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Should residents have to pay for 2nd or 3rd carpark lots?

Posted on 2 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Should residents have to pay for 2nd or 3rd carpark lots?

PARKING can be a headache for some condos with very few carpark lots, especially if some homeowners have second or third cars.

Parc Oasis condo chairman Lim Taik Leong suggests one method of allocating lots. Divide the total number of carpark lots by the number of apartment units to determine the number of free carpark lots each household is entitled to.

Typically, however, each condo unit owner gets to park only one car free.

Whether there are lots for second and third cars depends on the type of development in question, says Mr Chan Kok Hong, managing director of CKH Strata Management. Continue reading →

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Shared housing scheme may put children’s safety at risk

Posted on 2 Aug 2009 | Comments Off on Shared housing scheme may put children’s safety at risk

I refer to last Sunday’s article, ‘2 families under one rented roof’.

I think the Housing Board should be commended for having the interim rental housing scheme, which allows the down and out to maintain a roof over their heads.

However, I feel that having two families under one roof is not a good idea. The article states that measures have been put in place by the HDB to minimise conflicts between families.

But some points seem to have been overlooked. The married couples share a bedroom with their adolescent children. And the children have to share a home with an unrelated family.

Firstly, the children are put in a position where they may be vulnerable to sexual abuse. Continue reading →

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