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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to last Friday's article, 'Loan shark harassment cases rise sharply'.
Previous measures to curb loan shark harassment were not sufficient to protect the public, and I thank the authorities for stepping up these measures.
I have a suggestion that town councils may wish to consider.
Various heartland areas have closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in lifts to curb theft. CCTVs should also be installed in common corridors at every level of an HDB block.
However, CCTVs should not invade residents' privacy. There is no need to have them in every estate, but they should be in loan-shark 'hot spots'.
Town councils use taxpayers' money to beautify the area, but what about residents' safety? Why repaint walls time and again when loan sharks vandalise them? Why cover up again and again without finding the real solution to the loan-shark problem?
Installing CCTVs in common corridors will enhance residents' safety. Tan Shao Ken
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to last Friday's article, 'Loan shark harassment cases rise sharply'.
Previous measures to curb loan shark harassment were not sufficient to protect the public, and I thank the authorities for stepping up these measures.
I have a suggestion that town councils may wish to consider.
Various heartland areas have closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in lifts to curb theft. CCTVs should also be installed in common corridors at every level of an HDB block.
However, CCTVs should not invade residents' privacy. There is no need to have them in every estate, but they should be in loan-shark 'hot spots'.
Town councils use taxpayers' money to beautify the area, but what about residents' safety? Why repaint walls time and again when loan sharks vandalise them? Why cover up again and again without finding the real solution to the loan-shark problem?
Installing CCTVs in common corridors will enhance residents' safety. Tan Shao Ken
