43 Jalan Mariam
Singapore 509321
Hakeem Ali Bin Noordin

1st July 2008

Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister for National Development
Member of Tampines GRC


Dear Mr Mah

Upgrading of Playground Facilities

I am writing this letter to inform you about my group findings and project. We were instructed to create a blog about a playground then create a 3D model which we were told to hand in. My group and i have created a playground for the emotionally or physically challenged to help them relieve their stress and make them forget about the past.

There will be a swing made of rubber, a slide, punching bags to allow them to vent their anger on, a bridge and also different type of coloured tiles to express happiness to make them fell happy. The playground is also eco-friendly. This can also increase their self-esteem which they lack of.

Knowing that this is a project to create a playground, this is why I want to reflect about the playground in neighbourhoods. Playgrounds in Tampines are very inefficient and non eco-friendly which is why I am also writing this letter to feedback about them. I realize that they are very dangerous and are constructed at a very high height which can cause injuries in smaller children ageing from toddlers to adolescents. They could injure themselves if they are not careful.

I suggest that they lower the height of playgrounds and also allow ladders or even poles to be installed. By doing so, this can help the children to have different ways to go into the playground and even go out.

Yours faithfully,

Hakeem Ali Bin Noordin
Student of Pasir Ris Secondary School