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KNN using such dirty tactics to push LUP, no wonder news dare not put up online, only available in print version 
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Straits Times, 13/3/2010
Gatecrashing, walkouts at closed-door meeting
Tensions between those on either side of the Eunos lift upgrading saga have emerged, although the project has restarted.
A confrontation erupted on Thursday when uninvited residents showed up at a closed- door meeting.
The meeting was meant for the 42 home owners who have complained about the external lift shafts erected by the Housing Board.
It also included the project's consultant and Dr Ong Seh Hong, the MP for the area.
But several people at the meeting told The Straits Times that they realised there was an "interloper" among them when one person stood up and accused the others of delaying the upgrading works.
An exchange of words then broke out, followed by a walkout by most of those invited to the meeting.
Retiree Eng Ah Hee, 63, who was among those who walked out, said that it was meant to be a closed-door meeting and other parties should not have been allowed in.
Corporate planner Khng Hwee Peng, 40, who had followed her parents out of the room, said: "We don't want to be arguing with HDB and our neighbours."
One of those who gatecrashed the meeting, Madam Chow Woon Chun, 64, told The Straits Times that she had heard of the meeting and asked a few of her neighbours to go along so they could be kept abreast of the lift upgrading situation.
The retiree said she did not know that the meeting was restricted.
But she added that she had a right to speak up as she was affected by the delay to the lift upgrading project.
She said in Mandarin: "Why is it that we do not have the right to have the project completed? It cannot drag on."
Mr Rahmat Sawie, 56, chairman of the Eunos Village Residents' Committee, said he had invited some RC members to attend the meeting, so they would have an understanding of the situation and explain it to the other residents.
Madam Chow was not among them, however.
Still, Mr Rahmat said, "they are our residents. I cannot just chase them away".
:oIo: Straits Times, 13/3/2010
Gatecrashing, walkouts at closed-door meeting
Tensions between those on either side of the Eunos lift upgrading saga have emerged, although the project has restarted.
A confrontation erupted on Thursday when uninvited residents showed up at a closed- door meeting.
The meeting was meant for the 42 home owners who have complained about the external lift shafts erected by the Housing Board.
It also included the project's consultant and Dr Ong Seh Hong, the MP for the area.
But several people at the meeting told The Straits Times that they realised there was an "interloper" among them when one person stood up and accused the others of delaying the upgrading works.
An exchange of words then broke out, followed by a walkout by most of those invited to the meeting.
Retiree Eng Ah Hee, 63, who was among those who walked out, said that it was meant to be a closed-door meeting and other parties should not have been allowed in.
Corporate planner Khng Hwee Peng, 40, who had followed her parents out of the room, said: "We don't want to be arguing with HDB and our neighbours."
One of those who gatecrashed the meeting, Madam Chow Woon Chun, 64, told The Straits Times that she had heard of the meeting and asked a few of her neighbours to go along so they could be kept abreast of the lift upgrading situation.
The retiree said she did not know that the meeting was restricted.
But she added that she had a right to speak up as she was affected by the delay to the lift upgrading project.
She said in Mandarin: "Why is it that we do not have the right to have the project completed? It cannot drag on."
Mr Rahmat Sawie, 56, chairman of the Eunos Village Residents' Committee, said he had invited some RC members to attend the meeting, so they would have an understanding of the situation and explain it to the other residents.
Madam Chow was not among them, however.
Still, Mr Rahmat said, "they are our residents. I cannot just chase them away".
