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Working to ignite kampung spirit: New ideas tested at first retirement village to help residents socialise
New ideas are being tested at Singapore's first retirement village to help residents socialise
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Janice Tai
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When a fire broke out in a storeroom at retirement complex Kampung Admiralty in December, its "kampung spirit" was tested.
As the fire alarm sounded at lunchtime, some 260 people had to be evacuated - including children from a childcare centre on the sixth floor and seniors from a daycare centre on the seventh floor.
