By Joanne Chan | Posted: 02
December 2010 1138 hrs
SINGAPORE: The National Development Ministry has set
aside S$46 million over the next three years to upgrade private
estates in Singapore.
This will be carried out via two programmes - the Estate Upgrading
Programme and the Interim Estate Upgrading Programme.
Six estates have been selected for the seventh batch of the Estate
Upgrading Programme at an estimated cost of S$21 million. They
include Cambridge Estate, Roxy Estate and Lucky Heights
Estate.
The Estate Upgrading Programme is targeted at older private estates
and works include the upgrading of parks and playgrounds.
More than 5,000 households will benefit from the improved
facilities.
Another S$25 million has been set aside under the Interim-Estate
Upgrading Programme, which allows private estates to carry out
small-scale improvements.
These include building footpaths, ramps and installing
lighting.
-AFP/ac
