neighbourhood makeover launched in Bukit Panjang

Singapore Bukit Panjang will be among the first few places to kick off the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme aimed at upgrading older HDB estates. ) P# C; F6 z. ]+ X1 @( n

0 S7 z5 i; C+ K% XS$6 million has been set aside to rejuvenate the Cashew division in the area.
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. F7 h8 I$ q6 A1 e0 P" o1 t% Z8 yNearly 1,700 homes in the Cashew division will benefit from the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme.
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0 j! b) [& Q  t( y! K8 o. v- u: {/ vIn the pipeline are more cycling and jogging tracks, covered linkways and residents' corners.
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Thusara Dharmapala, chairman of Cashew Residents' Committee Zone, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, said: "A lot of people wanted more car parks and that is something that we are looking at right now. Some other issues included more facilities like barbeque pits." 5 o8 Q; F7 U7 O& ]  `& C# I/ r: W2 U
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Although the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme is free, residents will still have to cast their vote for it. And the constituency will not proceed with the programme unless it gets a 75 per cent approval from the residents.
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  h3 o5 ?0 Q1 O* w3 rThe government also wants residents to take ownership and responsibility of the programme.
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: W4 F( @1 `8 }$ n1 P6 w" }Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister and MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, said: "Some of the problems are really to do with the fact that after the facility is being built, it was abused and misused and actually ended up making residents unhappy.
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7 ?" M+ t. k- g; h* I0 b"So this is something we are trying to avoid in the future by making sure that it is not just an architect's grand idea or ideas from the residents committee.
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' _8 c* ^; U, q9 \# Y% `# S"These are ideas which bubble up from the ground. The last thing I want is to create a white elephant or worse create something that unwittingly inconveniences or creates disamenities." , c2 J' F: o# G7 B7 ]. z

: {: Y3 R9 u; [% cIdeas gathered from house visits and dialogue sessions will be incorporated into the plans before they are presented to residents for their final vote. CNA/ir

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