SINGAPORE - A rebuilt PAP Community Foundation Sparkletots centre in Joo Chiat will make early childhood education more accessible to those living in Marine Parade, said Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong on April 28.
In the 2010s, Joo Chiat became Singapore’s first all-private property constituency after its last remaining Housing Board blocks were acquired under the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme. “There are also other factors which include practical or logistical ones like transportation,” he added. “We will be studying to see how we can best support such families and help get their young children in pre-school.”
More than $2 million was raised to tear down the more than 50-year-old building and to rebuild it from scratch. Meanwhile, the ageing lease was renegotiated with the Singapore Land Authority and eventually came to include an adjacent parcel of land to expand the pre-school’s outdoor play area, said Mr Tong.
The larger outdoor space meant the school could launch an enhanced outdoor learning programme, which Minister Edwin Tong hopes to bring to other PCF Sparkletots kindergartens in Marine Parade. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO In 2018, Dr Tan had yet to enter politics but knew Mr Tong professionally. Both men now co-anchor Marine Parade GRC.
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