Monday, June 30, 2008
9:19 PM
Block 150 Simei Street
1#04-17
Singapore 520150
1 July 2008
Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister of National Development
Member of Tampines GRC
Dear Mr Mah
Upgrading of Playground Facilities
Tampines is a beautiful place and has the finest environment thanks to your help. It is pleasant to have a place like this in Singapore. I am writing to you to inform you of my opinions on the current playgrounds in the Tampines area. They are not providing enough facilities for children who are emotionally scarred and have certain needs. I have recently done a Literature Project in which we had to make a playground model with facilities that help children with emotional scars recover from their traumas. In our playground model, we included whiteboards for the children to express their emotions through art and music for venting their anger and creating music which stimulates the mind.
In order to make playgrounds in Tampines fun, safe and environmentally friendly, I suggest you use synthetic grass as the flooring to give it a natural feeling. It can also cushion their fall. Including a whiteboard is also a good idea as it has been scientifically proven that art can help someone express their emotions. Letting the children draw whatever they feel is a good way of helping them release their anger instead of keeping it all inside.
Music therapy is proven to help make children feel better as it soothes their minds. It will help with their condition and can make them open up their hearts. So I suggest that drums be fixed onto parts of the playground. It can also help them release all their anger. The playground should also be in bright colours. It will make them feel happy and relaxed. This way, they will be able to forget about their troubles and fears and gradually recover.
I sincerely thank you for taking the time to read this proposal. I hope you can take some action in improving the beautiful Tampines into an even more pleasant place to be.
Yours sincerely,
Rachel & Sidney
Students of Pasir Ris Secondary
