Land 618km²　Population:2,705,000

　

　Capteh: shuttlecock game. The idea of the game is to keep the shuttlecock airborne by kicking it as many times as possible.

　Gasing: top spinning. This is a traditional game of the Malays.

　Congkak: a board game.

　Five stones: normally played by girls, two or more can play in which point is scored when a player completes the eight steps in throwing and catching the five "stones".

　Goli Panjang: a game using marbles.

　

　1) Jogging

　　(10.5% or 0.25 million people, weekly)

　2) Swimming

　　(7.6% or 179,000 people, weekly)

　3) Walking

　　(5.4% or 127,000 people, weekly)

　4) Soccer

　　(4.9% or 113,000 people, weekly)

　5) Badminton

　　(3.5% or 90,500 people, weekly)

　6) Basketball

　　(2.8% or 66,000 people, weekly)

　7) Cycling

　　(2.6% or 61,000 people, weekly)

　8) Tennis

　　(1.7% or 41,000 people, weekly)

　9) Golf

　　(1.5% or 39,000 people, weekly)

　10) Gym Workout

　　(1.4% or 38,000 people, weekly)

　Source: National Sports Participation Survey (1997)

　

　At Event Venues

　1) Soccer

　2) Swimming

　3) Basketball

　4) Badminton

　5) Tennis

　

　On Television

　1) Soccer

　2) Basketball

　3) Swimming

　4) Badminton

　5) Tennis

　Source: National Sports Participation Survey ( 1997)

　

　Singapore Sports Council Act (1973)

　

　Singapore Sports Council (Sports Library)

　Address: 15 Stadium Road, National Stadium, 397718

　Tel: (65)3457.111

　Fax: (65)3409.537/4409.205

　http://www.ssc.gov.sg

　

　Singapore Sports Council conducts "National Sports Participation Survey"taking samples from 5,600 in 1997.

　

　There are 83 Constituency Sports Clubs in Singapore. Currently, we have a total of 1,350 members in the 83 CSCs. Each CSC Management Committee comprises 17 to 25 members who are officially appointed by SSC (on recommendation by the Adviser).

　

　* Sports For Life Fitness Assessments

　1) The Sports For Life Walk is a 2 km walk,　ideal for housewives and senior citizens who are taking individual fitness assessments for the first time.

　2) The Sports For Life Run is a 2.4 km run which measures one's aerobic fitness based on the time taken to complete the distance.

　3) The NAPFA Challenge evaluates a person's general fitness by appraising his strength, flexibility, endurance, power and agility through a battery of 6 tests.

　* The NASSA (National Survival Swimming Award) scheme is designed to educate and create awareness of the knowledge and competence in the basic skills of survival swimming to ensure an individual's safety during an emergency.

Address: 15 Stadium Road, National Stadium, 397718

Tel: (65)3409.580 Fax: (65)3409.575

e-mail: Soon_Min_Yam@ssc.gov.sg

http://www.ssc.gov.sg

　

　October, 1973

　

　Mr. Ng Ser Miang

　Title: Chairman

　Occupation: Businessman

　

　Governmental organization: A semi-government body or statutory board under the Ministry of Community Development and Sports.

　

　Mission Statement: Towards a Sporting Nation

　Major Objectives:

　1) To promote sports as a way of life among Singaporeans through regular participation in sports and fitness activities.

　2) To promote sports excellence through identifying, cultivating and nurturing a pool of potentially high performance athletes to be national sports heroes and role models, and to achieve more medals in sports.

　3) To provide and co-ordinate the provision of quality sports facilities to Singaporeans and keep such sports facilities accessible and affordable with quality service.

　4) To educate the general public and promote greater awareness on adopting a sporting lifestyle.

　

　Full-time staff: 913 Part-time staff: 14

　Temporary staff: 3

　

　Approx. US$42 million (2000)

　Approx. US$42.6 million (2001)

　

　1) Regional Sports & Fitness Centres (RSFCs)

　　Currently, 11 RSFC^S Which are community-based sports centres with a full range of sporting facilities and sports and fitness programmes cater to the sporting needs of the residents and companies in the community. A total of 15 RSFC^S Will be set up by 2002.

　2) Sports For Life Fitness Assessments

　　Fitness assessments conducted free-of-charge monthly to allow Singaporeans to measure their fitness levels. The three types of fitness assessments are Sports For Life Walk, Sports For Life Run and NAPFA (National Physical Fitness Award) Challenge.

