I thought to myself that day.
Singaporean lady Ms Linda Tan attempted to scale Mount Everest a few weeks back...
And for her attempt, her company Great Eastern Life sponsored $50,000 worth of funds.
Wouldn't that large sum of money be put to better use helping the poor and needy instead?
Ok sure, if she really did manage to reach the top, she would have put Singapore on the map as an achievement.
But what of that?
Wouldn't the money be put to better use helping a needy family send its kids to school, helping a kidney patient afford his or her dialysis treatment, sponsoring an old folks' home, sponsoring a hospice, aiding a special needs school, aiding ACRES (Singapore's own wildlife sanctuary) and the list goes on and on and on...??
My two cents.
There might be others who disagree with me.
But I cannot think of a reason why spending $50,000 on helping one woman achieve her dream is more fruitful than spending that amount on possibly helping many others in more meaningful ways......
Food for thought....
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