[Remaking our CCs]
Last Friday night, several post-65 MPs such as Mr Teo Ser Luck, Dr Lim Wee Kiak, Zaqy Mohamad met up with youths at the Singapore Management University to solicit feedback on how to improve community clubs in Singapore.



The session kicked off with the question was whether CCs are relevant in today's context. My friend Kenneth spoke about the old days where people had no TV sets and they gathered at CCs to watch TV.

I tossed the idea of whether it would make sense for CCs to be an integrated place - with a swimming pool, sporting faclilities etc. all in one building. This would allow families to converge there and create buzz.

Other topics discussed also included why youths do not come to the CCs or volunteer their time to help out in community activities.

It was a marketplace of diverse ideas. Everyone seemed to have good ideas but when challenged to turn those ideas into reality, the excuses came in fast and furious.

Some said they had no time. Others are involved in other organisations elsewhere.

The future success of grassroots organisations rely heavily on the youth. Unless there is new blood injected and renewal, grassroots organisations will not be able to fullfil the very purpose it was set up for.