We need you to pause for a minute and think of, oh, the places you'll go!
If you were in a wheelchair and the roads are not wheelchair friendly, that is.
Not too many places — which is why community project Wheels@Ubin brought very wide smiles to the faces of these 100 wheelchair users who were rolled off to Pulau Ubin this morning.
For some of them, it was their first time to see the island. "It's a great project. For the wheelchair users to get over to Ubin is really not easy. This is a great chance for them see this small kampong and island of Singapore. It's so meaningful," one of the shopowners at Pulau Ubin told Channel NewsAsia.
These photos will make you agree.
Photos: Terry Tan Lee Ban
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We need you to pause for a minute and think of, oh, the places you'll go!
If you were in a wheelchair and the roads are not wheelchair friendly, that is.
Not too many places — which is why community project Wheels@Ubin brought very wide smiles to the faces of these 100 wheelchair users who were rolled off to Pulau Ubin this morning.
For some of them, it was their first time to see the island. "It's a great project. For the wheelchair users to get over to Ubin is really not easy. This is a great chance for them see this small kampong and island of Singapore. It's so meaningful," one of the shopowners at Pulau Ubin told Channel NewsAsia.
These photos will make you agree.
Photos: Terry Tan Lee Ban
Done reading? Sit back, relax and watch Coconuts TV:
brightcove.createExperiences();