https://www.mccy.gov.sg/about-us/news-and-resources/speeches/2024/Mar/Enabling-more-Singaporeans-to-participate-in-sports
Enabling more Singaporeans to participate in sports, be inspired to excel and fulfil their diverse aspirations. Speech by Mr Eric Chua, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development at the Committee of Supply Debate 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVzNmeLY8Jg
Mr Eric Chua, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Social and Family Development, at the Co

https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sport-participation-at-an-all-time-high-in-singapore-gradual-increase-since-pandemic
SINGAPORE - More Singapore residents are walking, swimming and doing circuit training than before, as results from the latest National Sports Participation Survey (NSPS) showed that regular

https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/sport-participation-all-time-high-singapore-gradual-increase-pandemic
Over the years, SportSG has introduced various sports programmes and built several facilities to encourage more Singaporeans to lead a healthier lifestyle. In March 2022, it announced the $20 million Bring Sport Back plan aimed at reinvigorating sport participation through community runs and programmes, among other initiatives.

https://www.mccy.gov.sg/about-us/news-and-resources/speeches/2024/Jan/Partnering-Stakeholders-to-Enable-Singaporeans-to-Live-Better-Through-Sports
Partnering Stakeholders to Enable Singaporeans to Live Better Through Sports. Speech by Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Law at "Spotlight: Celebration of Times" Networking Series for Sports and Fitness Industry. 16 January 2024. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and all our partners from the

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/new-s20-million-plan-ramp-sport-programmes-bring-back-mass-participation-events-2554781
The Sport Green Plan will also provide platforms for Singaporeans to participate in the 3Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle, said MCCY. For one, plans are underway to expand a shoe waste collection

https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/media-centre/media-release/more-singaporeans-participating-in-sports/
The 2005 survey revealed that 48% of Singaporeans participate in some form of sports/exercise at least once a week, with more than half (25%) doing so at least three times per week. Singaporeans are also engaging in a wider variety of sports, such as gym workouts, in-line skating and beach volleyball.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-wants-successful-sporting-culture-not-solely-medals-eric-chua
The Government is focused on developing a sport ecosystem that supports athletes across the eight to 12 years needed to get to peak performance, he added. This is why Singapore has spent an

https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/support-resources/sport-and-exercise-participation-in-singapore/
The National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey (NSPS) is Singapore's only annual national survey on sport and exercise participation among citizens and permanent residents aged 13 years old and above. Data is captured via face-to-face interviews among randomly selected households from the Department of Statistics. Started in 1987, NSPS

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/sports-and-exercise-participation-survey-sportsg-all-time-high-3589866
This is Singapore's only national survey on exercise and sports participation. It was conducted continuously across the year, involving at least 4,500 residents - both Singapore citizens and

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/getting-people-active-and-playing-sports-study-provide-data-and-insights-help-cities-do
For example, the National Sports Participation Survey of 2017 showed that the percentage of Singaporeans who did not participate in sports shrank from 29 per cent in 2015 to 19 per cent in 2017.

https://www.sg101.gov.sg/social-national-identity/case-studies/sportssceneinsg/
The current "Vision 2030", which spans 2013 to 2030, lays out aspirations for Singaporeans, such as becoming "future-ready through sport" and tapping into "sport as a national language". One highlight of this vision is the creation of the Super Sports Club to help ensure more people stay active in sports after they leave school.

https://petir.sg/2023/07/06/sports-success-in-spore-is-also-about-opportunities-for-a-better-you/
A focus on the broader objectives of sports is coming soon for Singaporeans then, as well as the opportunities which result from them. These are many: Athletes reaching their maximum potential, more ways for Singaporeans to participate in sports, and communities as well as the nation rallying together cohesively.

https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/others/sportsgs-15-updates-vision-2030-masterplan
The updates will be put in place to ensure that the masterplan is relevant in the face of changing needs and demands of Singaporeans. Sport Singapore chief executive officer Lim Teck Yin revealed that at a time when "participation is at its highest ever", an update on Vision 2030 was necessary to push the envelope even further.

https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/files/Media%20Centre/Media%20Release/2020/March/Media%20Release_Sport%20Industry%20To%20Inspire,%20Transform%20And%20Emerge%20Stronger_v2.pdf
Sport Singapore uses sport to create greater sporting opportunities and access, more inclusivity and integration as well as broader development of capabilities. At Sport Singapore, we work with a vast network of public-private-people sector partners for individuals to live better through sport. To find out more, visit our websites and www

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/commentary-are-singapores-efforts-be-sporting-nation-half-hearted-838071
Structures like the Sports Hub may attract international sports events and enable Singaporeans to be inspired by world-class athletes on our shores, but clearly much more is needed to help us

https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sporting-events-3000-participants-return-under-bring-sport-back-plan-1839616
Updated March 11, 2022. SINGAPORE — Mass sports participation events are set to return, through more community events and sports festivals, as part of a "Bring Sport Back" plan, Mr Edwin Tong

https://www.mccy.gov.sg/about-us/news-and-resources/parliamentary-matters/2015/jan/sports-participation-framework
Dr Tan cited the National Sport Participation Survey in 2011 where the proportion of Singaporeans who exercised at least once a week dropped to 42% (from 50% in 2005). The NSPS is done once every 5 years, and so the next one is due in 2016. But in the years in between, we've done some annual surveys to get more updated data on sports

https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/media-centre/media-release/sport-as-strategy-opportunities-for-all/
Singapore, 13 February 2012 - After seven months of consultation with some 2500 people from the public, private and people sectors, the Vision 2030 Committee released its preliminary recommendations on how sport can be a key strategy to serve Singapore. The recommendations call for more opportunities and access for Singaporeans to play more

https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/cens/co14219-immigrant-athletes-in-singapore-when-gold-is-not-good-enough/
The hostility towards the sports scheme is so strong that even a local-born gold medallist at the recently concluded Asian Games in South Korea received the maligned "foreign talent" tag. Joseph Schooling's foreign-sounding surname led to his Singaporean-ness being called into question even though, like his grandfather and father, he was

https://www.todayonline.com/voices/enable-use-activesg-credits-school-facilities
Updated January 5, 2016. Sport Singapore has done well in encouraging a more active citizenry with the ActiveSG credits and opening up some schools' sports facilities for public use, especially

https://sportcares.sportsingapore.gov.sg/files/Update%20on%20DSMP_25%20May%202022.pdf
areas for improvement and proposed recommendations to help foster more inclusive and accessible communities, and build on existing capabilities and networks to enable persons of all abilities to live better through sport. Broad Outcomes for the Disability Sport Master Plan (DSMP) 1. Expand access and opportunities for sports participation by PwDs

https://www.sportsingapore.gov.sg/files/Media%20Centre/Media%20Release/2022/November/Annex%20A%20SportCares.pdf
Enabling Care Through Sport In 2012, Sport Singapore (SportSG) committed to creating sport without boundaries, so everyone can live an active and healthy lifestyle through sport. ... in sports participation among the PwD community. 2019 Launch of the ... For more details on SportCares, visit: https://sportcares.sportsingapore.gov.sg/

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3264515/singapore-boy-14-develops-bodybuilding-passion-which-helps-him-cope-dyslexia-boosts-confidence
There is a growing trend of male teenagers in Singapore working out. Data from the National Sports Participation Survey showed that participation in weightlifting and bodybuilding among males aged