COVERED WALKWAYS AND SHELTERS

Mr Cheo Chai Chen asked the Minister for National Development if he will state (a) the number and the names, to date, of Town Councils (TCs)/Citizens' Consultative Committees (CCCs) which have used funds from the Community Improvement Projects Committee (CIPC) to build covered walkways or shelters for walkways; (b) the total number of such walkways constructed and under construction; (c) the total cost of such constructions; and (d) the number of CIPC-funded walkways in the Sembawang GRC and the Nee Soon South Constituency.

Mr Lim Hng Kiang: (a) To date, 75 CCCs have used CIPC funds to build covered walkways. The names of the CCCs are at Annex A (Cols. 609 - 610). (b) Since the CIPC scheme first started in November 89, CIPC has approved a total number of 719 covered walkways. These have either been constructed or are under construction. (c) The total CIPC funding for the 719 covered walkways amount to $59.2m. (d) The number of CIPC-funded covered walkways in the Sembawang GRC and Nee Soon South Constituency, to date, are 35 and 15 respectively Annex A - CCCs which have used CIPC funds to build covered walkways (Cols. 609 - 610)