Single old people can get very bored in their housing estates, where pet dogs are not allowed and contacts between neighbors are rare, so the government has used the media to exhort people in their "happy years" (over 45 years old) to sing songs.
獨居的老一輩在組屋中很無聊，組屋又不准養狗，鄰居往還也不多，人情冷淡。有鑑於此，新加坡政府利用傳播媒體，大力鼓吹樂齡人士（四十五歲以上者）唱歌，畢竟唱歌比打麻將要健康得多。