Red Cross Knowledge Lesson 2 (Cont'd)

IMPORTANT ADDRESSES

Red Cross House (Head Quarters-HQ)
15 Penang Lane
S (238486)
Tel: 6336 0269

-HQ was completed and occupied on 1 July 1961


Red Cross Blood Centre
15 Penang Lane
S (238486)
Tel: 6336 0269

-It was officially opened on 18 March 1984


Red Cross Ambulance Service
15 Penang Lane
S (238486)
Tel: 6336 0269

Emergency hotline No.: 6337 3333
Non- emergency hotline No.: 1777
Opening days: Monday- Saturday
Opening hours: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Red Cross Home for the Disabled
72 Elizabeth Drive
S (660000)
Tel: 6762 1029

- It was officially opened on 19 Aug 1989


Red Cross Home for the Physically Handicapped Workers
Blk 191 Boon Lay Drive
#01- 164/204/216
S (640191)
Tel: 6336 0296

- It was established in 1972 at Blk 20 Yuan Ching Road but was later acquired by HDB for other purposes.
- It moved to its new premises on 1 July 1989


Red Cross Campsite
62 Jalan Khairuddin
S (457524)
Tel: 6224 1957


IMPORTANT POSITION HOLDERS IN SRCS (Singapore Red Cross Society)

Patron: His Excellency, Mr. S R Nathan, President of the Republic of Singapore

Chairman: Lt- General (Retired) Winston Choo

Secretary General: Mrs Geri Lau

RCY’s Director: Mr Lau Hock Soon

Information about Singapore Red Cross Society (SRCS)

Red Cross work in Singapore began in 1949 as part of the British Red Cross Society and SRCS was incorporated by an Act of Parliament on 6 April 1973.

From its humble beginnings in a small borrowed office in a government building in Empress Place, the Red Cross operation centre moved to premises in former Maxwell Road Outpatient Dispensary and then on to the Asian Insurance Building.

As early as 1952, the uniformed Red Cross groups were established and soon followed by various welfare services.

In 1964, Singapore Red Cross ceased to be a branch of the British Red Cross Society and incorporated into the Malaysian Red Crescent Society in 1st July 1965.

With the separation of Singapore from Malaysia on 9th August 1965, the Singapore Red Cross found itself in an independent and sovereign Republic and began to take steps to constitute itself into a National Red Cross Society and work for international recognition.

SRCS was incorporated by an Act of Parliament on 6 April 1973 and it was admitted into the federation as the 120th National Society in November 1973.