Adjournment motion on better designed, more spacious HDB rental flats to live well

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Children from rental flats who are in a football programme run by Nee Soon South, Yishun Health and SportsSG have poorer hand-eye coordination and could not throw or catch as well as other children. This could be the result of space constraints at home.

They have less room to play at home, and this affects their psychomotor development. MP Carrie Tan cited this example to make her case for the Government to study the impact of living spaces on early childhood development outcomes in an adjournment motion in Parliament on Tuesday . “How can we expect children to study, play, learn and grow up well physically, emotionally and mentally in such conditions?” she asked.

They have less room to play at home, and this affects their psychomotor development. MP Carrie Tan cited this example to make her case for the Government to study the impact of living spaces on early childhood development outcomes in an adjournment motion in Parliament on Tuesday . “How can we expect children to study, play, learn and grow up well physically, emotionally and mentally in such conditions?” she asked.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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