Bukit Panjang Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) collaborated with Cashew grassroots, the National Crime Prevention Council and Cashew Community Art and Culture Committee to organize the launch of the Scam Prevention Wall Mural @Cashew at Blk 544 Bukit Panjang Ring Road on 24 January 2016.
The event seeks to generate awareness on the various types of scam and the preventive measures against scams among the residents.
Grassroots Advisor Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah Group Representative Constituency graced the event as the Guest-of-Honour.
Scam Prevention Wall Mural Design CompetitionThe Scam Prevention Wall Mural Design Competition aims to engage the youths with meaningful art activities and at the same time, to keep them away from negative influences during the December school holidays. The murals will also help to spread scam prevention messages and promote crime prevention awareness among the residents. This is a 3 month-long youth engagement project.
The competition involved youths aged between 13 and 21, forming a group of four to participate in the competition. The groups submitted their mural artwork concepts which were then judged by various stakeholders. Five artwork concepts were chosen as winners out of which the top 3 winning teams were invited to paint their artworks on the walls allocated to them. The champion winning team comprised of four youths aged from 14 to 15 from West Spring Secondary School.
The 5 winning teams were awarded prizes during the launch of the Scam Prevention Wall Mural. The prizes were sponsored by the National Crime Prevention Council.
The walls painted with the scam advisory murals are found at the following locations:
Blk 544 Bukit Panjang Ring Road, near lift lobby and RC Centre (Winning Design)
Blk 180 Lompang Road near RC Centre (2nd placing)
Blk 543 Bukit Panjang Ring Road, near lift lobby (3rd placing)
During the wall painting period, community policing officers from Bukit Panjang Neighborhood Police Centre conducted regular visits to the blocks to interact with the participants.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL
The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is a non-profit organization committed to promoting public awareness and concern about crime and to propagate the concept of self-help in crime prevention. The Council comprises representatives from the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as from the public sector and the Singapore Police Force (SPF).
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
24 January 2016 @ 3:55 PM