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The Lorong 8 wet market cum hawker centre, which is fast becoming a relic, has finally been selected for upgrading by the government.
According to a TODAY report, the hawker center will be closed for 11 months from November and the upgrading workers include the replacing of plumbing and sanitary system.
The hawker center was built in the 1970s as part of the new Toa Payoh estate and is already more than 30 years old. It is located in Potong Pasir ward which was won by the opposition MP Mr Chiam See Tong in 1984.
The PAP has denied essential upgrading to the flats and amenities of opposition wards to “punish” the residents for supporting the opposition though they pay income taxes like the rest of Singapore.
Former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong once threatened to turn Potong Pasir and Hougang, another opposition ward into “slums” if the opposition were to win again.
The ruling PAP controls 82 out of 84 seats in the Singapore Parliament and has engineered the electoral system to its benefit which enables it to win elections after elections.
The use of estate upgrading to threaten voters to vote for the PAP has become increasingly unpopular and is likely to backfire if the same hard-ball tactics are employed in the next general election.
With public sentiments against the PAP at an all-time high, the opposition is expected to add on its current two seats in Parliament including winning a GRC for the first time in history.
While the Lorong 8 hawker center is now scheduled for upgrading, there are no updates on the upgrading of lifts in Potong Pasir which was promised earlier by the PAP last year, prompting one concerned resident to write in to the Straits Times Forum.
The PAP should stop using taxpayers’ monies to further its own partisan interests. Upgrading of estates and amenities is funded by public funds and not from the PAP’s coffers.
It should be based solely on need and not on the political allegiance of the constituents. Such rampant pork-barrel politics has no place in a modern civilized society like Singapore.
According to a TODAY report, the hawker center will be closed for 11 months from November and the upgrading workers include the replacing of plumbing and sanitary system.
The hawker center was built in the 1970s as part of the new Toa Payoh estate and is already more than 30 years old. It is located in Potong Pasir ward which was won by the opposition MP Mr Chiam See Tong in 1984.
The PAP has denied essential upgrading to the flats and amenities of opposition wards to “punish” the residents for supporting the opposition though they pay income taxes like the rest of Singapore.
Former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong once threatened to turn Potong Pasir and Hougang, another opposition ward into “slums” if the opposition were to win again.
The ruling PAP controls 82 out of 84 seats in the Singapore Parliament and has engineered the electoral system to its benefit which enables it to win elections after elections.
The use of estate upgrading to threaten voters to vote for the PAP has become increasingly unpopular and is likely to backfire if the same hard-ball tactics are employed in the next general election.
With public sentiments against the PAP at an all-time high, the opposition is expected to add on its current two seats in Parliament including winning a GRC for the first time in history.
While the Lorong 8 hawker center is now scheduled for upgrading, there are no updates on the upgrading of lifts in Potong Pasir which was promised earlier by the PAP last year, prompting one concerned resident to write in to the Straits Times Forum.
The PAP should stop using taxpayers’ monies to further its own partisan interests. Upgrading of estates and amenities is funded by public funds and not from the PAP’s coffers.
It should be based solely on need and not on the political allegiance of the constituents. Such rampant pork-barrel politics has no place in a modern civilized society like Singapore.