　3) Learn-To-Play Schemes

　　31 different, affordable and accessible schemes which allow Singaporeans to learn the basic skills of a sport for lifelong enjoyment: Aerobics, Aqua Aerobics, Badminton, Boxercise, Floorball. Gateball, Ground Golf. Gymnastics, Inline Skating, Kick Boxing, Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa/Qigong, Line Dancing, Mini Golf. Mini Tennis, Netball, Petanque, Pickleball, Recreational Dance, Rowing, Sailing, Snorkelling, Soft Volleyball, Sports Climbing, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taiji, Tennis, Taekwondo Aerobics, Touch Rugby, Woodball and Yoga.

　4) ClubFITT Gymnasiums

　　Fitness gyms located at all RSFC^S offering state-of-art equipment and professional instruction at affordable rates.

　5) Constituency Sports Activities

　　SSC provides guidance and subsidies to 83 Constituency Sports Clubs (CSC)to promote and organize recreational and competitive sports activities for residents. 13 Inter-Constituency Games are also organized annually to allow residents to represent their respective constituencies in competitive sports.

　6) Employee Fitness Programme

　　Implemented through RSFC^S to help companies set up sports and fitness programmes for employees, conduct fitness seminars and talks and train company staff to be qualified fitness instructors.

　7) National Mass Events

　　SSC works closely with various sports service providers to organise more than 40 mass sports events for Singaporeans. Some major events include National Leisure Cycling, National Sports Carnival for Women, The New Paper Big Walk, National Family Swim, World Walking Day, Olympic Day Run, Senior Citizens'Sports Fiesta.

　

　1) Infant and Pre-school children (Age 0 to 5) :
　　Kindergarten/Education Centre Sports Day.

　2) School children(Age 6 to 12) :
　　Physical curriculum in schools. Sports activities and competitions organised by the Co-curricular Activities Branch of the Ministry of Education and the Singapore Schools Sports Council.

　3) Adolescents(Age 13 to 16) :
　　Physical education curriculum in schools. Sports activities and competitions organised by the Co-curricular Activities Branch of the Ministry of Education, the Singapore Schools Sports Council and National Sports Associations. Sports programmes organized by Regional Sports and Fitness Centres' Youth Sports Clubs.

　4) Adult women :
　　National Sports Carnival for Women, Mass International Folk and Recreation Dance Night, Housewives Keep Fit Scheme, Learn-To-Play Schemes (especially more popular among women) such as Aerobics,  Aqua Aerobics, Netball, Yoga etc. InterConstituency Netball Tournament and ladies' categories for other Inter-Con-stituency Games.

　5) Employees at work-sites :
　　Employee Fitness Programme, Workout After Work, Sports For Life Fitness Assessments organized for corporate companies, sports competitions and courses for employees.

　6) General people in the community :
　　Regional Sports and Fitness Centres' programmes. Sports For Life Fitness Assessments,Learn-To-PlaySchemes,Inter-Consti tuency Games, constituency sports events and activities organized by Constituency Sports Clubs (eg. mass walk-a-jog, mass swim etc.). ClubFITT gymnasiums, National Mass Sports Events.

　7) Aged people :
　　Senior Citizens' Sports Fiesta, Senior Citizens' Keep Fit Scheme, Learn-To-Play Schemes suitable for senior citizens (eg. gateball, groundgolf, pickleball, woodball, petanque, soft volleyball etc.), Sports For Life Walk, veteran categories for InterConstituency Games.

　8) People with disabilities :
　　Sports for the disabled organized by the SSC for the Disabled.

　

　1) Fitness Instructor Course

　2) Coaches and Instructors' Certification Courses

　3) Sports Trainer Course

　4) IOC Sports Administrator Course

　

　1) Ministry of Community Development and Sports

　2) Ministry of Education

　3) Ministry of Defence

　4) People's Association

　5) Health Promotion Board

　6) National Trade Union Congress

　7) Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association

　8) National Sports Associations

　9) Constituency Sports Clubs

　

　TAFISA

　ASFAA

　

　Changing Singaporeans' mindset and attitude towards sports. Many Singaporeans have the misconception that sports takes up a lot of time and often give the excuse that they have no time to do exercise due to their work and family commitments. They also mistakenly believe that one has to be fit in order to exercise, when in fact, on the contrary, one should actually exercise to be fit.

　Thus, the biggest challenge facing Sport for All movement in Singapore is making Singaporeans understand that playing sports is beneficial and can actually be easy and fun. The long term goal of Sport for All in Singapore is to cultivate a sports culture where every Singaporean understand and believes in the value of sports and voluntarily makes sports and exercise a lifelong commitment.