone in Singapore Prison Service's history was the official opening of Tanah Merah Prison and Changi Women's Prison/Drug Rehabilitation Centre on 23 April 1994 by Minister for Home Affairs Wong Kan Seng. In 1998, Chua Chin Kiat took over as Director of Singapore Prison Service from Poh Geok Ek when the latter retired.
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Singapore; Muslim Kidney Action Association (MKAC) Muslim Missionary Society Singapore (Jamiyah) Muslim Social Welfare Association of Sembawang; Muslimin Trust Fund Association (Darul Ihsan) Nanyang Technological University Welfare Services club; National Arthritis Foundation; National Cancer Centre ...
In 2000, a plan was revealed to consolidate the 14 prisons and drug rehabilitation centres (DRCs) that were scattered across the country into one mega complex at Changi Prison location. [34] The complex would sit on a site of area 48ha at a cost of S$1.07 billion; however, freeing up 61ha of land, which would make way for residential ...
Drug rehabilitation is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and street drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and amphetamines.
In the 1950s, the government tackled drug activity more aggressively through legal means, vice operations, and the establishment of an Opium Treatment Centre on St John's. They revised the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance of 1951 in 1953 to increase their authority to prosecute opium-related crimes, and initiated vice operations, such as the major ...
In 2016, STAR responded to two separate hostage situations in the flats of Ang Mo Kio and Sembawang, in which both events involved stand-offs for more than ten hours. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In May 2018, STAR was involved in a covert operation to swiftly apprehend two Taiwanese weapons smugglers who were part of an organised crime syndicate that was busted ...
After Singapore gained self-government and the 1959 Singaporean general election, the matching grant from the colonial government was cancelled. The Sisters had to adjust their plans to cater for a 60-bed hospital instead of 200 but would be fully equipped to provide medical, surgical and maternity care.