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Oct 21, 2009
SALE OF WET MARKETS
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HDB said stallholders in five markets in Choa Chu Kang Street 62, Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, Serangoon Avenue 3 (left), Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 and Fajar Road, which were bought by Heeton, are 'tenants of Heeton, not HDB', and it cannot interfere as this is a private property transaction. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN
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THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has said it cannot take over the wet markets or interfere with the commercial negotiation between the new owner and the stallholders. In a statement on Wednesday, it added that it cannot also 'impose new requirements that are more stringent on the new owner, compared to those already imposed on the existing one.' The statement came a day after Minister for Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim said in Parliament on Tuesday that private operators of wet markets would have to get approval from the HDB for the sale and any change of their uses. It is also in response to recent media reports on the concerns of some wet market stallholders at affected wet markets owned by commercial operators, some of whom have asked the government to intervene so that they can retain their stalls at current rents after the change in commercial ownership. HDB said stallholders in five markets in Choa Chu Kang Street 62, Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, Serangoon Avenue 3, Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 and Fajar Road, which were bought by Heeton, are 'tenants of Heeton, not HDB', and it cannot interfere as this is a private property transaction. But it gave the assurance that the marketing needs of residents are not compromised in the process, and has disallowed the conversion of the wet markets to supermarkets.
Oct 21, 2009
SALE OF WET MARKETS
HDB can't interfere <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Diana Othman </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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HDB said stallholders in five markets in Choa Chu Kang Street 62, Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, Serangoon Avenue 3 (left), Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 and Fajar Road, which were bought by Heeton, are 'tenants of Heeton, not HDB', and it cannot interfere as this is a private property transaction. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN
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THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has said it cannot take over the wet markets or interfere with the commercial negotiation between the new owner and the stallholders. In a statement on Wednesday, it added that it cannot also 'impose new requirements that are more stringent on the new owner, compared to those already imposed on the existing one.' The statement came a day after Minister for Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim said in Parliament on Tuesday that private operators of wet markets would have to get approval from the HDB for the sale and any change of their uses. It is also in response to recent media reports on the concerns of some wet market stallholders at affected wet markets owned by commercial operators, some of whom have asked the government to intervene so that they can retain their stalls at current rents after the change in commercial ownership. HDB said stallholders in five markets in Choa Chu Kang Street 62, Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, Serangoon Avenue 3, Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 and Fajar Road, which were bought by Heeton, are 'tenants of Heeton, not HDB', and it cannot interfere as this is a private property transaction. But it gave the assurance that the marketing needs of residents are not compromised in the process, and has disallowed the conversion of the wet markets to supermarkets.
