NUMBER OF ACTIVE AGEING CENTRES SET UP IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ESTATES SINCE JANUARY 2024 AND CHALLENGES FACED

NOTICE PAPER NO. 3230

NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON 13 NOVEMBER 2024

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Ang Wei Neng

MP for West Coast GRC

Question No. 6332

To ask the Minister for Health (a) how many new Active Ageing Centres (AACs) have been set up since January 2024; (b) of these, how many AACs were set up in private estates; and (c) what are the challenges of setting up new AACs.

Answer

1        We have set up 214 Active Ageing Centres (AACs) thus far, including 60 new AACs since January 2024. As a result, the number of seniors living in private housing estates that are within the service boundary of an AAC have increased by about 10,000 to around 29,000 in the past year alone.

2        A key challenge of setting up new AACs is to find sites that are accessible to seniors, especially in the private estates. Besides accessibility, we will also consider whether the sites have adequate space and basic utilities needed to run programmes for seniors.