Singapore Press Holdings’ youth charity concert ChildAid has raised a record $1 million to help needy children. The money raised will support two charities – The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund and The Business Times Budding Artists Fund.
Strong corporate support and brisk ticket sales boosted this year’s tally to $1,015,000 – double last year’s fund-raising total of $506,000. The concert’s takings crossed the $1-million mark after Citibank and PriceWaterhouse Coopers pledged $100,000 and $30,000 respectively yesterday.
This year’s concert will be held at Resorts World Sentosa from Dec 19-21. It will be the first event to be held at the integrated resort, which is the venue and production partner for the concert.
Tickets for the concert sold out last week.