SINGAPORE : Seven blocks at Sims Drive and Upper Boon Keng Road
have been identified for the Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme
(SERS).
Blocks 54, 56, 57, 59, 60 and 62 in Sims Drive and Block 20 in
Upper Boon Keng Road are 27 to 31 years old and contain more than
1,500 flats.
The Housing and Development Board will build 3-room, 4-room and
5-room flats at Bendemeer Road and Upper Boon Keng Road, making
available a total of 1,670 new units to rehouse flat-owners
affected by the redevelopment.
Registration for the replacement flats will take place end of
2006.
Construction of the new flats will begin in early 2007 and is
expected to be completed by end of 2010.
Block 55 Sims Drive, which has more than 350 1-room rental flats,
will be cleared.
12 shops and an eating house at Block 54 Sims Drive, plus a rental
kiosk at both Block 60 Sims Drive and Block 20 Upper Boon Keng,
will also be involved in the redevelopment scheme. - CNA/ms