Illegal ads a sticking point for HDB residents
Town councils getting more complaints but courts unlikely to take action over 'trivialities'
Published on May 12, 2013
Taxi driver Salleh Ahmad is among the unhappy residents. Pasted on his meter box are stickers advertising the services of locksmiths and plumbers. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAN LIANG
By Lim Yan Liang & Lim Yi Han
Now that Singapore's "Sticker Lady" has been sentenced in court for mischief, some Housing Board residents are wondering if they will see the end of a sticky problem they have been living with for years.
They say locksmiths, real estate agents and providers of all sorts of services paste small advertisements and labels all over the place, and seem to get away with it.
Tampines resident Francis Cheng contacted The Sunday Times and said he has put up with ads and calling cards that have been stuck to his meter box, doorbell, gate and on the railings along the common corridor.
"It's a nuisance. I peel it off and a few days later they paste it back," said the 40-year-old business manager. Competing businessmen sometimes leave layers of overlapping stickers that are just unsightly, he added.
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