1st 2026 CNY Lo Hei

Last night was my first lo hei for this year. And it was on the occasion of the NWCDC Mayor’s Network session.

This time it was held at the Houne at Clark Quay and was very well attended. I saw many new and young faces with many more women represented at the grassroots level.

This event is an opportunity for the CDC to inform the grassroot leaders on what has happened last year as a form of a report card and what to expect this current year. I have to say that there is so much funding available to the grassroots to plan meaningful activities for their residents.

And there is also so much money going to support the less well off, especially those living in the rental flats by way of rations, vouchers and precooked meals. I sometimes worry that this pool will only continue to grow bigger with an ageing population and that those in this pool continue to remain dependent on such help continuing ad infinitum. There has to be a way found to break this vicious cycle of poverty and poor education.