POLICE STATION FOR ANG MO KIO NEW TOWN

Mr Yeo Toon Chia asked the Minister for Home Affairs and Education when a police station will be constructed at the reserved site in Ang Mo Kio New Town and whether it will be completed within the next two years; if not, whether a police post can be temporarily established there as soon as possible for the security of the residents in the area.

Mr Chua Sian Chin: Mr Speaker, Sir, in October/November 1976, the Housing and Development Board allocated a 2-acre site at the Ang Mo Kio New Town to the Police for the building of a new Police Divisional Headquarter Station. However, in April/May 1977 the Master Plan Committee disapproved the use of this site as a Police Divisional Headquarter Station because it was near to a proposed Mass Rapid Transit Station.

In July 1977 the Housing and Development Board offered another 2-acre site at the Ang Mo Kio New Town and the approval of the Master Plan Committee is being sought for the use of this site as a Police Divisional Headquarter Station. It is expected that the Station will be built and completed in 1980/1981.

The Police recognise the need to provide quick and efficient service to the growing population in the New Town and have already approached the Housing and Development Board to convert one of the existing HDB units or void decks for a Police Post until such time as the new Police Divisional Headquarter Station is completed. Details are now being worked out with the Housing and Development Board.