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[h=1]Movie Under the Stars (1) - Megamind[/h]<abbr title="Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 12:26pm" data-utime="1369888003" class="timestamp"></abbr>


Reminiscing the kampong days, residents of Hougang gathered under the stars on 30 March 2013 to watch the movie - Megamind together. Munching on crunchy popcorns; whilst the kids enjoy more of the generous fluffy candy floss, everyone had a great evening.

 

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[h=1]Movie Under the Stars (1) - Megamind[/h]<abbr title="Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 12:26pm" data-utime="1369888003" class="timestamp"></abbr>


Reminiscing the kampong days, residents of Hougang gathered under the stars on 30 March 2013 to watch the movie - Megamind together. Munching on crunchy popcorns; whilst the kids enjoy more of the generous fluffy candy floss, everyone had a great evening.

 

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[h=1]Movie Under the Stars (1) - Megamind[/h]<abbr title="Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 12:26pm" data-utime="1369888003" class="timestamp"></abbr>


Reminiscing the kampong days, residents of Hougang gathered under the stars on 30 March 2013 to watch the movie - Megamind together. Munching on crunchy popcorns; whilst the kids enjoy more of the generous fluffy candy floss, everyone had a great evening.

 

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[h=1]Movie Under the Stars (1) - Megamind[/h]<abbr title="Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 12:26pm" data-utime="1369888003" class="timestamp"></abbr>


Reminiscing the kampong days, residents of Hougang gathered under the stars on 30 March 2013 to watch the movie - Megamind together. Munching on crunchy popcorns; whilst the kids enjoy more of the generous fluffy candy floss, everyone had a great evening.

 

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The second series of Movie Under the Stars is here again! This time round, the screen and the crew is roving over to...Blk 830 Hougang Central! And we are showing Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted! Grab your tickets now and bring your own mats/stools down on 29 June 2013 at 7.30pm for an evening of popcorn, candy floss and pure entertainment.

 

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[h=5]Hougang SMC[/h]
"We are pleased that the NEA Advisory has finally clarified the following regarding hawker centres :-

1. Spring cleaning is expected to be carried out on a quarterly basis; and
2. The ceilings, beams and exhaust ducts are to be cleaned at least once a year.

It is clear from the Advisory that Town Councils do NOT need to clean the ceilings, beams and exhaust ducts at each spring cleaning exercise, but annually. It is also clear from the Straits Times’ article dated 1 June 2013 that the Town Council had carried out cleaning of the ceilings, beams and exhaust ducts last year. We reiterate that no authorized TC staff told any hawker or anyone of any additional charges to be imposed for the cleaning.

We hope this clarifies to the public that AHPE TC has duly carried out its responsibilities as required."





Media Release - 1 June 2013 | AHPETC
[url]www.ahpetc.sg
We refer to NEA’s “Advisory on Maintenance of Hawker Centres” dated 31 May 2013 which was sent to the email address of our Managing Agent at 8.05 pm on the same day, and promptly reported in the Straits Times and Zaobao on 1 June 2013.


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[h=5]"Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) notes with concern the inaccuracies contained in the releases from National Environment Agency (NEA) over the last few days relating to the cleaning of two hawker centres within the jurisdiction of AHPETC.

To allay unnecessary anxiety caused to hawkers and the public due to the media reports, we enclose as Annex A, the tentative schedules for annual cleaning of the five hawker centres within our jurisdiction. At these annual cleanings, the Town Council will bear all cost related to cleaning the high areas, including all necessary scaffolding and canvas costs. This is in keeping with our obligation to clean the high areas annually, as confirmed by NEA’s Advisory of 31 May 2013.

We also wish to set out the facts as we know them relating to the cleaning of the two Bedok North markets under our charge and to refute the unfounded allegations against the Town Council." - AHPETC Vice-Chairman Pritam Singh[/h]Media Release - 3 June 2013 | AHPETC
[url]www.ahpetc.sgAljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) notes with concern the inaccuracies contained in the releases from National Environment Agency (NEA) over

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Media Release - 7 June 2013 | AHPETC
www.ahpetc.sg
I find the conclusion of the NEA on 6 June 2013 that “AHPETC tried to get hawkers to pay extra cleaning costs, and when that failed it deflected the blame” puzzling and unprofessional as a government agency.



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[h=5]Hougang SMC[/h]Seafood, anyone? Come join us on 14 July 2013 for a fun-filled Sunday trip across the causeway. Grab your tickets now while tickets last.

 

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[h=5]Hougang SMC[/h]
I welcome the release of the documents by National Environment Agency (“NEA”) so that the public can make their own judgment.

In response, we are also releasing, at Annex A, the email thread from NEA to Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (“AHPETC”) stating that “the Hawkers Association will make the necessary arrangements with their contractors on the scaffold erection / dismantling during the spring cleaning period from 4 – 8 March 2013”.






Media Release - 9 June 2013 | AHPETC
[url]www.ahpetc.sg


I welcome the release of the documents by National Environment Agency (“NEA”) so that the public can make their own judgment.


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Hougang SMC

[h=5]"AHPETC has been consistent in its attitude and is always prepared to cooperate with government agencies for the benefit of the residents it serves. However, the Minister should not mistake this to mean that AHPETC can be bullied or is an easy target to be used by the government to score political points.

As this episode wore on and even earlier in April 2013, the Minister visited the hawker centres at various markets in Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East (AHPE) town. In doing so, the Minister could have used his not insignificant powers as Minister overseeing the NEA and exercised his leadership to reach out to all parties, including both the Hawkers Association and AHPETC, to resolve any matter amicably. We expected that as Minister, he would use his office to play a positive and constructive role in this episode, but this was apparently not to be."[/h]Media Release - 10 June 2013 | AHPETC
[url]www.ahpetc.sgI have been truthful in communicating the Town Council’s position on the facts of the matter concerned. Equally, there is no reason to doubt the honesty of Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (“AHPETC”) staff in this matter. If the Minister has any proof to the contrary, he should present

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Time for WP-run town councils and NEA to move on: Low Thia Khiang



Mr Low Thia Khiang struck a conciliatory note, saying that the hawkers need peace to do business. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE


By Andrea Ong


WORKERS' Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang sought to draw a line under the long-running dispute over the cleaning of hawker centres in Aljunied GRC yesterday, calling on all parties involved to move on.


Weighing in for the first time on the saga, Mr Low struck a conciliatory note, saying the WP-run Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) will continue to work with the National Environment Agency (NEA) "to solve problems on the ground and to address the issues".


"We should move on from the current issue," he told The Straits Times at his Meet-the-People Session in Aljunied GRC last night.
"I would expect the town council to continue to work with NEA for environmental issues on the ground, be it market hygiene, cleanliness, be it littering, be it the dengue fever issue, be it midges at Bedok Reservoir issues," said the MP for Bedok Reservoir-Punggol division.

 

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