BUKIT HO SWEE CONSTITUENCY (Building of multi-storey flatted factory for light industries)

Mr Seah Mui Kok asked the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Jurong Town Corporation if the Corporation will consider building a multi-storey flatted factory for light industries in the Bukit Ho Swee Constituency in order to provide employment for the people in that area and also to improve their standard of living.

Mr Tang See Chim (for the Minister for Finance): Mr Speaker, Sir, the Jurong Town Corporation does not own any land in the Bukit Ho Swee Constituency and has no plans as yet to build flatted factories in the constituency. The Housing and Development Board, however, is at the moment constructing a seven-storey block of flatted factories at Ganges Avenue in the Bukit Ho Swee Constituency. This block of flatted factories, with an area of some 100,000 square feet, is scheduled for completion early next year. When fully taken up by industries, it will provide employment for some 1,000 workers.