Tengah to get first family service centre in 2027; preventive health hub opens in Ang Mo Kio

The new NHG Health Centre, located in Ang Mo Kio Specialist Centre, aims to provide selected preventive care assessments and follow-up services.

Published Oct 10, 2026, 04:25 PM

Updated Oct 10, 2026, 04:27 PM

Tengah will get its first family service centre in mid-2027 and an active ageing centre in future, giving residents counselling, casework support and senior activities closer to home.

Residents welcomed the move, saying it will save travel time and improve support. MP Choo Pei Ling said she wants a community where families and seniors feel cared for.

NHG Health opened a preventive health hub in Ang Mo Kio for screenings, follow-up care, vaccinations and travel advice. It is also trialling a family health questionnaire to spot health risks early.

SINGAPORE - Tengah residents will soon get better access to health and social support with the town’s first family service centre and active ageing centre in the pipeline.

The centres will reduce the need for residents to travel outside the new HDB town for support, the Tengah Constituency Office said on Oct 10. It noted that such services have not been readily available for its residents.

The family service centre, to be run b y Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities, is estimated to open in mid-2027 at Block 225A Tengah Garden Avenue. It will provide counselling and casework support.

An active ageing centre in Block 121C Tengah Drive will provide programmes for seniors and allow them to participate in community activities. The constituency office did not provide a timeline for its opening.

In HDB’s last update in December 2025, it said that more than 14,000 flats across 14 projects have been completed in Tengah and over 12,000 households had collected their keys.

Chua Chu Kang GRC MP Choo Pei Ling, who oversees the Tengah ward, said she hopes to build a community where families feel supported, seniors feel cared for, and residents know that help is close by.

Over the past year, Choo and the Tengah Citizens’ Consultative Committee had asked the relevant ministries and agencies to bring such services into Tengah.

“As a health professional, I have seen how important it is for people to have the right care and support within easy reach, especially when they need it most,” she said.

A health carnival was held on Oct 10 at the Tengah Community Club, featuring health screenings, educational booths and games.

Edmund Lee, 62, who attended the carnival, said he was looking forward to the active ageing centre as he enjoys attending community events and meeting other seniors.

“More shops and amenities are opening (in Tengah), and there are regular community events such as for the Mid-Autumn Festival,” said the service engineer, who has been living in Tengah for a year.

Another resident, Tan Ee Knew, 41, said the planned centres would save residents the trouble of travelling elsewhere for such services.

Tan, who has two children aged one and five, said she enjoys living in Tengah because of its amenities for children, including a childcare centre next to her block and many playgrounds.

New health hub opens in Ang Mo Kio

Separately, healthcare cluster NHG Health opened on Oct 10 a community-based preventive health hub for residents in the central and northern region of Singapore.

The new NHG Health Centre, located in Ang Mo Kio Specialist Centre, aims to provide selected preventive care assessments and follow-up services so that residents with abnormal screening results or health risks can receive timely care. Typically, many of such services are done at a hospital.

The centre’s services at Ang Mo Kio include colorectal cancer screening, breast health checks and hearing assessments. PHOTO: NHG HEALTH

The centre’s services at Ang Mo Kio include colorectal cancer screening, breast health checks and hearing assessments.

The centre’s services include colorectal cancer screening, breast health checks and hearing assessments. It also provides travel health consultations and vaccinations.

Breast cancer survivors in remission can receive follow-up care at the centre, instead of travelling to hospitals for reviews, while residents with hearing decline picked up at community screenings may be referred to the centre for assessment.

Breast cancer survivors in remission can receive follow-up care at the centre. PHOTO: NHG HEALTH

Breast cancer survivors in remission can receive follow-up care at the centre.

Jasmin Lau, Acting Minister for Manpower and MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC, said many Ang Mo Kio residents often go to hospitals such as Singapore General Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital, finding the journey difficult .

“They will need someone to accompany them, transport is expensive nowadays... (They have to) wait at the hospitals, and by the time they get home, that’s the end of the day,” she said, adding that the new health centre will bring services closer to them.

Lau said many Ang Mo Kio residents are taking part in preventative health activities, with 56,000 participating in activities organised by NHG in 2026. Nearly 400 seniors also underwent screenings by NHG, to identify, delay and reverse physical frailty.

NHG Health is also trialling a family health questionnaire with Ang Mo Kio residents , to identify potential health risks such as breast cancer and diabetes associated with family medical history.

Developed in collaboration with the Singapore Cancer Society and NTU Singapore’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, the questionnaire will be refined before wider rollout.

Isabelle Liew is a journalist at The Straits Times. She covers housing issues in Singapore, with a focus on public housing.

