EVICTIONS (Bukit Sembawang rubber estate)

Inche Ahmad Bin Ibrahim asked the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing whether he is aware that eviction orders have been given to a large number of inhabitants on the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Estate in the Sembawang rural area; and whether he will consider measures to provide assistance and alternative accommodation for the persons displaced as a result of such eviction orders.

Inche Abdul Hamid Bin Haji Jumat: I am informed that notices to quit have been given to a number of people resident on Bukit Sembawang Rubber Estate. I am not aware that eviction orders have been issued. The Government is not at present in a position to offer assistance or alternative accommodation to persons evicted from private land by order of the Court.