Write a letter to the Minister of National Development, Member of Tampines GRC, Mr Mah Bow Tan, providing him with feedback about the playgrounds in Tampines and suggestions to improve them (e.g. make them more Need-sensitive). You may include findings from your Playground Project to support your points. Your letter should be about 200-250 words long and you may want to include the following:- What your project was about and your findings (briefly)- how this led you to reflect on the playgrounds in your neighborhood- your feedback about playgrounds in Tampines- suggestions on how they can be improved



390 Tampines Street21
Singapore 529400

3rd July 2008

Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister of Nation Development
Member of Tampines GRC

Dear Mr Mah ,

LETTER REGARDING THE PLAYGROUND IN TAMPINES ESTATE
My name is Lee Jun Yi. I am a student from Pasir Ris secondary school which is located near the Tampines East. The purpose of writing this letter to you is to suggest on how we can improve the current playground to suit the disabled needs or the younger children.

The current playground are not suitable for young Children as they may get injury easily and it was not esthetically appealing too thus children with diseases or young children will not be attracted to it .So here is some points you have to take note of.

Firstly, we must look onto the safety of the children . I had seen a few cases in Tampines which young children liked to climb up and down and ended falling onto the ground. So I suggest ,instead of using concrete, we could use materials like rubber with smooth surface or cotton with a cover over it to prevent water from sipping into the cotton. Thus children who fell down will have lesser bruises and cuts.

Secondly , We should have use bright colors to paint the playground or make a play ground which is make out of cartoon character to make the children to felt happy after a day of torturing treatment who contracted with diseases. We could even add some feature to the playground , For example ,merry-go-round, colorful entrances or flying foxes , etc. So that they will be attracted to the games there , have fun and forget all the unhappy thing.


Lastly , I think that we should add shelter for the playground so that even rainy day, the children could also have fun playing the games at the playground.

After reading my suggestion , I hope you will consider my suggestion . Together, we will make a better playground environment for the resident and children staying there .

Terabithians
I was here at 10:57 PM

Pasir Ris Secondary School
Tampines Street 21
3 July 2008
Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister for National Development
Member of Tampines GRC

Dear Mr MAH

IMPROVING PLAYGROUNDS IN TAMPINES

I am Alvin Wong Junjie from Pasir Ris Secondary School and I am writing to you to inform you about the plight of most of the playgrounds in Tampnies and how can it be improved or you can just build a new playground.

As many of us know, all of the playgrounds in Tampines are not suited for the terminally ill children and the number of terminally ill children is on the rise. Recently, a terminally ill child, desperate for the playground, climbed up the monkey bar and got stabbed by a rusty nail on it. He got poisoned and died, and in another case, this 5 year old boy, after being confirmed he will die in three months, he went to the playground to play. He did not even have a chance to live for three months as while on the 3m slide, he fell through a hole and landed on another terminally ill child and both died.

I once again beseech you to build a new playground specially for the terminally ill children. I hope that we will walk with the terminally ill children towards the light at the end of the tunnel.

Yours faithfully,
Alvin Wong Junjie

Terabithians
I was here at 10:50 PM

Pasir Ris Secondary School
Tampines Street 21

3 July 2008
Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister for National Development
Member of Tampines GRC

Dear Mr Mah,

IMPROVING PLAYGROUNDS IN TAMPINES

I am Lee Wei Jie from Pasir Ris Secondary School and I am writing to inform you on how the present playgrounds around Tampines can be improved to facilitate the needs of the terminally ill.

Firstly, I would like to say although the playgrounds around Tampines are of decent condition and quality they do not allow children with various handicaps and especially those that are stricken with terminally illness play. The ground can be improved by ensuring that it is some what softer to cushion the impact in the event that the children playing may fall to the ground, thus reducing chances of injuries. The monkey bars should all be having rubber grips to ensure less slipping off the bars while playing.

Secondly, I would like to propose that the playgrounds utilize recyclable materials or materials that are biodegradable. One way to reduce environmental damage due to increased plastic usage is to use recycled metals and wood and reducing the usage of plastics.

Lastly, I would like to suggest some ideas that could be implemented into the playgrounds. One of the ideas can be to implement a maze into the playgrounds to stimulate the children into finding their way out of it, like the saying ‘there’s always light at the end of the tunnel’. I would also appreciate it if you could make a swing in the playground as swings are rather rare in Singaporean playgrounds.

I would appreciate it if you could consider my requests to improve playgrounds and make it more terminally-ill friendly, at the same time making it more eco-friendly.

