SINGAPORE – Yio Chu Kang is set to be the first dementia-friendly constituency, with infrastructure and services catered for residents aged 65 and above, who now form about 40 per cent of the housing estate’s population.

On Sunday, during a ministerial community visit by Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Yio Chu Kang MP Yip Hon Weng said the housing estate will be entirely dementia-friendly by 2025.