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2 youths receive inaugural SPD Youth Aspiration Award

SINGAPORE: Two youths in Singapore were the first to receive the SPD Youth Aspiration Award given out by the Society for the Physically Disabled.

The award will help talented youths with physical disabilities studying in secondary one to university levels further their interests and talents in visual and performing arts, sports and community service.

The recipients of the inaugural award were 19-year-old Oh Boon Keng, who has the muscle wasting disease Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and 17-year-old Gopinath Subash, who is diagnosed with left hemiplegia which causes paralysis or weakness on the left side of the body.

The award provides each recipient up to S$5,000 to be used in the year to develop a talent, and covers such expenses as training sessions and equipment purchase.

The award was given out during an annual award-presentation ceremony at the Singapore Botantic Gardens on January 30 which saw some 157 students with disabilities and students with disabled parents receiving awards amounting to S$163,650.

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When: 02/3/2010