New Running Track for Cedar Girls Secondary School When Current One is Removed

Mr Sitoh Yih Pin asked the Minister for Education whether the Ministry can consider providing Cedar Girls Secondary School with a new 400-metre running track when its current track is removed in 2017.

When Cedar Girls' Secondary School was relocated to its current site in 1995, it asked to make use of the old 400-metre running track adjacent to its compounds as a temporary sports facility. Permission was granted since there was no immediate use for the land on which the old 400-metre running track was on. With the plans to develop Bidadari Estate confirmed, the school was informed that this temporary arrangement would cease in 2017.

Secondary schools are provided with a standard set of sports facilities that include an indoor sports hall, school field, outdoor fitness areas and courts for basketball and volleyball. These facilities are sufficient to meet the curriculum

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for physical education and sports. For additional sporting needs, schools will usually make use of sporting facilities in the community. In this case, the school can make use of the 400-metre running tracks in the nearby Singapore Sports Council's stadiums in Toa Payoh and Serangoon.