Promoting healthier dining options at ActiveSG Sport Centres

21. Mr Kenneth Tiong Boon Kiat: To ask the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth (a) whether leasing a high-traffic site at Yio Chu Kang Stadium to a major fast-food business aligns with SportSG’s mission to promote healthy living; (b) what health and nutritional criteria guided the tenancy evaluation; and (c) what is the Ministry’s assessment of making fast-food a convenient post-exercise option at Yio Chu Kang Stadium.

Response:

1. ActiveSG Sport Centres play a key role in supporting Singaporeans to adopt healthy and active lifestyles. 

2. All food and beverage (F&B) tenants at ActiveSG Sport Centres, including fast-food businesses, must comply with the Whole-of-Government healthier F&B policy. They must provide  beverages that are healthier (i.e. Nutri-Grade A or B) and use healthier oil and lower-sodium ingredients for all food preparation, or they may also be certified as Health Promotion Board’s Healthier Dining Programme Partner that uses healthier oil and provides healthier beverages and food such as dishes lower in calories, lower in sodium, and/or higher in wholegrains. Operators must meet these requirements before Sport Singapore (SportSG) leases these spaces to them.

3. SportSG will continue to ensure that ActiveSG Sport Centres offer convenient dining options that meet health and nutritional requirements and support Singaporeans to stay active and live healthy.