390 Tampines St 21
Singapore 529400
3 July 2008
Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister of National Development
Member of Tampines GRC
Dear Mr Mah
FEEDBACK ABOUT THE PLAYGROUNDS IN TAMPINES
I am Koh Kang Wei from Pasir Ris Secondary School. The purpose of writing this letter to you is to give you some suggestions on how to improve the current playgrounds that are found in the Tampines areas.
Firstly, about the advantages of the current playgrounds in Tampines, the places where they are currently located are very suitable for the young children. The playgrounds are near void decks and are very convenient for the young children as they do not have to walk a distance in order to go to the playground. Instead, the playground is just a stone’s throw away. And by having a playground near the void decks, their parents will be more relieved for their children safety when they go to the playground nearby.
Our project on creating a playground is aimed for children with terminal illness. These children with terminal illness may fear going to the playground as they may be afraid of spreading it to the other innocent children. So my group and I have come to a decision of creating this playground.
We intend to use safe materials to make this playground so that none of the children who go to that playground will be injured. The materials that we planned to use are rubber, plastic and metal. We designed the playground such that the floor around the playground is made of rubber so that if they fall down, they will not be hurt. Plastic and metal will be used for the building of the playground because they are safe materials which will not harm the children in any ways. I would also like to recommend that we should show more concern to this type of special people by putting more games for them and we should make them feel that although they are handicapped in a certain way, they still can enjoy what others are enjoying.
Finally, we hope that you will make use of this idea when you are planning to build a playground in future. When building a playground, we should think more for the special people. Thank you.
Yours Sincerely,
Koh Kang Wei
