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Low: Upgrading does impact maintenance, minister

Opposition MP asks Senior Minister of State to disclose any extra upgrading funds given to PAP councils, any write-offs of arrears

<!-- by line -->By Jeremy Au Yong
http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_540830.html
HOUGANG MP Low Thia Khiang (above) has fired a second salvo at the Town Council Management Report that gave his town council poor scores for its performance.
The chief of the Workers' Party accused Senior Minister of State (Ministry of National Development) Grace Fu (second picture) of 'sidetracking the issue' and 'attempting to mislead Singaporeans to believing that the PAP Government is fair to all town councils'.
'Is she saying that upgrading programmes have no impact and implication on estate maintenance?' he said yesterday in a strongly worded statement on his party's website.
The retort is the latest in an exchange that began last Thursday when the Ministry of National Development (MND) released a report card on the performance of the 16 town councils in Singapore.
The report gave low scores to Mr Chiam See Tong's Potong Pasir Town Council and Mr Low's Hougang Town Council.
In his first response, Mr Low had argued that opposition councils were disadvantaged in the 'maintenance' category because they lacked access to funds for estate upgrading.
On Sunday, Ms Fu responded when speaking to reporters at a grassroots event. She said the criteria for HDB's upgrading programmes are clear and not all PAP constituencies qualify. She also said the amount a town council gets from the Government depends on the number and type of flats it has, not whether it is run by the PAP or opposition.
In any case, upgrading did not necessarily mean fewer maintenance issues, she argued. 'The requirements on town councils with upgraded facilities actually become more, when you have more covered linkways, it may not be easier to maintain than a clean patch of grass,' she said.
Mr Low disputed this yesterday, giving two examples of situations where upgrading would help reduce maintenance problems: New playgrounds are unlikely to have missing screws and ripped-up floor mats; and new stainless steel staircase railings are unlikely to be rusty or corroded.
On funding, he noted that the equality Ms Fu was referring to related to service and conservancy charges grants.
What he wanted to know was how much more each PAP town council received directly or indirectly from the Government to upgrade common areas.
Mr Low called for this figure, plus the amount of arrears written off, to be added to future reports.
'Band 5 (the lowest band given in the report) being for the most funding and service and conservancy charges amount written off,' he said.
He also implied in his statement that a possible reason PAP-run town councils fared better than his on arrears management was that they were writing off the bad debts.
'PAP town councils can do it (write off arrears) perhaps because they have more surpluses and are in a better financial position due to additional funding received through the upgrading programme?' he said.
Ms Fu could not be reached for comment yesterday, but an MND spokesman reiterated that the results in the Town Council Management Report (TCMR) were never meant to be compared across town councils.
'Town councils should use the TCMR as a basis for discussion with their residents and to monitor the performance of town councils over time,' said the spokesman.
Mr Low ended his statement yesterday on a sardonic note: 'Both Potong Pasir and Hougang have not become slums today after more than a decade managed by opposition parties and the PAP must be rather disappointed with the outcome. The result of the Town Council Management Report is a consolation prize to them.'
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[moolightaffairs]

Mr Low and Mr Chiam,

if both of you are reading this. i do believe your town councils are doing a good job. both of your town council are maintaining a town with limited resources. so kudos to both of you.

to Grace Fu,

A new car is easier to maintain or a 20 yrs old car is easier? FUCK YOU UNGRACIOUS FOOL!!!

 

[Baroko]

btw for those who are unaware, Grace Fu is the daughter of James Fu, who used to work in PMO.
It pays to be a loyalist. This is the PAP's strategy. You don't have to be smart to see it.

 

[HTOLAS]

James Fu was LKY's long time press secretary, aka spin doctor. He was good in that he wrote very well and made LKY look very good.

btw for those who are unaware, Grace Fu is the daughter of James Fu, who used to work in PMO.
It pays to be a loyalist. This is the PAP's strategy. You don't have to be smart to see it.

 

[scroobal]

Grace Fu must thank her lucky stars that her father was the first detainee to confess, tell on his friends and colleagues and give up his cause under Operations Cold Store. He thus was offered the best job available. A traitors reward.

James Fu was LKY's long time press secretary, aka spin doctor. He was good in that he wrote very well and made LKY look very good.

 

[kingrant]

She was acting grace-fu-lee.

Grace Fu must thank her lucky stars that her father was the first detainee to confess, tell on his friends and colleagues and give up his cause under Operations Cold Store. He thus was offered the best job available. A traitors reward.

 

[scroobal]

Good one. I know of a Singaporean whose father was banished to Malaysia and cannot enter Singapore. His mother raised him and he went to RI. Interestingly his father was part of the basement gang and was a founding member of PAP. He too was detained under Cold Store with James.

James was given the role for his bilingualism prowess, journalistic background and more importantly as the carrot for those who were communist to cross over. He personally acted in a number of conversions.

She was acting grace-fu-lee.

 

[kingrant]

Wonder who's he? What year? As an old boy, I am curious indeed.

Good one. I know of a Singaporean whose father was banished to Malaysia and cannot enter Singapore. His mother raised him and he went to RI.

 

[wahlaneh]

wahlaneh...
now both low thia kiang n chiam see tong also kana farked by their own residents for NATO - No Action Talk Only.