Join Read With ST campaign and win treats

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Meet Mrs Lee Cheng Huan, a dedicated mother of three who curates and pins relevant articles from The Straits Times onto noticeboards at home. She uses ST to convey life lessons in the hope that her children will gain more knowledge about the world.
Housewife Lee Cheng Huan with her daughter Sarah and twin sons Timothy (in yellow) and Thomas. The Lee family are the first to be featured in the #readwithST campaign, which started yesterday. Mrs Lee has been cutting and pinning up news stories for
Housewife Lee Cheng Huan with her daughter Sarah and twin sons Timothy (in yellow) and Thomas. The Lee family are the first to be featured in the #readwithST campaign, which started yesterday. Mrs Lee has been cutting and pinning up news stories for her children to read for the past three years. PHOTO: NOISY CRAYONS PTE LTD

Almost every day, housewife Lee Cheng Huan sends her three children to school, returns home and sits down with a copy of the day's The Straits Times.

When she comes across something interesting or important for her children - daughter, 13, and twin sons, 11 - Mrs Lee cuts out the stories and pins them on a noticeboard in their study room for them to read when they are home from school.

The Lee family are the first to be featured in the #readwithST campaign, which started yesterday and ends on May 15. The campaign aims to encourage parents to read ST with their children, as a bonding activity and teaching tool.

During the campaign, ST readers can join a social media campaign to win prizes every week. Parents can relate the stories in ST to their own experiences, which they can share with their children and on social media with like-minded parents.

At least three entries will be picked each week, and winners will be contacted via e-mail or their social media account every Wednesday.

Prizes include tickets to Wild Wild Wet, Shaw movie vouchers and McDonald's breakfast coupons.

The campaign will also be paired with a subscription promotion offering Samsung tablets at discounted prices so that families can access and easily share Premium articles.

  • Prizes up for grabs

  • Win Wild Wild Wet tickets, Shaw movie vouchers, McDonald's breakfast coupons and more when you join the #readwithST campaign.

    Share a Straits Times article that you have read with your child on your Facebook or Instagram page.

    Post a nugget of wisdom that you and your child have learnt from the article, tag @The Straits Times and include the hashtag #readwithST in your post. Ensure that your Facebook posts and Instagram accounts are public.

    At least three entries will be selected each week. Winners will be contacted via e-mail or social media every Wednesday. Terms and conditions apply.


    SUBSCRIBE AND ACCESS ALL PREMIUM ARTICLES AS A FAMILY

    Subscribe to The Straits Times with a three-year contract. During this period, top up $9.90 every month to receive a Samsung Tab A (Wi-Fi) model. Optional upgrades are available at additional prices.

    The promotion ends on May 15. Visit stsub.sg/tablet to apply for the promotion or call 6388-3838 for more information.

Mr Warren Fernandez, editor-in-chief of Singapore Press Holdings' English/Malay/Tamil Media Group and editor of The Straits Times, said: "One of the best ways to equip our young is to give them enquiring minds. This will help them figure out their world.

"There is no better place to start doing that than reading about the world in the pages and platforms of The Straits Times."

Mrs Lee, 52, has been an ST subscriber for more than 10 years. She said she has been cutting and pinning up news stories for her children for the past three years.

"They need to know what is happening outside Singapore. I tell them they are in a fortunate family, but the world outside can be ugly.

"They have to know the facts of life; if not, they could grow up thinking the world is a cushy place."

Her husband, Dr Lee Kang Hoe, 55, works in the Asian American Liver Centre at Gleneagles Hospital.

When ST interviewed the family last December, they were on vacation in England and planning to visit Dr Lee's alma mater, Cambridge University.

Mrs Lee said that as a family, they have begun to discuss broad themes covered in the daily paper.

Their latest discussion was on Brexit, and whether it would cause things to be more costly in England. "That interests them because they were doing research on London before we left," said Mrs Lee.

Her daughter Sarah is now a Secondary 1 student at Methodist Girls' School, while sons Timothy and Thomas are Primary 6 pupils at Anglo-Chinese School (Junior).

Timothy said: "Mum always cuts out articles about animals, nature and what happens in Singapore. It is interesting to read about how humans impact the environment.

"My family loves nature, and we don't want animals to go extinct."

The children are starting to read more international news, said Mrs Lee. "My daughter is getting older, so I have asked her to start reading the papers on her own."

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on February 21, 2019, with the headline Join Read With ST campaign and win treats. Subscribe