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Update law to deal with recalcitrant condo residents

I REFER to last Saturday’s report, ‘It’s my condo and I do what I want’. I am perturbed to hear about a council member refusing to pay the monthly $65 fee levied on those who park their second car in the estate.

I am the chairman of another condominium’s management council, and we have faced a similar problem in the past two years. Our estate has about 50 owners who own more than one car. In 2006, it was decided at an annual general meeting that the management council would determine the terms and conditions and fees on issuance of carpark permits in the estate. In 2007, the management council imposed a monthly fee of $15 for parking a second car in the estate.

Although we sent numerous letters and got council members to persuade one resident to pay up, the issue is still n Continue reading

OpenNet to start residential fibre-point installation

THE mammoth task of wiring up Singapore for ultra high-speed broadband access has entered the home stretch with the start of residential installation works by project winner OpenNet.

In this phase of the project, the firm extends its new underground fibre-optic cables to all local homes. A new plastic ducting system and wall plate will be installed in each residential unit, much like how Singapore Telecom’s fixed-line telephone wiring and StarHub’s cable infrastructure reaches homes today.

Some 32,000 residential premises are expected to be fitted with the new fibre-optic links during initial deployment. These are spread across areas such as Tanjong Pagar, Jurong, Macpherson, Pasir Ris, Holland Road and Continue reading