DEFU INDUSTRIAL ESTATE (Arrears of rent)

Parliament of Singapore · 29 June 1984 · 5th Parliament

Official Report, 29 June 1984, Vol 44, Issue 1 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Sia Kah HuiTeh Cheang Wan
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Mr Sia Kah Hui asked the Minister for National Development (a) how many owners/lessees in Defu Industrial Estate are in arrears in land rent as at 31st May, 1984 and what is the total sum outstanding; (b) what are the shortest and longest periods for which rent is outstanding; and (c) how many factories are vacant and since when.

Mr Teh Cheang Wan: Sir, 31 lessees in Defu Industrial Estate were in arrears of ground rent amounting to $217,849.55 as at 31st May 1984.

The period of arrears ranges from one to nine months. 25 out of the 31 lessees are in arrears for three months or less, ie 17 cases for two months, seven cases for three months and one case for a month.

38 factories are vacant, of which 34 have been vacant for 15 months, two for less than a year and the remaining two for three years. 16 of these factories have been offered to resettlement cases and 22 are being kept vacant to meet the demand from future resettlement cases.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 29 June 1984. Republished on SGParliament.