DEVELOPMENT OF AREA BOUNDED BY SIMS AVENUE, ALJUNIED ROAD, ALJUNIED WAY AND PAYA LEBAR ROAD (Particulars)

Encik Othman bin Haron Eusofe asked the Minister for National Development (a) if he will elaborate on the Housing and Development Board's development in the area bounded by Sims Avenue, Aijunied Road, Aljunied Way and Paya Lebar Road; how many flats will be built and when the development will be completed; and (b) what is the total number of families and persons to be resettled to make way for the development; and when the resettlement action will be completed.

Mr Teh Cheang Wan: Mr Speaker, Sir, the area bounded by Sims Avenue, Aljunied Road, Aljunied Way and Paya Lebar Road will be comprehensively re-developed for public housing and commercial and industrial uses. Ancillary facilities, such as schools and playgrounds, will also be built. To date, the HDB has completed 300 units of 4- and 5-room flats in the area. Another 680 units of 3-, 4- and 5-room flats are also under construction. They will be completed in the 4th quarter of 1982. The HDB plans to build an additional 500 units of 4-room flats by 1985.

There are 621 cases under clearance in the area bounded by Sims Avenue, Aljunied Road, Aljunied Way and Paya Lebar Road. They consist of 230 families, 112 single persons, 125 shops, industries and offices, 145 absentee house owners and nine other categories. The Resettlement Department will clear the cases in stages according to development schedules. Resettlement is targetted for completion by 1983.