Our next Olympian maycome from this sports park ...
Monday • August 25, 2008
TEO XUAN WEI
RESIDENTS in Bishan North yesterday welcomed the opening of one of the largest outdoor sports facilities in Singapore right at their doorsteps.
The opening of the 23,000-square-metre park along Bishan Street 23 is another step towards the Government’s push to develop the local sporting scene, said MP Zainudin Nordin yesterday.
“Bishan Active provides a convenient place for our youth to engage in sporting activities, and discover their talents”, added Mr Zainudin, who is also mayor of Central CDC.
“Who knows, among them we may find our next Olympian in the making,” he added.
The Singapore women’snational football team, for one, has already signed up to use the football field there for their training sessions. Besides a jogging track, a basketball court and fitness corners, the park also features a beach volleyball court to “bring the young people to the park”, said Mr Zainudin.
Residents were at the park to take part in games and activities yesterday morning. Other MPs for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC, including Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng, Dr Ng Eng Hen,Mrs Josephine Teo and Mr Hri Kumar Nair were also present.
Student Janice Tan, 17, was particularly thrilled with the beach volleyball court: “We are the first estate to get a beach volleyball court ... It’s a great place for young people to hang out and interact.”
The mini-sports hub took three years and cost $1.8 million to build.
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