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Fishtail Cyclery 11^th Anniversary Speech.

SINGAPORE Government data and official records

Sport Singapore. (2026). National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey: Top sports and exercise – Overall [Data set]. data.gov.sg. https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_73b1b0a0397d923bb6e33f8f93b04d9d/view

Cycling, residents 13+: 6% (2025); 13% (2021). Measures participation in the past four weeks for sport or exercise; excludes commuting.

Sport Singapore. (2026). National Sport & Exercise Participation Survey: Top sports and exercise – By age groups [Data set]. data.gov.sg. https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1c0e175a081360a4a4bcd198f4084134/view

Ages 13–19, 2025: cycling 9%, football 11%. Trend: 7% (2019) → 17% (2022) → 9% (2025).

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. (2022, August 1). Unlocking the Sports Hub’s full potential for Singapore [Ministerial Statement by Mr Edwin Tong]. https://www.mccy.gov.sg/about-us/news-and-resources/unlocking-the-sports-hub-s-full-potential-for-singapore/

Paragraph 35: Football Hub end-2022, Tennis Centre 2023, Youth Hub “in the longer-term pipeline”. Addresses the 25 questions filed for the July sittings.

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. (2026, January 13). Rebranding of The Kallang [Response to PQ *1113, Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis]. https://www.mccy.gov.sg/about-us/news-and-resources/rebranding-of-the-kallang/

4,000+ event days, ~9.5m visitors, 200+ National School Games and school events since December 2022. Confirms renaming to The Kallang and The Kallang Group.

Ministry of Education. (2026, January 27). Around 69,000 student-athletes to participate at National School Games 2026 [Press release]. https://www.moe.gov.sg/news/press-releases/20260127-around-69000-student-athletes-to-participate-at-national-school-games-2026

~69,000 student-athletes, 300+ schools, 29 sports, 250+ divisional competitions, January to September. Organised by the Singapore Primary Schools Sports Council and the Singapore Schools Sports Council. Opening ceremony officiated by Education Minister Desmond Lee at The Kallang OCBC Arena.

VERIFIED against the MOE sport menus at nsg.moe.edu.sg: Primary lists 21 sports (Badminton, Basketball, Bowling, Floorball, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Rope Skipping, Rugby, Sailing, Sepaktakraw, Softball, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wushu). Sec/JC/CI lists 28, adding Canoeing, Cricket, Cross-country, Fencing, Judo, Shooting, Squash and Water Polo, and dropping Rope Skipping. Union = 29, matching the press release. Cycling appears in neither list. 

Singapore Cycling Federation. (2024, February 2). Racing licence policy (Version 18). https://singaporecycling.org.sg/pages/race-license

UCI Licence: S$100 (19 and above), S$60 (18 and under), annual, not pro-rated, includes SCF individual membership and Etiqa PA/PL insurance. Day Licence: S$35, but “will ONLY be announced and made available by SCF prior to an upcoming event”. SCF Individual Membership (non-race) is free. Event registration charged separately. Cadet categories exempt from the licence requirement.

Policy dated February 2024 . The policy states expressly that there is no pro-rated arrangement on joining within the calendar year; licences run to 31 December regardless of purchase date.

Singapore Cycling Federation. (2026). SCF events registration [Event calendar]. https://www.scf-reg.com/events

SCF Track Series at Jurong West Stadium — Series 1 (28 Mar 2026), Series 2 (16 Aug 2026), Series 3 (6 Sep 2026), Series 3 of 2025 (12 Oct 2025). Gen Z Alpha Series at The Kallang (Stadium Riverside Walk, OCBC Square, Arena Park). National MTB Championships at Sarimbun Scouts Camp; BMX Championships at The Bricks BMX Track; National Road Championships 2026 held in Bintan, Indonesia.

Parliamentary record

All entries: Singapore Parliamentary Debates, Official Report. Retrieved from https://sprs.parl.gov.sg/

Committee of Supply — Head X (MCCY), 11 March 2014. 12th Parliament, 1st Session, Vol. 91, Sitting 12.

Ms Irene Ng Phek Hoong, declaring herself Patron of the Singapore Cycling Federation, proposes a Singapore Cycling Centre with an indoor velodrome. Mr Lawrence Wong replies that it will be studied seriously, though a site is difficult to find given land constraints.

Committee of Supply — Head X (MCCY), 12 March 2015. 12th Parliament, 2nd Session, Vol. 93, Sitting 15.

Ms Ng asks the outcome. Mr Wong: the study is underway; the land taken would be significant, with trade-offs to manage.

Promoting competitive cycling [Written Answer], 2 October 2017. 13th Parliament, 1st Session, Vol. 94, Sitting 51. Minister Grace Fu Hai Yien to Question 27, Dr Lim Wee Kiak.

“SportSG’s feasibility study on the velodrome is ongoing.”

Decision for Government to take over ownership and management of Singapore Sports Hub, 4 July 2022. 14th Parliament, 1st Session, Vol. 95, Sitting 63. Question 15, Ms Poh Li San.

Names a Velodrome among upcoming Kallang Alive facilities. Answer deferred to the Ministerial Statement of 1 August 2022.

Note: the question lists “Football Hub, Kallang Tennis Centre, Youth Hub and Velodrome” as separate facilities. This conflicts with press reports describing the velodrome as part of the Youth Hub. No planning document settles the relationship — do not assert it either way.

News media

Low, L. F. (2019, August 6). Kallang set to come alive with velodrome, youth hub in the works. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/kallang-set-to-come-alive-with-velodrome-youth-hub-in-the-works

SportSG announced Kallang Alive on 6 August 2019. A velodrome and speed-climbing wall could be built as part of plans for a Youth Hub. The waterfront along Jalan Benaan Kapal to become a green community space; “Alive Gateway and Loop” walking and cycling path linking to the Park Connector Network. Part of Vision 2030’s 15 recommendations.

Sazali, A. A. (2022, August 1). Govt to set up holding company to manage Kallang Alive precinct, Sports Hub. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/government-to-set-up-holding-company-to-manage-kallang-alive-precinct-sports-hub

 

Singapore Cycling Federation eyes gold at 2029 SEA Games with plans to boost training facilities. (2025, October 30). The Straits Times.

Singapore’s first velodrome: an outdoor facility in north-west Singapore, targeted for completion in early 2027, estimated at nearly S$3 million, led by SCF and funded partly through its own fundraising, under the Go for Gold campaign for the 2029 SEA Games.

SCF president Hing Siong Chen: the rider pool is hard to grow without a track in Singapore; riders travel to Johor and Nilai to train; parents prefer their children riding off-road and safe. SCF youth development pathway coach Calvin Sim: the velodrome creates a clear pathway from grassroots to elite and enables talent identification locally.

Outdoor track is asphalt or concrete on a shorter land lease; an indoor velodrome has a wooden track and controlled conditions where speeds run up to 20% faster.

SUPERSEDES the earlier framing of the velodrome as an unresolved twelve-year question. 

Sun, D. (2026, August 23). As bicycle accidents hit 4-year high, cyclists call for more mutual respect from peers, road users. The Straits Times.

772 accidents involving cyclists in 2025 (17 fatal); 620 in 2024; 581 in 2023. Police attribute over half to disorderly riding and failure to keep a proper lookout. Figures were released to the newspaper in response to queries — no underlying published report exists.

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