sengkang new town is always about HDB poor planing. that is Mr
Ma pet project. He made people to travel long distance and change
bus just to get to buy grocery, see doctor and eat food. because he
is former sbst company director. this why WP can easy won the
election there.
Hi mr wsy1234, I don't agree. Why? As usual, those around
sengkang MRT area (under PAP) have most facilities and amenities.
Sengkang east is under WP currently. Way before then, it is under
PAP and the concept of new towns is to have few catchment areas for
people to congregate and mingle and do basic stuff. So they plan
for rivervale mall and rivervale plaza as 2 important malls for
people in Sengkang east to come. As it is new town, they think
young people prefer malls to normal coffee shops and hawker centres
such as those found in nature estates.
When they realize that young people also want basic amenities
just nearby their houses, they change the concepts and implement in
Sengkang west (under PAP currently). Every conceivable place where
possible in Sengkang west, they try to have commercial areas, be it
coffee shop or small minimart. For new btos, they are trying to
have these shops as part of the btos. Previously, they do not do
that in Sengkang east. Cheers. Thanks.
