Past vs. Present and Meeting People's Expectations

Woodlands Civic Centre today, is a centre fulfilling the physiological and security needs of the people through its many facilities, which are key to the high level of social and economical activity taking place there. It contains many facilities such as the Woodlands Regional Library, Northwest Community Development Council (CDC), Central Provident Fund (CPF) Service Centre, affordable healthcare facilities and services, 3 banks, tuition centres and many more. These government-linked facilities have fulfilled the public's general needs and expectations. For example, people expect for a stable life, for which they require a job so as to support their family with the income earned. Northwest CDC has many career consultants and sourced for suitable recruitment opportunities for the unemployed and provides social assistance for the needy. Thus, many people have benefited from this as their expectations and needs have been fulfilled by the government. But what did people do in the past to satisfy their needs?

Organisations and Facilities at Woodlands Civic Centre

Northwest CDC Notice on Recruitment Opportunities and Career Fairs

Only having been opened in 2001, people living in Woodlands had to travel elsewhere in search for affordable and useful facilities. For example, to go to affordable healthcare facilities such as Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association (SATA), which was set-up by the government to help the poorer people in ensuring their well-being, people had to travel to Ang Mo Kio or Jurong. Moreover, CPF Service Centres were located at Jurong East, so people also had the inconvenience of travelling to fulfil their needs. Banks were located around Yishun, so people living in Woodlands always had to travel to make transactions. People also had to travel to Jurong East or Ang Mo Kio to use the library. Thus, it was very inconvenient for many people living there. However ever since Woodlands Civic Centre has been opened with its numerous facilities, Woodlands showed an increase in population size from 2000 to 2010 by 56.3%, and was the 4th most populated area in Singapore at around 245,000 living there. People may have moved there due to the increase in facilities there. More Housing Development Board flats and condominiums have sprung up in Woodlands and even more people are coming here. Thus, many people have benefited from the facilities at Woodlands Civic Centre, as food, economic needs and well-being is being provided in an effective and efficient manner.

 CPF Woodlands Service Centre