Last GE, huge number of voters at Serangoon Gardens supported Sylvia Lim.
Now the PAPies are taking revenge on these voters by purposely using SGTS to convert to dormitory.
We know well that this secondary school is enclaved by private houses. The school closed down because of less students. This is not a suitable place for dormitory given its proximity to private houses.
This is a classic ruse to intimidate the voters and pretend to solve their problem after their appeal.
Sep 2, 2008
No to foreign worker dorm
By Melissa Sim
FOREIGN workers? Not in our neighbourhood.
More than 600 residents of Serangoon Gardens, a private estate in the north-east, have signed a petition against converting an unused school there into a dormitory for foreign workers.
The Ministry of National Development (MND) confirmed that it is assessing whether Serangoon Gardens Technical School can be converted into quarters for foreign workers, although no decision has been made yet.
The school in Burghley Road has been vacant for about four years and can possibly house 1,000 workers.
When residents of the estate, which has more than 2,000 homes, heard the news earlier this week, a petition was started by the residents' committee asking the authorities to reconsider.
The one-page petition said the move would 'create security and social problems and spoil the ambience of the estate'.
'I signed the petition immediately and got 80 of my friends to sign it too,' said retired teacher S. Raja, 69.
MP for Aljunied GRC Lim Hwee Hua said it is 'good that residents are speaking out with an interest' on the issue and encouraged them to give their feedback, which she would convey to MND.
Now the PAPies are taking revenge on these voters by purposely using SGTS to convert to dormitory.
We know well that this secondary school is enclaved by private houses. The school closed down because of less students. This is not a suitable place for dormitory given its proximity to private houses.
This is a classic ruse to intimidate the voters and pretend to solve their problem after their appeal.
Sep 2, 2008
No to foreign worker dorm
By Melissa Sim
FOREIGN workers? Not in our neighbourhood.
More than 600 residents of Serangoon Gardens, a private estate in the north-east, have signed a petition against converting an unused school there into a dormitory for foreign workers.
The Ministry of National Development (MND) confirmed that it is assessing whether Serangoon Gardens Technical School can be converted into quarters for foreign workers, although no decision has been made yet.
The school in Burghley Road has been vacant for about four years and can possibly house 1,000 workers.
When residents of the estate, which has more than 2,000 homes, heard the news earlier this week, a petition was started by the residents' committee asking the authorities to reconsider.
The one-page petition said the move would 'create security and social problems and spoil the ambience of the estate'.
'I signed the petition immediately and got 80 of my friends to sign it too,' said retired teacher S. Raja, 69.
MP for Aljunied GRC Lim Hwee Hua said it is 'good that residents are speaking out with an interest' on the issue and encouraged them to give their feedback, which she would convey to MND.
to make it as popular as geylang. PAP Well done!
