CLEMENTI UPDATE
On 25 May 2012,Fri
Clementi residents to get community farm in their backyard
By Lip Kwok Wai, Karen Ng | Posted: 15 May 2012 2049 hrs
SINGAPORE: Clementi residents will soon have a
community farm in their backyard.
The Singapore Land Authority said it's processing an application
from the Bukit Timah Citizens Consultative Committee for a
three-year Temporary Occupation Licence for a plot of State land at
Clementi Avenue 4 for the farm.
The 1,250 square metre plot, previously occupied by illegal
farmers, is where the community farm will be.
The land will be divided into 30 plots.
Eighteen individuals who had been working on the land had come
forward to SLA before the April 3 deadline, and will now get a
32-square metre plot on which to grow their produce.
Priority for the other plots will be given to residents living in
the area.
Users of the community farm will pay an annual maintenance fee of
S$60 to defray costs.
Farmers will also get water supply and a temporary footpath will be
constructed.
MP for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC, Sim Ann, who is also MP for the
area, said: "Arising from feedback from the residents, we feel that
this project can be integrated with a temporary footpath that links
Block 305 all the way to the Ulu Pandan Park Connector, which is
where many of our residents go for jogging and for walks. And I
think this footpath, because it's integrated with the community
garden, will also allow residents to access and to admire, the
plants and the crops that the farmers are cultivating."
- CNA/fa
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This plot of state land at Clementi Avenue 4 has been used by
nearby residents for farming for almost 30 years (Photo taken by
Olivia Siong)