Oral answer by Ministry of National Development on feedback on the Kampung Admiralty project and plans to expand the number of vertical kampungs

Nov 7, 2022

Mr Desmond Choo: To ask the Minister for National Development (a) what has been the feedback from stakeholders of the Kampung Admiralty project; (b) whether the Ministry has plans to expand the number of “vertical kampungs” to better prepare the nation for an ageing population; and (c) if so, when and where will these projects be undertaken.

Answer:

          Kampung Admiralty is a first-of-its-kind development, which integrates housing for the elderly with a wide range of social, healthcare, communal, commercial, and retail facilities. As the name suggests, we hope to foster a “Kampung” spirit where residents of all ages live, interact, and look out for one another. Feedback and outcomes from the project have been positive. For instance:

i.         Residents indicated that they feel a strong sense of well-being and belonging to their community. They also experienced high satisfaction in terms of ease of mobility, maintenance, and safety in their estates.

ii.        Service providers reported that the co-location of facilities and close proximity to residents enabled them to form better partnerships with one another, especially when organising inter-generational activities.

2        Following the success of Kampung Admiralty, HDB launched the next integrated development, Heart of Yew Tee, at Yew Tee Close in 2021. This development will integrate housing for the elderly with community facilities, such as a hawker centre, polyclinic, community club and a kidney dialysis centre.

3        HDB will continue to explore opportunities to develop more of such “vertical kampungs”, to foster stronger community bonds amongst Singaporeans, taking into consideration the availability of suitable sites and the needs of residents.

4        Beyond launching such integrated developments, HDB also takes a concerted approach in designing our residential spaces to encourage inter-generational bonding and bring greater convenience to our residents. For example, by co-locating childcare and eldercare facilities, where possible, in new BTO developments. For the upcoming November BTO exercise, we will be launching our second Community Care Apartments (CCA) pilot situated within the Health District at Queenstown. The CCA will be built together with the BTO flats in the same precinct, promoting inter-generational bonding as seniors living at the CCA and young families living nearby will all be part of the same community.