Yours faithfully,
Lee Wei Jie

Terabithians
I was here at 10:49 PM

Write a letter to the Minister of National Development, Member of Tampines GRC, Mr Mah Bow Tan, providing him with feedback about the playgrounds in Tampines and suggestions to improve them (e.g. make them more Need-sensitive). You may include findings from your Playground Project to support your points. Your letter should be about 200-250 words long and you may want to include the following:- What your project was about and your findings (briefly)- how this led you to reflect on the playgrounds in your neighborhood- your feedback about playgrounds in Tampines- suggestions on how they can be improved

390 tampines St21
Singapore 529400

3 July 2008

Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister of Nation development
Member of Tampines GRC


Dear Mr Mah,

Feedback About The Playgrounds In Tampines
I am Luke Toh Rui Qi from Pasir Ris Secondary School which is located in Tampines. My purpose of writing this letter to you is to providing you with feedback about the playgrounds in Tampines and suggestions to improve them.

Firstly, I want to tell you about the advantages of the playgrounds I have seen before. I think the thing that most people benefit from is that it is near houses and flats children can go to the playgrounds any time they want. Now, I will talk about some disadvantages. Some playgrounds are not safe for certain age groups. For example, I have seen some cases in which young children had fell down while running. I suggest that you can use materials that while not cause cuts like cement for the floors for the playground. I think that will minimize the injury of the children who fall down and will cause lesser bruises and cuts.

My group have made a model of a playground and hope that you can take it to consideration. However, I will of course demand a sum of money for copyright. The playground has targeted children with terminal illnesses as our main focus. It has features like a castle, flying fox, merry-go-round, colorful entrances, etc. I believe that there will be many children with terminal illnesses in this neighborhood and really hope that you will consider about my suggestion. I believe that not only children with terminal will visit the playground. I also recommend that the playground should only be used by certain age groups so that it will not be abused by people for illegal gathering. I hope that you would take my suggestions into consideration and reply me as soon as possible.
Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
luke

Terabithians
I was here at 10:45 PM

390 Tampines St21
Singapore 529400

3 July 2008

Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister of Nation Development
Member of Tampines GRC



Dear Mr Mah

Feedback The Playgrounds In Tampines
I am Yong Teck Hui from Pasir Ris Secondary School and the purpose of writing this letter to you is to give some suggestions on how to improve the current playgrounds that are found in Tampines to better suit the children playing there.

Firstly, the playgrounds currently found in Tampines are close to void decks prove beneficial as little children would not be able to travel far from their houses to play as their parents would worry about their safety. The playgrounds located near housing estates currently are good as parents would be able to accompany their children downstairs to watch over them as they play so that they can feel relieved. They also have

Our project was targeted to children with terminal illnesses which may fear interacting with other children in playgrounds as they are afraid of spreading their terminal illnesses to other innocent children as we have made preventive measures such as wooden floors that causes a lot of friction of that the children will not fall easily and the rubber balls to cushion their falls into the ball pits. So, we have developed a playground to suit them with hidden meanings such as the maze which tells them not to give up and try to find the way out and even the castle which represents how strong they must be in the battle with their illnesses.

This has led us to reflect it in the playgrounds in Tampines as the children are afraid to interact with other children or may be too shy to play with them just as the children with terminal illnesses fear to interact with others. The children would not be able to enjoy themselves thoroughly and so our playground which has places with hidden meanings which is able to help the terminally ill children would be able to help the children in our neighbourhood.

I would like to recommend that we create game which can be played only by groups of children so that they would be able to know each other and enjoy themselves or a maze with clues given so that they can work to together to get out. I hope that you would take my suggestions into consideration and reply me as soon as possible.Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,
Yong Teck Hui

Terabithians
I was here at 10:36 PM

Pasir Ris Secondary School
Tampines street 21

3 July 2008
Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister for National Development
Member of Tampines GRC

Dear Mr Mah

Improving Playground in Tampines

I am Muhammad Asyraf from Pasir Ris Secondary School. I am writing to suggest on how to improve the playgrounds in Tampines as the playgrounds are built for the normal children. Children with terminal illness would not be able to play in these playgrounds.

Present Playgrounds in Tampines are not suitable for children with disabilities as they may get injured very while playing on the playground. The physical state of the playgrounds is really very dangerous. Most of the playgrounds are made with metals. I would suggest the metals were to be wrapped with a softer material such as rubber. The floors should be in rubber and it should be wheel chair friendly so the wheelchair bound children would be able to maneuver around the playground easily. Handles should also be good for children who cannot walk by themselves. High elements are quite dangerous so try to reduce on high elements, maybe a maze would be fine. Maybe a pit of soft balls would be good to place in the playground.

These are my ideas of the playground that are suitable for disabled people. I hope you would consider my playground ideas in future playgrounds for Tampines estate. With this I conclude my letter.

Yours faithfully,
Muhammad Asyraf

Terabithians
I was here at 10:33 PM