I WAS shocked last Friday to read a notice pasted in the lift lobby area announcing that HDB would begin construction this month of two blocks of one- and two-room rental flats on the green field between Block 475 and 476 Pasir Ris Drive 6.
Residents were not informed prior to the notice.
There was no attempt to make sure that affected residents were well informed nor was there any proper feedback channel established.
The field has provided much needed space in a cramped HDB environment, and adding another two blocks of flats would not only deprive the residents of greenery, but also their privacy. This is only some of the concerns of the residents.
Shouldn’t HDB concentrate on building rental flats in new estate developments? This would make more economic sense.
The HDB has converted two blocks of flats in Toa Payoh Lorong 6 into dormitories for foreign workers. Is this an indication that more rental flats will be built in mature estates and that there will be more conversions of other rental flats into workers’ dormitories?
Does it also mean that these two blocks in Pasir Ris Drive 6 will be converted into rented dormitories in times to come?
Eileen Ng (Ms)
Source: Straits Times, 2 Feb 2010
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