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walan..fucking building so big....obviously building a workers dormitary for ahneh workers lah...OBIGOOD...vote for MIW lah...serve u simei farkers rite...now KPKB for wat...u all have to repent for the next 5 yrs....u simei farkers will have only yourselves to blame if your wives, daughters, granddaugher kena molest or rape by these horny ahneh animals....OBIGOOD!!! 
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IT HAS been called a "hulking monster" by those living in a sleepy private housing estate in Simei.
Many residents fear that the massive structure being built in their midst could end up housing foreign workers. Irked, some are even thinking of moving out.
The structure in question is a three-storey building with an attic currently being built in Jalan Angin Laut. Construction began last August and is slated for completion within two months.
Residents say the building dwarfs the surrounding houses and ruins the aesthetic appeal of the estate. The building will have a pool and more than 10 rooms, each with an attached bathroom.
When my paper visited the area, the building, located at unit 17A, looked about two thirds done.
Standing at a height of 16.5m and with a length of 40m, it towers over its adjacent one-storey neighbour.
my paper understands that a one-storey semi-detached house used to stand in its place.
When contacted, the building's main contractor, Mr Anthony Ang, said the project costs more than $2 million and complies with all guidelines.
Written permission from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and approval from the Building and Construction Authority were sought before construction started, he added.
A URA spokesman said approval was given because the development proposal for the house "met our planning guidelines and parameters".
Jalan Angin Laut is located in a "mixed landed-housing area", the spokesman explained.
This means that any form of landed housing - terrace houses, semi-detached and detached houses - may be built there. Existing houses may be redeveloped into other forms of housing, subject to parameters such as the plot's size and width, said the spokesman.
my paper understands that the house is being built for a large family.
A resident living nearby, who wanted to be known only as Mr Ho, said: "The building is too huge and takes up almost all the available land.
"A lot of people here are very unhappy. The neighbours can't even see the sky."
The authorities, he added, should be more sensitive, consulting and engaging residents before approving submissions.
Another resident, who has lived in the area for 20 years, said: "We toyed with the idea of moving...but we'll see how it goes."
However, some are blase about the building.
"There's nothing we can do if they want to build it. They bought the land and they own the space, so they can do whatever they want with it," said a resident who wanted to be known only as Mr Ang.
Mr J. A. Goh, a senior marketing director from ERA Realty Network, said the value of the houses directly next door will be "pressed down by potential buyers", as they will use the building as a reason for negotiating lower prices.
"Buyers will say that the surrounding area is blocked and that there is no sunlight", so they will not accept offers at the market rate, he said.
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IT HAS been called a "hulking monster" by those living in a sleepy private housing estate in Simei.
Many residents fear that the massive structure being built in their midst could end up housing foreign workers. Irked, some are even thinking of moving out.
The structure in question is a three-storey building with an attic currently being built in Jalan Angin Laut. Construction began last August and is slated for completion within two months.
Residents say the building dwarfs the surrounding houses and ruins the aesthetic appeal of the estate. The building will have a pool and more than 10 rooms, each with an attached bathroom.
When my paper visited the area, the building, located at unit 17A, looked about two thirds done.
Standing at a height of 16.5m and with a length of 40m, it towers over its adjacent one-storey neighbour.
my paper understands that a one-storey semi-detached house used to stand in its place.
When contacted, the building's main contractor, Mr Anthony Ang, said the project costs more than $2 million and complies with all guidelines.
Written permission from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and approval from the Building and Construction Authority were sought before construction started, he added.
A URA spokesman said approval was given because the development proposal for the house "met our planning guidelines and parameters".
Jalan Angin Laut is located in a "mixed landed-housing area", the spokesman explained.
This means that any form of landed housing - terrace houses, semi-detached and detached houses - may be built there. Existing houses may be redeveloped into other forms of housing, subject to parameters such as the plot's size and width, said the spokesman.
my paper understands that the house is being built for a large family.
A resident living nearby, who wanted to be known only as Mr Ho, said: "The building is too huge and takes up almost all the available land.
"A lot of people here are very unhappy. The neighbours can't even see the sky."
The authorities, he added, should be more sensitive, consulting and engaging residents before approving submissions.
Another resident, who has lived in the area for 20 years, said: "We toyed with the idea of moving...but we'll see how it goes."
However, some are blase about the building.
"There's nothing we can do if they want to build it. They bought the land and they own the space, so they can do whatever they want with it," said a resident who wanted to be known only as Mr Ang.
Mr J. A. Goh, a senior marketing director from ERA Realty Network, said the value of the houses directly next door will be "pressed down by potential buyers", as they will use the building as a reason for negotiating lower prices.
"Buyers will say that the surrounding area is blocked and that there is no sunlight", so they will not accept offers at the market rate, he said.
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