Synthetic ice rink to open
Sumita Sreedharan
Feb 7, 2010

Costing $65,000 to build, the outdoor rink in Lorong Chuan is made of white plastic


Students from the Stamford American International School and Singapore national ice hockey players trying out the new synthetic ice rink.
ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN

SINGAPORE'S largest synthetic ice rink will be opened to the public on Chinese New Year's eve - but the 'ice' is not really ice.

The 'ice' is actually interlocking squares of white plastic sprayed with a mixture of silicone and water.

Ice skaters are able to slide across the surface, as if they are on machine-made ice.

It is built and managed by the Singapore Ice Hockey Association (Siha).

The outdoor rink, which is 20m by 10m, is at the Stamford American International School (SAIS) in Lorong Chuan. An Olympic-sized rink is 60m by 30m.

Built at a cost of $65,000, the rink is only one-fifth the cost of regular indoor rinks. Maintenance is easier too.

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