LAND AT JALAN HAJI SALAM AND TANAH MERAH KECHIL ROAD (Resettlement Plans)

Parliament of Singapore · 28 July 1987

Official Report, 28 July 1987, Vol 49, Issue 13 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ibrahim OthmanS. Dhanabalan

Encik Ibrahim Othman asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether the Housing and Development Board has resettled all the residents of land at Jalan Haji Salam and Tanah Merah Kechil Road which were acquired by the Government, if not, when will they be resettled; and (b) what plans the HDB has for the site until it is redeveloped.

Mr S. Dhanabalan: (a) The Housing and Development Board is in the process of resettling the squatters in the Jalan Haji Salam/Tanah Merah Kechil Road area. To date, 187 squatters had been cleared. The remaining 17 squatters will be resettled around December 1987.

(b) The site has been earmarked for Government hospital development but the timing of implementation has not been decided.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 28 July 1987. Republished on SGParliament.