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12 Mar 2024
2 mins
Festive Cheer at Sea: SMOU Brings Christmas to Seafarers

December is undoubtedly the most wonderful time of the year, with Christmas approaching and the year drawing to a close, paving the way for a new year.

On 6 December, SMOU and the Mission to Seafarers Singapore (MtSS) jointly celebrated Christmas with seafarers at the Jurong MtSS drop-in centre as well as vessels docked at the port. The Christmas celebration, organised by SMOU and MtSS, with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), is an effort to acknowledge the seafarers who work through the holiday season to ensure the continuity of world trade.

At the Jurong MtSS drop-in centre, more than 40 seafarers turned up for an evening of Yuletide celebration. Representatives from MPA (Ms Wan Fei Fei, Deputy Director), SMOU (Mr Gwee Guo Duan, Assistant General Secretary), and MtSS Management Committee Member (Mr Tom Bonehill, Norstar) were at the party, pouring out Christmas blessings and thanks to the seafarers. 

Amidst the Christmas feasting, seafarers were able to engage in fun and joyful connections with one another and with SMOU, MPA, and MtSS officials. Each seafarer was gifted with a Starhub SIM card for data and more presents. The seafarers appreciated the SIM cards, which would allow them more talk time when they connected with their loved ones.

The time of feasting and merrymaking provided much relaxation, recreation, and reconnection. A morale-booster! Seafarer Jordan Badeo from Ken Voyager was so glad he came, declaring, “This is my best Christmas as a seafarer.”

Ensuring that no seafarer would be missed out of the celebration, SMOU, MtSS, and MPA officials visited the vessels that were docked at the port—MV VIMB Brave, Sunrise Summer, Ken Voyager, and Seven Oceanic. The ship visits brought good tidings of festive cheer, feasts, and gifts to more than 60 crew members who were not able to join in the Christmas celebration at the drop-in centre.

Wishing all a holly jolly Christmas wherever you are.

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