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02-12-2015, 05:06 PM
SINGAPORE — In a concerted push to help the growing population of seniors here lead more active and fulfilling lives in their golden years, the Ministerial Committee on Ageing announced a comprehensive raft of initiatives spanning areas such as lifelong learning, employment, housing volunteerism.
There are also plans to enhance housing infrastructure, such as by co-locating eldercare and childcare facilities in 10 new HDB Built-to-Order projects in the next decade, to encourage inter-generational bonding. Prospective residents at Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong West, Toa Payoh, Woodlands, Yishun, Bidadari and Punggol can look forward to these co-located facilities. This will benefit executive condo residents such as those from The Terrace EC , Waterwoods EC and Amore EC in Punggol as well as Signature EC at Yishun and Parc Life EC.
The centrepiece of this S$3 billion national blueprint — put together after a year of consultations with some 4,000 Singaporeans from various walks of life — is a new network of community and educational institutions that will roll out more than 30,000 learning places for seniors by 2030.
Called the National Silver Academy, it will comprise up to 100 voluntary welfare organisations, community organisations and post-secondary education institutions when it is launched next year. It aims to curate a wide range of courses in areas such as information technology, social media, photography and the arts, which seniors can take up not only for employment, but also for interest.
Following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s announcement on Sunday’s National Day Rally that the re-employment age will be raised from 65 to 67 by 2017, part of this action plan will be geared towards helping older workers keep healthy. The National Seniors’ Health Programme hopes to reach out to at least 400,000 seniors aged 50 and above by 2030 through healthy lifestyle campaigns and programmes targeted at seniors.
There are also plans to enhance housing infrastructure, such as by co-locating eldercare and childcare facilities in 10 new HDB Built-to-Order projects in the next decade, to encourage inter-generational bonding. Prospective residents at Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong West, Toa Payoh, Woodlands, Yishun, Bidadari and Punggol can look forward to these co-located facilities. This will benefit executive condo residents such as those from The Terrace EC , Waterwoods EC and Amore EC in Punggol as well as Signature EC at Yishun and Parc Life EC.
The centrepiece of this S$3 billion national blueprint — put together after a year of consultations with some 4,000 Singaporeans from various walks of life — is a new network of community and educational institutions that will roll out more than 30,000 learning places for seniors by 2030.
Called the National Silver Academy, it will comprise up to 100 voluntary welfare organisations, community organisations and post-secondary education institutions when it is launched next year. It aims to curate a wide range of courses in areas such as information technology, social media, photography and the arts, which seniors can take up not only for employment, but also for interest.
Following Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s announcement on Sunday’s National Day Rally that the re-employment age will be raised from 65 to 67 by 2017, part of this action plan will be geared towards helping older workers keep healthy. The National Seniors’ Health Programme hopes to reach out to at least 400,000 seniors aged 50 and above by 2030 through healthy lifestyle campaigns and programmes targeted at seniors.