200 Upgrading Projects Unveiled for Jurong, Clementi, Bukit Batok

More than 200 upgrading projects were unveiled for the residents of Jurong, Clementi, and Bukit Batok on April 5, including a plan to make fitness corners safer for the elderly, as Jurong-Clementi Town Council (JRTC) launched its five-year master plan on April 5.

- Syarafana Shafeeq

In a major initiative, the town council will collaborate with Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital to ensure that new fitness corners in the town are designed with frailty-prevention in mind and are safe and suitable for elderly residents.

The town council takes care of the areas that will come under the newly formed Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC, where some 19 per cent of residents are above the age of 65.

Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said at the event that JRTC will work with physiotherapists from the two hospitals to not only select fitness equipment that is suitable for older residents, but also educate residents on how to use the equipment safely.

The physiotherapists will also curate training and fitness programmes for residents, under the wellness-focused estate development initiative, added Ms Fu, who is the MP for Yuhua SMC, which will be absorbed into the new GRC.

The partnership follows a six-month pilot programme in Bukit Batok and Jurong Central, where residents were educated on the proper and safe usage of fitness equipment.

Among the other plans unveiled in the masterplan is the rejuvenation of nine older estates in the town, including Yuhua and Clementi.