TUAS VILLAGE (Resettlement)

Mr Ho Kah Leong asked the Minister for Finance if he will ascertain from the Jurong Corporation, in the past five years, (a) how many families in Tuas Village were resettled and how many acres of land were acquired from them; (b) how many of them were classified as bona fide farmers and how many of those farmers opted for bee JTC flats; and (c) how many acres of land in Lim Chu Kang were allocated to those affected farming families.

Mr Goh Chok Tong (for the Minister for Finance): Sir, according to the Jurong Town Corporation, resettlement of Tuas Village began in 1973 and to-date 314 families living on 40 acres of state land have been resettled. Fifty-three cases have been classified as bona fide farmers and of these 42 have opted for free JTC flats. The remaining cases opted for land, and 8.279 acres of land in Lim Chu Kang have been allocated to them.