Taking part in the Jan 24 show will be (back row, from left) Kym Ng, Michelle Chia and Constance Song, together with (front, from left) Desmond Koh, Zoe Tay, Guo Liang and Michelle Chong. The event will be minus controversial, daring stunts of previous years. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
THE Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre, which could end the financial year $10 million in the red, is reviving its TV fund-raiser next month to improve its finances.
The Jan 24 show - minus the daredevil stunts - will be the charity's first since 2007, when news broke that the authorities were looking into financial irregularities.
The probe ended last month with Ren Ci's former chief, Buddhist monk Ming Yi, being sentenced to 10 months' jail for misappropriating $50,000 and lying to the Commissioner of Charities.
But the case is not over, as Ming Yi is appealing against his conviction and jail term.
Before the scandal, Ren Ci collected $16 million in donations in its 2006 financial year, but donations have since dried up.
In its last financial year, which ended in March, it collected $3.1 million.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
theresat@sph.com.sg
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