The majority of people in Sungei Siput in Perak live in poverty, struggling to make ends meet. Recognising a dire need, the Sisters set up a house there in 1984. Besides helping the poorest families there with basic household necessities, the Sisters have been providing tuition in English to students and housewives. The first house in Sungei Siput proved inadequate and in 1990 the Sisters moved to bigger premises that has a kindergarten and a children's centre.

The enrolment at the Sacred Heart Convent in Malacca grew steadily over the years. In 1976 the Sisters in Malacca set up a small residential community in nearby Ujong Pasir to look into the spiritual needs of the people living in that area. The residents of Ujong Pasir are mostly Eurasians of Portuguese descent who make their living as fishermen. One of the primary aims of the Sisters was to provide them with a better education so that they could be taken out of their secular isolation and integrated into the nation. The community of Sisters in Ujong Pasir grew and the Canossian Convent School was set up there in 1982. Eventually the secondary classes in the Sacred Heart Convent were shifted to the Convent at Ujong Pasir.

In 1990 there were 87 Canossian Sisters in total in Singapore and Malaysia. The number of local Sisters had grown rapidly and our apostolic activities had expanded. In recognition of this, Singapore and Malaysia were accorded the status of Vice Province.

Differing political and socio-cultural stances began to be felt between Singapore and Malaysia. Administrative exigencies called for a restructuring of the Vice Province of St Anthony's, which comprised the two countries. On 1 January 1994, they were separated into two autonomous provinces. At that time there were 62 Sisters in Singapore and 40 in Malaysia, with 6 communities in each country.

At the request of the parish priest of the Church of St Anthony in Woodlands, Singapore, the Sisters set up another house in one of the government flats in that estate in 1997. The Sisters have had a certain measure of success in furthering the mission of our Foundress among the residents of the estate and initiating the precepts of Vatican II among the parishioners.

The Canossian movement in Singapore and Malaysia has come a long way since our pioneer Sisters first landed in Singapore in 1894. As we enter this new Millennium, our Sisters still strive to continue the work that our Foundress started. Animated by the unlimited love of Jesus dying on the Cross, we will continue to live out our Foundress' mission.