SELECTIVE EN-BLOC REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME AT HILLVIEW ESTATE

Mr Ang Mong Seng asked the Minister for National Development whether the Housing and Development Board will allow immediate family members of those affected by the Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme at Hillview Estate to select their flats from the balance units of the replacement site.

Assoc. Prof. Koo Tsai Kee (for the Minister for National Development): Mr Speaker, Sir, the new replacement flats being built for offer to Hillview lessees affected by the Selective En-Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) are located at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5. After the SERS lessees have selected their flats, the priority is to offer the balance units to eligible flat tenants of the rental block at Block 11 Hillview Avenue which has been earmarked for relocation in tandem with the SERS programme.

HDB will look into the allocation of the balance units at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 after the Hillview SERS lessees and flat tenants have selected their new replacement flats.

Notwithstanding the above, there are already several schemes which enable parents and married children to live near each other. For example, SERS lessees may include their parents or their married child in the application for a new replacement flat so that they can stay together in the new flat as an extended family. First-timer flat applicants may also apply to the HDB for the $40,000 CPF Housing Grant Scheme to buy a resale flat to live near their parents or children.