Change in service fees (Interpretation and Notetaking)
Due to rising operational costs, The Singapore Association of the Deaf (SADeaf) will formally introduce changes to the existing service rates that have remained the same for over 20 years.
The change will take effect from April 2019.
Prevailing rates:
| Service requested from | Fee per hour |
Minimum hours | Minimum Fee |
| Affiliates (such as SSD and MVS) | $10 | 3 hours | $30 |
| SADeaf Staff | ||
| Registered Client | ||
| Registry of Marriages | $10 | 2 hours | $20 |
| Voluntary Welfare Organisations | $20 | 2 hours | $40 |
| Government Boards | $30 | 2 hours | $60 |
| Legal | ||
| NCSS | ||
| Corporates/Groups | ||
| State/Family Court | ||
| Syariah Court | ||
| Unregistered Individual | ||
| Tourist | $50 | 2 hours | $100 |
New Rates:
| Service requested from | Minimum Fee for first 2 hours | Fee for subsequent 30min blocks |
| Affiliates (such as SSD and MVS) | $20 | $5 per 30min |
| SADeaf Staff | ||
| Registered Client | ||
| Voluntary Welfare Organisations | $60 | $15 per 30min |
| Institutes of Higher Learning (New Category) | $80 | $20 per 30min |
| Medical (New Category) | ||
| Government Boards & Agencies | ||
| Legal | ||
| Corporates/Groups | ||
| Syariah Court | ||
| Unregistered Individual | ||
| Tourist | $100 | $25 per 30min |
The Little Hands Bilingual-Bicultural Programme
A learning environment for children aged 7 and under to learn through play and exploration of their surroundings. The curriculum in this programme allows children with hearing loss to explore their environment and the activities at a level appropriate to their cognitive and learning development levels. It also provides a linguistic environment for children to develop their linguistic skills in Singapore Sign Language and English. They can practice the linguistic and social skills they have developed at home and in class in a broader social setting.
For enquiries, contact 6344 8274 or email littlehands@sadeaf.org.sg
Find out more about the Little Hands Bilingual-Bicultural Programme from:
1) Little Hands Video
Link: https://vimeo.com/vividsnaps/review/842358861/d18ee6cd4b
2) The Straits Times’ photo essay and story!
Eat with Your Family 2018
Our Office will close half an hour earlier @ 5pm on 16 November 2018, Friday for our staff members to enjoy quality time with their loved ones.
Founder and Pioneer Deaf Educator, Mr Peng Tsu Ying’s passing
Dear all,
It is with great sadness that we share with you, the news of our Founder and Pioneer Deaf Educator, Mr Peng Tsu Ying’s passing.
Mr Peng co-founded the Singapore Chinese Sign School for the Deaf in 1954 and became the first deaf principal in Singapore. His main goal for starting the school was to educate deaf children. He spent 35 years of his life teaching, inspiring and mentoring generation of deaf students. We owe it to our Founder and Pioneer Deaf Educator, Mr Peng Tsu Ying, to whom we should be profoundly thankful and grateful for.
Mr Peng’s extraordinary leadership and immense contributions to our Deaf and Hard-of-hearing community are widely acknowledged as we mourn the loss of our Founder and Pioneer Deaf Educator.
On behalf of our members and friends in the deaf community; my colleagues in the Executive Council, management and staff, we extend our deepest condolences to Mr Peng’s family.
Sincerely,
Martin Marini
President
The Singapore Association for the Deaf
24 October 2018
Seeing in Silence with Isabelle Lim
On Sept 29 (4PM – 6PM), Isabelle will be conducting a Today@Apple Photo Lab session with the public and towards the end of her session, she’ll share about the Purple Parade.
She will also unveil the Purple Parade video wall mural on the gigantic 8K screen which will run as part of the Today@Apple video wall playlist until Oct 27th. The event is held at Apple Orchard Road (270 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238857)
Eat With Your Family 2018
The Singapore Association for the Deaf supports “Eat with Your Family 2018” and “My Family Weekend, Bring Your Family to Work Day”.
Invitation to tender for IWD2018 event set up
SADeaf is pleased to invite you to tender for IWD2018 event set up.
| Deadline for receipt of tenders : | 31 August 2018, 12 pm |
| Award of tender to successful candidate : | 3 September 2018 |
The tender document is available at https://sadeaf.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IWD-2018-Tender-for-event-set-up.pdf
National Day Rally 2018
A link to SADeaf’s YouTube will be provided via SADeaf’s Faceback 2 hours prior to the commencement of the Prime Minister’s National Day broadcast which is scheduled at 6.45pm on 19 August 2018.
Please click the video links below:
Apply for the post of Deaf signer
For Self-Registration : https://goo.gl/Do2yBM
For enquiries, please email James at james@sadeaf.org.sg or SMS him at 9688 5073.