BLOCKS 611 and 629 BEDOK RESERVOIR ROAD (Conversion)

Encik Zulkifli bin Mohammed asked the Minister for National Development when the Housing and Development Board will complete the conversion process now being undertaken at Blocks 611 and 629, Bedok Reservoir Road and when the flats will be ready for occupation.

The Minister for National Development (Mr S. Dhanabalan): Mr Speaker, Sir, 200 3-room flats and 20 4-room flats at Block 629 Bedok Reservoir Road are being converted to 58 5-room flats and 52 Executive Apartments. The conversion is expected to be completed and ready for occupation by early 1990.

No conversion works will be carried out at Block 611 at Bedok Reservoir Road. HDB plans to upgrade the internal finishes of the 4- and 5-room flats in this block to current standards. The upgrading will be completed before the end of 1989.

Mr Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir): Sir, are these conversions the amalgamation of two or more flats together? For these converted flats, are there special conditions for people who want to apply them?

Mr Dhanabalan: Mr Speaker, Sir, yes. As I said, 3- and 4-room flats will be converted into 5-room and Executive Apartment flats. So this will involve some amalgamation. There will be no special conditions because these converted flats will be almost the same in size as the standard 5-room and Executive apartments, maybe a little bigger.