Pasir Ris Secondary school
390 Tampines Street 21
Singapore 529400
3 July 2008
Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister for National Development
Member of Tampines GRC
Dear Mr Mah
Feedback on playgrounds in tampines and how to improve them
About the playgrounds in tampines, I think that they are okay but they only lack the things that the needy need like more efficient playgrounds where all of them can play in like lets say a maze. But we had this project that made us think of building a playground so that more children with disabilities can use.
My group was selected to design a playground for children with terminal illnesses. As these are terminal illnesses, we should all know that these children are soon going to pass away. So we thought that as they are soon going to pass away, we decided to build the playground that can let those kids enjoy they remaining days.
We thought that as they should enjoy the remaining days in their lives, we made the floor rubber so when they fall down, they won’t get hurt. We chose bright colours not dark colours as we thought that as they are living their remaining days, we should brighten up their lives. We did not choose dark colours as I did not want them to feel sad.
My feedback on the playgrounds in tampines is that they are only made for normal kids like me. I think that they should be made so that all different children can all play in it. It should be made so that all can enjoy maybe even adults! The people who use these playgrounds should enjoy it but as the playgrounds in Singapore are made only for the normal kids, many people can’t enjoy them.
The playgrounds can be improved by making them bigger and more suitable for other kids and maybe adults. I hope that after you read this letter of mine you will re-build the playgrounds so that they can be played by all.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Yours faithfully,
Destin Koh, 2E6
Student from Pasir Ris Secondary
Making a Playground
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