The giant new Tuas Port is a boon for Singapore, but it presents an enormous challenge for the Mission to Seafarers.
Tuas is at the western end of the island, far from the Pasir Panjang and Jurong ports it will supplement. To say this will stretch the Mission’s resources is an understatement.
Frederick Francis and Chris Jones, the Mission to Seafarers Singapore’s new chairman and vice chairman, told TradeWinds that Tuas’ distance from the Mission’s drop-in centres in the two existing ports means a third centre is needed to cater for the welfare needs of the seafarers whose ships call at the new port.
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