SPORT FACILITIES

We have been told that regular exercise (namely 3 times per week, 20 minutes per session at least) is the most famous ingredients towards betterment of health. In the town I live, Seremban that is, the most common exercise by the people based on my general observation would be jogging, football, badminton, tennis, swimming and many more.

Of course, this pattern is influenced by the facilities available around. My town is lucky to have quite a few places to do exercise. We have the Lake Garden that is situated at the center of the town where during mornings and afternoons, people crowd the area for some jogging, tai-chi exercise or just having good time with families. There is also the Sports Complex facilitated by the Ministry of Health. In the complex, there are futsal area, tennis courts, squash courts, rock climbing, jogging track and gymnasium. The facilities are improving through time because it used to be just tennis court and football field available. In the afternoons there are also classes of aerobics for the ladies with minimum charge. Located nearby is the Aquatic Center where the previous SUKMA tournament was held. The facilities in the Aquatic Center is fit enough to host international aquatic meets.


Gymnasium and health club are also rising in number. Adopting the modern lifestyle from one-hour-drive from Kuala Lumpur, there are increasing number of health clubs, private gymnasium, and private facilities such as futsal court, bowling alleys and yoga centers (just to name a few). So now the people in Seremban are given almost equal opportunities of modern and various sports facilities.

In comparison by 10 years ago, the upgrading of sports facilities in Seremban had been tremendous. From only a few jogging tracks now there are quite a few around town and also, nearby developing neighbourhood. With increasing number of people from Kuala Lumpur opt to build living in Seremban to avoid the hustle and bustle, the development of sports facilities are essential to allow people to have more options (and chances) to exercise regularly.

These are my observation that I find, is giving the definition to betterment of quality in lifestyle in my town. Even though the root of this matter is that, even we have thousands of facilities right in front of our eyes but we failed to use them, all these are nonetheless, means nothing.