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7 December 2005, Minister of State (MOS) Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
presented the Community Chest with a piece of calligraphy on
which she wrote the Chinese characters ‘Qi Jia’ . She was initially
bashful about displaying her talent in the art as she felt that
her writing was rather ‘rusty’, as she had not been practicing
for some years. The last time she wrote anything was under the
watchful eyes of her father many years ago. According to MOS,
she used to dread calligraphy as her father was very strict
with her, but looking back, she realized that all that discipline
had not gone to waste, as she was applying her skills for a
good cause now.
MOS chose the two characters, ‘Qi Jia’ because she felt that
these words were representative of the work MCYS did. The characters
‘Qi Jia’ were part of a bigger epigram from the Confucius school
of thought that exhorted citizens to cultivate the self, and
then build stable families as they are the foundation of peace
in one’s country.
MOS’s calligraphy, together with the works of nine other ministers,
will be put up for auction, with the proceeds going towards
the Community Chest. Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Dr Yacoob Ibrahim
and Abdullah Tarmugi were some of the ministers who contributed
their works to the charity project. 
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