ST Forum
Apr 8, 2010
Why the delay in upgrading opposition ward?
IT HAS been almost a year since Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu announced that the Government's Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) would be launched in the two opposition wards of Potong Pasir and Hougang.
The news thrilled residents like me, who live in the selected LUP precinct of Potong Pasir constituency. It gave us much cause for excitement.
However, this euphoria seems to be evaporating as no work has been done.
There is not even an announcement of a date when work is to begin. I am starting to wonder if the project is on track or if some unexpected problems have cropped up.
I hope the Potong Pasir Town Council or the Citizens Consultative Committee can enlighten residents.
Let our constituency be a model of how an ugly duckling can be transformed into a beautiful swan.
Chan Mia Lee
The behaviour of our MIW is just plain childish.
Lift upgrade should not be use as a carrot to buy vote.
People staying in opposition ward deserve every right for facilities upgrade as they pay taxes too!
If our MIW have to resolve into this dirty method to force people out of opposition wards then all I can say is what a sorry state our county is in.
Showing posts with label Lift Upgrade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lift Upgrade. Show all posts
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Thursday, July 16, 2009
What it should have been.
July 15, 2009
Including opposition wards for upgrading a gracious move
IT WAS heartening to read yesterday that residents in the two opposition wards will benefit from lift landings on every floor under the Lift Upgrading Programme earlier than expected ('Potong Pasir, Hougang to get lift upgrading').
This is a most welcome 'queue jumping' and win-win situation for residents, the Government and people of Singapore.
It further exemplifies the Government's commitment to the people to rejuvenate HDB estates - in good and bad times regardless of whether they reside in opposition wards.
I salute this pragmatic and magnanimous move. It reinforces my belief in the Government's 'Triple A' rating. It is a government that has displayed transparency and astute long-term planning, fostered social cohesion, inculcated self-renewal and intelligently made leadership its main catalyst for change, enabling the nation to stay relevant, while engaging the future.
Whatever critics may say about our system of governance - and though I am the first to acknowledge it is not perfect - it is as perfect a system as you can get anywhere. And it is still being tweaked as it evolves to tackle the vicissitudes of the economic environment.
Show me any other government that is able to house 85 per cent of its population - nearly all owner-occupied - complete with modern facilities comparable to First World standards.
Credit must go to opposition MPs Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Khiang too. Both have shown total commitment to their constituents' welfare and are the kind of opposition Singapore needs more of.
Clinton Lim
Er…. Hello? Shouldn’t we asked why in the 1st place opposition wards are not in the scheme in the 1st place.
Don’t forget people statying in Hougang and Potong Pasir are paying taxes too you know.
Guess the PAP finally realised that lift upgrading is not a carrots they can use in election anymore and they are trying to pacified the resident or hope that they can sell they flats are a higher price now and moved out of the opposition wards before the general election.
So I can safety predict that election in in 2 years time. Watch this space.
Including opposition wards for upgrading a gracious move
IT WAS heartening to read yesterday that residents in the two opposition wards will benefit from lift landings on every floor under the Lift Upgrading Programme earlier than expected ('Potong Pasir, Hougang to get lift upgrading').
This is a most welcome 'queue jumping' and win-win situation for residents, the Government and people of Singapore.
It further exemplifies the Government's commitment to the people to rejuvenate HDB estates - in good and bad times regardless of whether they reside in opposition wards.
I salute this pragmatic and magnanimous move. It reinforces my belief in the Government's 'Triple A' rating. It is a government that has displayed transparency and astute long-term planning, fostered social cohesion, inculcated self-renewal and intelligently made leadership its main catalyst for change, enabling the nation to stay relevant, while engaging the future.
Whatever critics may say about our system of governance - and though I am the first to acknowledge it is not perfect - it is as perfect a system as you can get anywhere. And it is still being tweaked as it evolves to tackle the vicissitudes of the economic environment.
Show me any other government that is able to house 85 per cent of its population - nearly all owner-occupied - complete with modern facilities comparable to First World standards.
Credit must go to opposition MPs Chiam See Tong and Low Thia Khiang too. Both have shown total commitment to their constituents' welfare and are the kind of opposition Singapore needs more of.
Clinton Lim
Er…. Hello? Shouldn’t we asked why in the 1st place opposition wards are not in the scheme in the 1st place.
Don’t forget people statying in Hougang and Potong Pasir are paying taxes too you know.
Guess the PAP finally realised that lift upgrading is not a carrots they can use in election anymore and they are trying to pacified the resident or hope that they can sell they flats are a higher price now and moved out of the opposition wards before the general election.
So I can safety predict that election in in 2 years time. Watch this space.
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