Town Councils' Community Improvement Projects Accepted for FY2025

Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Ministry has considered or accepted any Community Improvement Projects Committee (CIPC) nominations from any Town Council for FY2025; (b) when will nominations open this year for Town Councils to put up CIPC proposals for consideration; and (c) whether the Ministry intends for Town Councils to combine their FY2025 nominations into their list of FY2026 nominations.

Mr Chee Hong Tat: The Community Improvement Projects Committee (CIPC) is a funding scheme to provide funding support to Town Councils and Citizens' Consultative Committees for small-scale improvement works in the Housing and Development Board estates.

Following requests from several Town Councils to extend the deadline for FY2024 CIPC nominations due to the handing and taking over processes after General Election 2025, the Ministry of National Development (MND) extended the timeline for submission. The FY2024 projects were awarded three months ago, in January 2026.

To allow all Town Councils sufficient time to work on their FY2024 projects, MND has not started the exercise for Town Councils to submit CIPC nominations for the FY2025 and FY2026 cycles. When the nomination process is ready to commence, we will inform the Town Councils and Citizens' Consultative Committees on the details.