why must be on bamboo poles, we use lines and ropes also can,
only HDB dwellers use bamboo poles.
As I said, some cloth cannot be wash with washing machine,
fabric such as silk and cotton will get damage.
The cost of balcony is nothing comparing to the safety of it,
many a times see on news someone drop from a high floor while
hanging cloth with bamboo poles. So with a balcony, i believe that
it not only create safety, good for women and older folks too. And
when you are not drying cloth, can use the balcony for suntan or
play mahjong.
Bowah,
We are talking about drying clothes for people living in the
high rise HDB flats. Of course, there are people who live in rural
areas who use ropes or lines to dry their clothes.
Indeed, there are clothes that need handwashing but these
clothes are usually dried indoor or to be dried away from the sun
or these clothes are sent to laundry houses for dry cleaning. The
clothes that are dried on the bamboo poles are usually the normal
clothings.
How many people fall in a year ? 5 people ? Who are these people
ie usually new maids. By the way, there are already safe system
that allows people to put their clothes on the rail indoor and then
the rail is moved out of the window of the kitchen to dry the
clothes under the sunny sun using a mechanical or semi-automatic
system.
Do the residents of 1-room, 2-room and 3-room HDB flats can
afford the luxury of the more than $10,000 balcony for drying
clothes ? You are rich but these people can hardly meet their
ends and yet you want them to fork out more than $10,000 for a
balcony for drying clothes as compared the current method of
drying the clothes using the bamboo poles whose cost is
minimal. 
