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Free off-peak entry at Science Centre for S’poreans, PRs

SINGAPORE — From this month, Singaporeans, permanent residents and local school groups will pay less or pay nothing at all to enter the Science Centre Singapore (SCS) and the children’s science centre, KidsSTOP.

SINGAPORE — From this month, Singaporeans, permanent residents and local school groups will pay less or pay nothing at all to enter the Science Centre Singapore (SCS) and the children’s science centre, KidsSTOP.

This has been made possible with increased subsidies from the Ministry of Education, the Science Centre said yesterday. The revised admission pricing was announced by Minister of Education Heng Swee Keat yesterday at the Science Centre, during the launch of the Early Childhood Development Agency’s (ECDA) President’s Challenge Project called Start Small Dream Big.

Revised admission fees for the Science Centre during peak periods, which refer to weekends, public holidays and school holidays, are S$4 for children aged between three and 12 years, and for senior citizens aged 60 and above. Adults pay S$6. School groups enter for free. Admission for all groups is also free during the off-peak period.

Previous admission fees were priced at S$6 for children, S$10 for adults and S$2 per student for school groups.

For admission to KidsSTOP, which caters to children aged between 18 months and eight years, children now pay S$5 and adults pay S$2 during the off-peak period. During peak periods, children pay S$10 and adults pay S$5. Previously, admission during off-peak periods was S$20 for a child and S$10 for adults, and S$23 and S$13, respectively, during peak periods.

Commenting on the new entrance fees, Science Centre chief executive Lim Tit Meng said: “We hope it will allow even more Singaporeans to benefit from the various attractions and programmes designed to educate and ignite a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.”

Meanwhile, ECDA’s Start Small Dream Big project, aimed at giving pre-school children opportunities to contribute to the community and help the less fortunate, saw about 1,000 pre-school children and 200 of their teachers pledge their commitment to the community. Over the course of six months, 5,000 children from 150 preschools will participate in community service projects, such as helping out with chores at home and raising funds for charities.

Speaking at the event, Mr Heng said it is important to instil good values in our children. “We want to encourage our children to be kind when they are young, and to start to do good deeds however young they are and however small the deed.

“Because every good deed counts and when they grow up, they will grow up to be caring, responsible citizens. That’s how we can build a better society together,” he said. Matthias Tay, with ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHAN LUO ER

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