Newstead
Technologies raised over $21,000 from the
Bid to Give
Charity Auction
Singapore,
April 7, 2013 –– Newstead Technologies, a major consumer electronics retailer
in Singapore, today announced that they have successfully raised $21,963 for
The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (SPMF) from the Bid to Give Charity
Auction. The highest bidder for the Bid to Give Charity Auction was Mock Siow
Ping with a bid of $1,849 for the Panasonic Toughbook CF-SX2.
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| Crowd at Bid to Give Charity Auction 2013 |
A
total of 27 brand new laptops were up for bids at the two-day charity auction
held at Jurong Point Shopping Centre. Ang Yu Qian, a NUS student who bided for
the Dell Inspiron 14 said, “I was going to buy a new laptop for my sister and
decided to get one at Bid to Give for the charity element. I think it is a very
good initiative and I am happy to participate.”
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| Successful bidder, Ang Yu Qian and his Dell Inspiron 14 |
Civil
Servant Ling Chih Kang went home with an Acer
Aspire V5-131 and a Dell XPS 13. “This is the second time that I am
participating in the Bid to Give Charity Auction. I was at the first Bid to
Give two years ago and decided to join the auction again this year for a
charitable cause. I hope Newstead
Technologies will continue to organise such events and I will definitely be
here again.”
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| Mr Ling Chih Kang, all smiles with his brand new Acer Aspire V5 and Dell XPS 13 |
“We
would like to thank our partners and public for their generous support. We are
happy to be able to contribute to SPMF and will continue to organise charity
drives to give back to the society,” said Evelyn Chua, Chief Marketing Officer,
Newstead Technologies.
