FLATS AT BUKIT BATOK CENTRAL (Rationale for upgrading)

Mr Chiam See Tong asked the Minister for National Development what is the rationale for upgrading three blocks of flats at Bukit Batok Central when they are only about ten years old.

The Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for National Development (Mr Matthias Yao Chih) (for the Minister for National Development): Mr Speaker, Sir, the three blocks are being upgraded under the Interim Upgrading Programme (IUP). They meet the age criterion, which is that flats for the IUP must be between 10 and 17 years old.