How would you do if this happen to your project?
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Incident like this could be prevented if the authorities could be more transparent and sensitive towards the sentiments of the future residents staying around this new facility (even though it's not the first in Singapore).
Instead of fine prints, the authorities could have exercised extra care by consulting different key stakeholders in the first place. Apparently, the project is still going ahead while on the other hand the future residents are not satisfy with the official reply.
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Report Key Highlights
- Home owners (3,300 affected households) in Sengkang West said that they were only aware that a Chinese temple will be built.
- The site is surrounded by two Build-to-Order (BTO) projects, and one executive condominium (EC) development.
- Residents were concerned about flat prices and the fact that a private company was allowed to run the religious site.
- About 400 people turned up at a closed door dialogue session on Sunday (4th Jan) with Sengkang West MP Lam Pin Min, the temple's developer (Simon Hoo, CEO of Life Corp), representatives from Housing and Development Board (HDB) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).
- Life Corp plans to disallow the open burning of incense within and near the site.
- The columbarium area will also be kept out of public view, and must not exceed 20 per cent of the temple's overall floor space, according to HDB and URA guidelines.
Source: CNA, 04/01/2015
See also original Straits Times articles @ Future residents of Fernvale Lea BTO in Sengkang West surprised by columbarium plan
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