Essential questions

1. How can we make Singapore a non-aging country?
2. How can the government make Singapore an elderly-friendly country?
3. Can Singapore make healthcare and eldercare more affordable? How?
4. Why is Singapore becoming an aging population?
5. Can the elderly adapt to this type of environment? Why?

Understanding the Elderly Challenge part 1

Elderly-friendly housings are very important as Singapore population is aging very greatly as families want less children to burden their precious finances and time.

We can have shorter home leases for the elderly as they are not going to live for more than 50 years. The prices of the houses would be cheaper and hence, would not really affect the elderly having problems to pay for their houses and not making the elderly worry about paying.

Housing Development Board(HDB) could build special flats just for the elderly to stay. The flats would be built in away where the furniture, design, items and architect of their house would be elderly friendly like automated toilet bowl lower kitchen sinks and cabinets so that it would be easier for the elderly.

Barrier free society is important for the elderly as they can move around Singapore freely without the help of someone, there are not obstacles and they can feel at ease walking around. With this, elderly can get more engaged in social activities like having lessons at community clubs. They can also get more "updated in life".

Affordable healthcare and eldercare are important as elderly gets sick easily and their children have no time to take care of then so they send them to eldercare. Affordable prices are important as elderly are not working and do not have a source of income if they do not have children or relatives that can help them.

Lifestyle and well-being are important for the elderly so that they can get in touch of the modern world and can get more engaged in social activities. These also allow elderly to interact with their family members and have a greater bond with each other.

The government is taking specific measures to facilitate the aging population by varying the years of leases to the houses for the elderly. Reverse Mortgage are also incorporated so that the elderly can have a source of income for daily necessities and can live in a flat without worrying about rain or shine. They are also having more flats to rent for the elderly as it is cheaper for the elderly.

The government can encourage elderly to take a endowment plans for their whole life so that most of the medical bills that are required to pay are covered for. It is cheaper in the long term as elderly fall sick easily. Another way is to add additional medisave so that they can pay off for their medical bills.

1.I can help to give suggestions to the HDB on elderly-friendly designs for the flats.
2.I can invent a new item that is caters to the elderly.
3.I can help to brainstorm about how we can help the elderly better with the authority.

Problems of new Campus

My mindmap.

Open the file:)

SAM video:)

NEWater visit on 22/03/2010

1. Today I had learnt what are the four national taps in Singapore. I had learnt where NEWater are from. I had also learnt how the undrinkable water is filtered.

2. NEWater is the process of recycling sewage water into potable water. NEWater is the fourth tap of Singapore's water supply, besides local water catchment, imported water and desalinated water.

3. I had learnt more about the process of changing sewage water into potable water.

4. I must save water by using the water from washing the rice to water the plants.

Bad design!

The camera on my phone. It is located at the handgrip and cause users difficulty to take photos.

Solution: They should install the camera at the front of the phone as seen in the first picture, this causes more grip and allow the picture to be clear.
Bevan Koo's opinion.

My photos! All over Singapore!

1)Flowers, fountain, plants at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. They really help brighten the patients life.
2)Pointed light bulb with the fortune fish looking amazed at the switch. Oo.. It looks like kissing the wall too.
3)The red lantern hung at the air-conditioner in my father's friend house.
Circular lightings at the dining room facing the ceiling.
4)45 degrees to the floor staircase facing the green wall.
5)"DNA" lightings near the main door. The title says it all.
6)The weird looking red and black ball located outside Orchard Central.
7)Colourful wine bottles located outside The Pump Room at Great World City.
8)Full-filled wine bottles at Cold Storage, I wanted to buy one to drink for the festive season but I'm too young.
A photo taken at Great world City again. I took the advertisement about houses close up. I love the colour combination of the house.

9)The chandelier and small firecrackers taken from below. It looks like a hexagon.
10)Artificial roses brighten up my living room as the surrounding is blue.
Oranges were placed in a red crate on the table in my house's living room.


The faint colour sky as the background and the buildings(SST,HDB flat) as main items of this picture. It just match perfectly.
Some of the windows were not closed at that time when I took this photo, I find it very creative on how the windows are displayed in the photo.
The main item for this picture of the fire extinguisher were the reading meter and the ring as I found it very interesting on how I took the photo and causes it to look very nice.
The water host sign. I took it like this to make people feel like it was on the floor when taken.
The wonderful white drain located near the "pigeon hole".
Arh! The vast blue sky in the morning. I did not know it was that nice:)
The weird staircase in spiral land:_:
The perpendicular exit sign! At first, I did not know where to go... Which side?:)
Aah, my favourite pattern in the school. Nice and beautiful patterns facing the HDB flat:)

Theme for the photos:Perspective.