Why House Bangala in Serangoon Gardens & Not Oxley Rd?

[makapaaa]

Dun waste time petitioning lah! Just sell that worthless house and emigrate!

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</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>No to foreign worker dorm <!--10 min-->


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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->FOREIGN workers? Not in our neighbourhood.
More than 600 residents of Serangoon Gardens, a private estate in the north-east, have signed a petition against converting an unused school there into a dormitory for foreign workers.
The Ministry of National Development (MND) confirmed that it is assessing whether Serangoon Gardens Technical School can be converted into quarters for foreign workers, although no decision has been made yet.
The school in Burghley Road has been vacant for about four years and can possibly house 1,000 workers.
When residents of the estate, which has more than 2,000 homes, heard the news earlier this week, a petition was started by the residents' committee asking the authorities to reconsider.
The one-page petition said the move would 'create security and social problems and spoil the ambience of the estate'.
'I signed the petition immediately and got 80 of my friends to sign it too,' said retired teacher S. Raja, 69.
MP for Aljunied GRC Lim Hwee Hua said it is 'good that residents are speaking out with an interest' on the issue and encouraged them to give their feedback, which she would convey to MND.

=> And can she do anything about it after talking cock? Or she will persuade the residents to serve NS and bear with it?

The residents will be meeting Mrs Lim and fellow MP George Yeo, the Foreign Minister, today (wed) as part of a dialogue series and will raise the issue.
Especially concerned are the residents who live opposite the former school.
They said that security was their main worry. Many were afraid that their maids might befriend the foreign workers and invite them into their houses while they are out. Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

[yellow_people]

Once a racist always a racist. What's your point? That ungracious Sinkees will clean up after themselves? Evidently even that appears to be a problem. Good thing the Sinkees are a dying breed. Let us FTs show you how to take charge of our destiny.

Sam you can change the URL and the look and feel but the forum is still made up of losers.

 

[wooozzz]

Send all FT home regardless of Nationality by our Navy and we will not have any social and security concerns.
This will solve all MP Concern and that will make everyone in the serangoon garden estate happy.

 

[Pele]

The one-page petition said the move would 'create security and social problems and spoil the ambience of the estate'.

The residents think that the authorities dun even know this?
What is the use of petition? Can the useless MPs do anything?
The reasons are obvious to everyone. How can the PAP dun know?

 

[chinkangkor]

What is the proportion of crimes by foreign workers? If the percentage is insignificant, then the claim that foreign workers poses security issues does not hold any water.

If the police can release more information on this, I think it will go a long way to alleviate the concerns of residents.