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Playful Spaces, Joyful Places

As part of the Recreation Master Plan, more inclusive, accessible and diverse recreational options are planned islandwide.

Last updated 29 July 2025

More recreational spaces to meet different interests

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An island of green, blue and fun

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Everyday play-ces

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Involving community in play

An island of green, blue and fun

Map showing recreational opportunities islandwide

Our coast and waterbodies

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Go all around

Discover your Recreation Archetypes!

Nature lovers who advocate for parks, green spaces and outdoor activities.

Zen master

Nature lovers who advocate for parks, green spaces and outdoor activities.

Community, arts and heritage enthusiasts who appreciate creative spaces, community events and cultural activities island

Culture vulture

Community, arts and heritage enthusiasts who appreciate creative spaces, community events and cultural activities islandwide.

Sporty individuals who promote accessibility to sports and active lifestyles.

Active warrior

Sporty individuals who promote accessibility to sports and active lifestyles.

Retail and dining consumers who enjoy shopping and eating out to bond with family and friends.

Chill pill

Retail and dining consumers who enjoy shopping and eating out to bond with family and friends.

Everyday play-ces

A sporting nation

Render of future Toa Payoh Integrated Development
Toa Payoh Integrated Development.

Sport-in-Precinct (SIP)

Map of Sports in Precinct facilities islandwide
Render of future SIP facility
By end-2025, an SIP facility will be completed in front of Blk 119 McNair Road.
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Emerging sports

Living well with nature

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12 more therapeutic gardens across Singapore to achieve a total of 30 by 2030.
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Additional contemplative landscapes in our parks and gardens to enhance mental health.
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More nature playgardens within parks.
Allotment gardens at Kent Ridge Park
Allotment gardens at Kent Ridge Park.

Neighbourhoods of discoveries

People on a guided tour of Katong Joo Chiat
Families playing childhood games

Arts for all

Elderly at a workshop

Paper Tanjak Workshop as part of ArtsEverywhere@CDC by NADI Singapura at Kampung Admiralty

Indian dancers
A more playful Punggol
Playground
PLAY@Punggol: Wow, A Crocodile!

Transforming underutilised spaces

Below flyovers and viaducts
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Singapore's first touchtennis court under the Central Expressway viaduct near 51 Jalan Bukit Merah.
School sport facilities
Multi-storey car parks (MSCP)
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Clover@Tengah’s Sky Sports Park above the MSCP
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Open Spaces

Involving community in play

Creating more inclusive and accessible play spaces

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KPMG Wellness Garden at East Coast Park is designed to ensure inclusivity for all age groups.

Enlivening public spaces

Vibrant atrium space
POPS at One Holland Village.

Reimagining state properties

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New Bahru (Former Nan Chiau High School).

Bringing life to places

Public artwork
Where that River Always Flows at Jalan Berseh.

Apply to the Lively Places Fund

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Step 1

Have an idea

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Step 2

Gather your community

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Step 3

Apply to the fund

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Step 4

Implement together

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Step 5

Enjoy and maintain

Injecting a sense of delight into the public realm

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“A Spring in Your Step” (2021) by Ripple Root on hoarding of CapitaSpring at Market Street.