SMRT Corporation Limited partners Johnnie Walker to empower social and physical mobility. 44 year old Finnish retired Formula 1 driver Mika Häkkinen was at SMRT’s Kim Chuan Depot giving ten BizLink members and some of SMRT’s Chrysler taxi drivers a ride of their life in a white Mercedes Benz CLA 200.
Desmond Kuek, President & CEO, SMRT Corporation Limited is pleased with the partnership with Johnnie Walker this year to offer 10,000km of free rides during the 2013 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix from 19 to 21 September 2013 as part of their joint effort to promote responsible driving and road safety.
We hear some of these taxis will be shuttling party goers home at the Johnnie Walker Circuit Lounge party at Marina Bay Sands, Saturday night.
What Mika Had to Share
“Everytime I am in Singapore, it is fantastic. Beautiful city and country. I started racing at 5 years old as a little boy. Different experiences of seeing the world and understanding the different cultures also thought me to learn to perform the best. It has been great to meet many interesting people on the way.”
“Advice from parents was to concentrate and learn the best out of yourself. Security is important in racing and by being secure and confident, then you can be successful.”
SMRT’s GIFT FOR MOBILITY
Mika took the Mercedes Benz CLA 200 on a spin as part of a demonstration. As part of SMRT’s CSR programme “Gift for Mobility, Mika took ten members from BizLink in batches on a ride in the car. SMRT Gift for Mobility programme is the organisation’s key corporate social responsibility initiative. It has funded over 7,600 beneficiaries through its partnership with CDCs,. hospitals and voluntary welfare organisations. Financially needy, physically disabled and less mobile individuals have benefited from the programme. More than S$1.06million has been used to help the 7,600 beneficiaries since 2008.
SMRT has offered people with special needs the chance to learn firsthand from an F1 professional driver the spirit of perseverance to succeed and complete the race in spite of all the challenges.
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