Annual Report 2005/06
  
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  Public Education Sub-committee   | Public Consultation Sub-committee |   Youth Sub-committee
  Responsible Gambling Sub-committee | Service Delivery and Research Sub-committee
 
 
 
Public Education Sub-committee
The Public Education Sub-committee is the largest sub-committee in the NCPG. Chaired by Mrs Mildred Tan, members include Dr Ang Beng Choo, Mdm Bibi Jan Mohd Ayyub, Mr Tan Thiam Lye, Mr Tan Kian Hoon, Rev Dr Edward Job, Mr Guntor Sadali and Mr Kwek Leng Joo.



The sub-committee's main roles are:

 
To evaluate and decide on public education programmes, including funding applications proposed by family service centres, voluntary welfare organisations, self-help groups, not-for-profit organisations or any other organisations approved by the Council.
     
 
To review the effectiveness of the Council’s public education initiatives on problem gambling.
 
To provide advice on the Council’s public education initiatives on problem gambling.

Achievements
The Public Education Sub-committee aims to create public awareness of problem gambling and the community help services available. To date, it has implemented various notable public education initiatives to help achieve its objective.

These include the launch of ‘Bet Your Life’, a specially commissioned 5-parter TV info-educational programme that featured real life case studies of problem gamblers and professional advice by social workers and psychiatrists. The series was produced originally in Mandarin for MediaCorp TV8 and further adapted into English for screening both on MediaCorp TV5 and TV Mobile. This material is also proving useful as a resource kit for voluntary welfare organisations and schools in conducting problem gambling education.

In addition, a series of educational articles have been published in the Lianhe Wanbao and Shin Min Daily News, in October 2005 and March 2006 respectively. This consisted of a line-up of case studies of gambling addicts, how problem gambling affected their families and help services/ tips offered by professionals. To inform the public on the harms of excessive soccer gambling during the World Cup season (June 2006), advertorials and editorials were also carried in major dailies and several lifestyle publications.

No public education campaign is complete without engaging the ground. The Public Education Sub-committee oversees a community funding programme that enables non-profit organisations to conduct problem gambling public education initiatives at the grassroots level. As of August 2006, it has approved a total of $50,000 out of its $150,000 made available for FY2006 (April 2006 to March 2007) to 6 individual organisations to run public talks, exhibitions and drama performances throughout the year.

The sub-committee hopes to measure its efforts through regular perception and attitude surveys done annually. This research aims to systematically track the awareness of Singaporeans towards problem gambling issues and the help services available.