JALAN TIGA AND OLD KALLANG AIRPORT ESTATE (Hawkers' Centre for unlicensed hawkers)

Mr Ng Yeow Chong asked the Minister for Law and National Development if he will ascertain from the Housing and Development Board whether the Board has any plans to set up a Hawkers' Centre to accommodate unlicensed hawkers congregating at Jalan Tiga and elsewhere in the Old Kallang Airport Estate.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Law and National Development (National Development Division) (Mr Ho Cheng Choon) (for the Minister for Law and National Development): Mr Speaker, Sir, the Housing and Development Board has been studying the possibility of constructing a Hawkers' Centre to rehouse the present hawkers in the Kallang Airport Estate. As soon as a suitable site for a Hawkers' Centre is available, the scheme can be finalised and construction of the Hawkers' Centre will commence.