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HDB can’t interfere

Posted on 21 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on HDB can’t interfere
HDB said stallholders in five markets in Choa Chu Kang Street 62, Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, Serangoon Avenue 3 (left), Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 and Fajar Road, which were bought by Heeton, are ‘tenants of Heeton, not HDB’, and it cannot interfere as this is a private property transaction. — ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN

THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has said it cannot take over the wet markets or interfere with the commercial negotiation between the new owner and the stallholders.

In a statement on Wednesday, it added that it cannot also ‘impose new requirements that are more stringent on the new owner, compared to those already imposed on the existing one.’

The statement came a day after Minister for Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim said in Parliament on Tuesday that private operators of wet markets would have to get approval from the HDB for the sale and any change of their uses. Continue reading →

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Give us the same quality upgrading as other blocks in the area

Posted on 21 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on Give us the same quality upgrading as other blocks in the area

THE article, “Which floor is the lift on?” (Oct 12), highlighted just one problem with the lift upgrading going in the blocks mentioned.

When the lift upgrading in these blocks in Bedok North was announced, many of us were happy and thought it would be similar to the lift upgrading at Block 111, also located in the vicinity.

However, our elation was short-lived. As the works progressed, we realised that the upgrading in our block was not going to be anywhere as good and well thought out as that of Block 111 – apparently due to cost-cutting.

The lift landing areas for the new lifts get very slippery after rain and people standing in these areas cannot avoid getting wet during a heavy downpour.

Furthermore, people at the lift landing areas can peer into the balconies of some flats, giving those units no privacy. Robbers would also have easy access to some flats.

I hope changes can be made so that the lift upgrading in our block can be safe in all respects as that at Block 111, Fengshan in Bedok North.

Manuel Nathan

Source : Straits Times – 21 Oct 2009

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