{"id":4501,"date":"2025-03-20T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/?p=4501"},"modified":"2025-04-06T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T10:03:13","slug":"singapores-new-heatwave-response-plan-includes-cooling-spaces-suspension-of-outdoor-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/singapores-new-heatwave-response-plan-includes-cooling-spaces-suspension-of-outdoor-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore\u2019s new heatwave response plan includes cooling spaces, suspension of outdoor activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4501\" class=\"elementor elementor-4501\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa29ad4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fa29ad4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd703d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd703d5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12cf497 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12cf497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/04\/STHAP1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4502\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/04\/STHAP1.png 1021w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/04\/STHAP1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/04\/STHAP1-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea1de95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea1de95\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ec4661 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ec4661\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2198eb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2198eb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph-base\">Cooling spaces will be open to the public to seek respite from the heat when a heatwave is forecast, as part of a national plan to help Singaporeans tackle rising temperatures.<\/p><p class=\"paragraph-base\">These spaces \u2013 some of which will be air-conditioned \u2013 will be set up islandwide.<\/p><p class=\"paragraph-base\">Most community centres will serve as cooling spaces, and some Residents\u2019 Networks, especially those near one- and two-room HDB blocks, will be prepared to offer such spaces.<\/p><p class=\"paragraph-base\">Some indoor sports halls with air-conditioning will also provide respite during the heat.<\/p><p class=\"paragraph-base\">These cooling stations are part of a suite of heat response measures that were revealed to the media on March 19, formulated by a group \u2013 called the Mercury Taskforce \u2013 comprising more than 30 government agencies and ministries. They include the Ministry<b> <\/b>of Health and Ministry of Social and Family Development.<\/p><p class=\"paragraph-base\">The task force was set up in 2023 to develop and coordinate responses across the agencies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba3f165 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba3f165\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8c3af9 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d8c3af9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/cooling-spaces-suspension-of-outdoor-activities-among-measures-in-new-national-heat-response-plan\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic\u2019s recently unveiled heatwave plan sends a strong signal that extreme heat is something we all need to prepare for.<\/p>\n<p>Under the plan revealed on March 19, cooling centres will be opened islandwide just before a heatwave kicks in to provide a respite from the heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9327,"featured_media":4502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Singapore\u2019s new heatwave response plan includes cooling spaces, suspension of outdoor activities - HRPC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/singapores-new-heatwave-response-plan-includes-cooling-spaces-suspension-of-outdoor-activities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Singapore\u2019s new heatwave response plan includes cooling spaces, suspension of outdoor activities - HRPC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Republic\u2019s recently unveiled heatwave plan sends a strong signal that extreme heat is something we all need to prepare for. 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