Elder-friendly pilot plan takes place in Feb

Tuesday, Dec14, 2010

Mypaper

I saw this article. As Singapore is an aging population, there are many elderly and when I saw that the government is taking more actions to accommodate the needs of the elderly, it is certainly a happy thing. Including the interior of flat, the traffic lights and other more, changes would be made to lighten the burden of inconvenience for the elderly. An example would be to change the speed of the traffic lights which might be too fast and the overhead bridges that would be too challenging for the frail elderly. In the article, Mr Lim, who is the Minister in-Charge of ageing issues. He said,” We want our senior citizens to be truly active participants in the community, not just seniors among seniors, but together with younger people."I totally agree his statement, the senior citizens also play a role in Singapore, there might be even some senior citizens who have made Singapore proud or even more outstanding then the younger people. Isn’t it good news to us too? Because one day, we will be the elderly ones in others eyes’ too. Ending with an old saying, “家有一老 如有一宝”which means having an elderly is a treasure in the family. There are both different perspectives in how you think of it, and this would be up to you.

Name: Felicia Tan

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