SINGAPORE - There will be no commercial columbarium at the proposed temple site at Sengkang, National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament on Thursday.
He said that until the recent case of the Chinese temple site in Sengkang, the Government had never awarded a place of worship site to a company that was not affiliated to a religious organisation.
"We now understand that the winning tenderer for this site, Eternal Pure Land Pte Ltd, is actually a private company without any religious affiliation," he said.
"From what we know, the plan of the company is to run a commercial columbarium on the site. This is not in line with our plan for the place of worship site."
The site was awarded to Eternal Pure Land under the impression that the company was a vehicle for a religious organisation to build and own a Chinese temple, he said.
Mr Khaw said the ministry will ensure the land is restored to the original plan of a Chinese temple and that it is in discussion with Eternal Pure Land on how that can be achieved.
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