位于宏茂桥专科中心的全新NHG健康中心旨在提供精选的预防保健评估和后续服务。

发布于 2026 年 10 月 10 日下午 4:25

更新于2026年10月10日下午4:27

登加将于 2027 年年中迎来首个家庭服务中心，未来还将设立活跃老龄化中心，为居民提供咨询、个案支持和老年人活动，让他们在家附近就能参与。

居民们对这一举措表示欢迎，认为这将节省出行时间并改善服务。国会议员朱佩玲表示，她希望社区能够让家庭和老年人感受到关爱。

NHG Health在宏茂桥开设了一家预防保健中心，提供筛查、后续护理、疫苗接种和旅行咨询服务。该中心还在试行一项家庭健康问卷调查，以便及早发现健康风险。

新加坡——随着登加镇首个家庭服务中心和活跃老龄化中心的筹建，登加镇居民将很快能更好地获得医疗和社会支持。

登加选区办事处10月10日表示，这些中心将减少居民前往新组屋区以外寻求帮助的需要。办事处指出，此类服务此前一直难以惠及当地居民。

由德华关道德慈善会运营的家庭服务中心预计将于2027年中期在登加花园大道225A座开业。该中心将提供咨询和个案服务支持。

位于登加路121C座的乐龄活动中心将为长者提供各种活动项目，并允许他们参与社区活动。选区办公室尚未公布该中心的开放时间表。

建屋发展局在 2025 年 12 月的最新报告中表示，登加地区 14 个项目中的 14,000 多套组屋已经竣工，超过 12,000 户家庭已经领取了钥匙。

负责登加选区的蔡厝港集选区议员朱佩玲表示，她希望建立一个让家庭感到被支持、老年人感到被关爱、居民知道随时可以获得帮助的社区。

过去一年，朱先生和登加市民咨询委员会曾要求相关部门和机构将此类服务引入登加。

“作为一名医疗专业人员，我看到人们能够方便地获得正确的护理和支持是多么重要，尤其是在他们最需要的时候，”她说。

10月10日，登加民众俱乐部举办了一场健康嘉年华，活动包括健康筛查、教育展位和游戏。

62岁的埃德蒙·李参加了嘉年华，他说他很期待老年活动中心，因为他喜欢参加社区活动和结识其他老年人。

“（在登加）有更多的商店和便利设施开业，而且还有定期的社区活动，例如中秋节活动，”这位在登加居住了一年的维修工程师说道。

另一位居民，41岁的Tan Ee Knew表示，计划中的中心将为居民省去前往其他地方寻求此类服务的麻烦。

谭女士有两个孩子，分别一岁和五岁。她说，她喜欢住在登加，因为这里有很多儿童设施，包括她家楼旁的托儿中心和许多游乐场。

新健康中心在宏茂桥开业

此外，医疗保健集团 NHG Health 于 10 月 10 日开设了一个面向新加坡中部和北部地区居民的社区预防保健中心。

位于宏茂桥专科中心的全新国民健康集团健康中心旨在提供部分预防性健康评估和后续服务，以便筛查结果异常或存在健康风险的居民能够及时获得诊疗。通常情况下，许多此类服务需要在医院进行。

该中心在宏茂桥提供的服务包括结直肠癌筛查、乳腺健康检查和听力评估。图片：NHG HEALTH

宏茂桥中心提供的服务包括大肠癌筛查、乳房健康检查和听力评估。

该中心提供的服务包括结直肠癌筛查、乳腺健康检查和听力评估。此外，它还提供旅行健康咨询和疫苗接种服务。

处于缓解期的乳腺癌幸存者可以在该中心接受后续护理，而无需前往医院进行复查；在社区筛查中发现听力下降的居民可能会被转诊到该中心进行评估。

处于缓解期的乳腺癌幸存者可在该中心接受后续护理。图片：NHG HEALTH

处于缓解期的乳腺癌幸存者可以在该中心接受后续护理。

人力部代部长兼宏茂桥集选区议员刘嘉敏表示，许多宏茂桥居民经常前往新加坡中央医院和陈笃生医院等医院就诊，但路途遥远，十分不便。

“他们需要有人陪同，现在交通很贵……（他们必须）在医院等待，等他们回到家，一天就结束了，”她说，并补充说，新的卫生中心将使他们能够更方便地获得医疗服务。

刘先生表示，许多宏茂桥居民正在积极参与预防保健活动，预计到2026年将有56000人参加由国民健康集团（NHG）组织的活动。此外，近400名老年人也接受了国民健康集团的筛查，以发现、延缓和逆转身体虚弱的状况。

NHG Health 还在宏茂桥居民中试行家庭健康问卷调查，以识别与家族病史相关的潜在健康风险，例如乳腺癌和糖尿病。

该问卷由新加坡癌症协会和新加坡南洋理工大学李光前医学院合作开发，在更广泛推广之前将进行完善。

Isabelle Liew是《海峡时报》的记者，主要报道新加坡的住房问题，尤其关注公共住房。