Keppel Corporation Limited has announced a comprehensive package worth more than $4.2 million to help the Singapore community weather COVID-19. The package will be funded by voluntary contributions from the Keppel Group’s directors, senior management and staff, with dollar-for-dollar matching contributions from Keppel Corporation. This comes on the back of the Company’s earlier donation of over S$900,000 to support Singapore and international efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19.

Dr Lee Boon Yang, Chairman of Keppel Corporation, said, “As one of the largest homegrown companies in Singapore, Keppel will do what we can to strengthen national resilience in the fight against COVID-19. Through this package, we will provide support to the communities most affected by the pandemic, including healthcare workers and patients, lower-income families, as well as Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs).”

The CEO and CFO of Keppel Corporation, as well as CEOs of key Keppel business units, have volunteered to give up one month of their salaries in April 2020 to support this effort, while Directors of Keppel business units will contribute an equivalent amount of their annual fees. Other members of the Group’s senior management will forgo half a month of their salaries, while other Keppel employees in Singapore can contribute any amount of their choice.

This initiative, together with a matching contribution from Keppel Corporation, is expected to raise more than $4.2 million, which will be used in the following manner:

• About $3.5 million will go towards supporting lower-income households in Singapore, through rebates given by Keppel Electric, M1 and City Gas to residents living in 1 and 2-room HDB flats. The rebates will be rolled out starting from 1 May 2020 and are expected to benefit more than 40,000 households. More details are provided in the Annex.
• A further $300,000 will be donated to The Courage Fund to support communities affected by COVID-19. This is in addition to the $300,000 earlier donated by Keppel Care Foundation, bringing Keppel’s total contribution to The Courage Fund to $600,000.
• $400,000 will be set aside to support Keppel’s frontline contract staff, such as cleaners and security personnel, who have been working tirelessly to ensure safety and health at the Group’s workplaces, and also to provide personal protective equipment, hygiene items and other essentials to vulnerable communities in Singapore. Keppel’s staff volunteers will work with the Group’s urban logistics arm, UrbanFox, and other partners to procure and distribute these items to beneficiaries over the next few months.

Any additional amount contributed by Keppel’s employees will be channeled to The Courage Fund.