Tanjong Pagar to get a facelift
MM Lee unveils 5-year masterplan for area, promising slew of enhancements
By Zakir Hussain
MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew on Saturday unveiled a five-year master-plan for Tanjong Pagar GRC and Radin Mas single-member constituency.
The plan promises residents more green spaces, new and spruced-up public housing estates and better transport links in the next five years.
It also aims to make life easier for the large pool of elderly residents in the GRC, located at the geographical centre of the island.
In the works are handrails and ramps across all estates, and lifts on every floor by 2014.
There will also be new flats, new playgrounds, a faster broadband network, and enhancements to several schools - to attract younger residents.
Mr Lee, who has represented Tanjong Pagar since 1955, highlighted to some 500 residents the role that the Government's policy of home ownership has played in Singapore's stability and progress.
Read the full story in The Sunday Times today.
zakirh@sph.com.sg
Why refurbish?
'Every time an estate gets old, we renew it, we refurbish it. Why? Because we want to increase the value of your homes, beautify the surroundings.'
MINISTER MENTOR LEE KUAN YEW on the rejuvenation of Tanjong Pagar, which includes large-scale projects like Commonwealth10
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