Cultivating a more gracious, kinder society starts at home, chairman of the Singapore Kindness Movement Koh Poh Tiong tells Sunuja Naidu

Softly-spoken and gentlemanly, Koh Poh Tiong is well-placed to be chairman of the Singapore Kindness Movement Council. He graciously pulls out your chair and later, writes you a letter thanking you for the interview.

SKM and Public Libraries Singapore have teamed up to conduct monthly story-telling sessions at United Square shopping mall. Targeted at children aged 4 to 8, the story teller will relate stories of good against evil and special friendships that resonate with the young in ways TV and the Internet cannot.