SINGAPORE: To help with living costs, the South West Community Development Council ( CDC ) on Sunday ( Mar 9 ) launched a Value Meals programme that will let residents redeem meals from vending machines located in their neighbourhoods.
Food and beverage ( F&, B) group Select is providing the vending machines and sponsoring vulnerable residents with S$ 600, 000 in credits to purchase the meals from 80 vending machines, most of which will be located under Housing and Development Board flats.
The dishes, ranging from burgers to reheatable food like grilled bird ho and dish chicken with corn, each expense S$ 3 or less.
About 80 Choa Chu Kang people who were at the start on Sunday each received S$ 300 in food credits on a mobile apps by Taste Asia, a company of Select.
South West CDC Mayor Low Yen Ling said that the funds will be provided to each of the 18 groups in the South West CDC, and the community officials will determine how to deliver the funds according to people ‘ needs.