{"id":171250,"date":"2026-03-29T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-ageing-challenge-is-singapores-kampung-admiralty-model-the-answer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T09:56:15","slug":"hong-kongs-ageing-challenge-is-singapores-kampung-admiralty-model-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-ageing-challenge-is-singapores-kampung-admiralty-model-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s ageing challenge: is Singapore\u2019s Kampung Admiralty model the answer?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHongkongers Oscar and Stella Chan, a couple in their late 60s, have little interest in moving into a traditional residential care home.
\nThe retired civil servants rent a flat in Ma On Shan in the New Territories and, while they acknowledge that ageing at home is not always \u201cas straightforward as it sounds\u201d, they believe conventional care homes can \u201cfeel restrictive\u201d.
\n\u201cIf my financial situation and health allow, I would much prefer not to stay in a residential care home for the elderly,\u201d Oscar…
\n
\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Hong Kong\u2019s ageing challenge: is Singapore\u2019s Kampung Admiralty model the answer?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hongkongers Oscar and Stella Chan, a couple in their late 60s, have little interest in...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Iy6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111000,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/vertical-kampung-to-rise-next-to-yew-tee-mrt-station-in-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":171250,"position":0},"title":"Vertical \u201ckampung\u201d to rise next to Yew Tee MRT station in 2026","date":"September 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The development will be modelled after Kampung Admiralty, with housing and facilities for seniors, including a community club, a polyclinic and a kidney dialysis centre. 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