HUDC FLATS (Installation of automatic rescue devices in lifts)

Mr Ang Nam Piau asked the Minister for National Development if the Housing and Urban Development Company will follow the footsteps of the Housing and Development Board in installing automatic rescue devices in the lifts of its flats.

The Minister for National Development (Mr Teh Cheang Wan): Mr Speaker, Sir, the Housing & Urban Development Co (Pte) Ltd considers automatic rescue devices in lifts as essential and is likely to install them in all HUDC blocks. It has approached the Housing and Development Board for assistance.