By Mildred Ee |
Tanjong
Pagar GRC Body and Mind Sports Day 2004
The first ever Tanjong Pagar
GRC Body and Mind Sports Day 2004 was officially launched by
Guest of Honour, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, Acting Minister for Health
and Senior Minister of State for Finance and MP for Tanjong
Pagar GRC and Adviser to Moulmein GROs.
Mr Khaw was joined by Mr Heng Chee How, Mayor of Central Singapore
District, Associate Professor Koo Tsai Kee, Senior Parliamentary
Secretary, Ministry of National Development and Defence, MP
for Tanjong Pagar GRC and Adviser to Tiong Bahru GROs, Mr Chay
Wai Chuen, PBM, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC & Adviser to Queenstown
GROs, Dr Chong Weng Chiew, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC & Adviser
to Radin Mas GROs and Ms Indranee Rajah, MP for Tanjong Pagar
GRC & Adviser to Tanglin-Cairnhill GROs. |
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If you are trying to stay fit
and healthy by putting yourself through exercise binges and crash
diets, think again.
Some 2,000 residents found out during the Tanjong Pagar GRC Body and
Mind Sports Day 2004 that staying fit and healthy means keeping the
body and mind active by playing various sports and games regularly
and eating properly.
The event, which took place on March 7, saw participating residents
from six divisions, namely Moulmein, Queenstown, Radin Mas, Tanjong
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Tanglin-Cairnhill and Tiong Bahru, take an hour-long brisk walk from
their respective divisions to Henderson Secondary School.
They started trickling into the school at nine o'clock and while the
older folks found refuge in the hall to rest, those with energy left
to burn gathered at the field for a short session of the Great Singapore
Workout.
Dressed in yellow tee shirts and dark track pants, participants and
grassroots leaders engaged in 30 minutes of light aerobic activity. |
After
the workout, participants scrambled to the courtyard to pit their
mental skills against each other. Many senior citizens were seen crowding
around the xiang qi section eager to show off their mental agility.
The younger contestants, however, preferred international chess and
jigsaw puzzles.
Those tired after the brisk walk and workout session made a beeline
to the air-conditioned hall for magic shows and dance performances. |
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