偷工减料 WhoPunishWho? Who punishes residents then play the #victimcard? APHeTC charges one of 3 highest S&CC among all the TCs, but tried to cut down its responsibility to the town. .
Madam, MND is prepared to help TCs, all of them. But TCs must also comply with the rules.
What Happened In Parliament: MND: [That said, TCs must also be prepared to accept the decision, and abide by the rules and procedures that govern all TCs. A TC cannot only accept decisions or rules that suit the TC, and disregard what is inconvenient to the TC. All parties must play their part and work within the framework of the laws and national policies.
For instance, all TCs are required to maintain letterboxes as these are part of common property. All TCs have abided by this statutory duty for many years. But HDB has told us that AHPETC has refused to carry out its duty to repair a resident’s defective letter box even after HDB has clarified this several times with the TC. I wonder if this is one of the cases which Ms Lim sees as one that would go to her housing tribunal that she has suggested. But in fact, AHPETC’s General Manager insists that HDB requires all residents in its constituencies to sign a letter of undertaking to maintain and repair their own letterboxes. If the residents refuse to sign this undertaking, AHPETC wants HDB to hand over the residents’ letterbox keys to the TC. HDB cannot agree to this because it is clearly the TC’s responsibility to maintain the letterboxes and it is collecting S&CC; the TC should not be passing the cost of repairs and maintenance to its residents. HDB also cannot agree to passing over the residents’ keys as it compromises the privacy of residents. And I must say I think we all agree with HDB. So these, these are a different dimension. There are disputes between residents, as well as HDB and TCs. But also equally, there may be some disagreements between TCs and HDB.
But HDB has also told us that AHPETC has been letting out public spaces at Hougang Central Hub and Kovan City to outside businessmen and retailers for profit. This contravenes HDB’s guidelines, which allow, but control the frequency of, such promotional activities, to mitigate the impact on the businesses of shopkeepers, who also pay the TC S&CC. A number of shopkeepers are unhappy about this. HDB has therefore written several times to remind the TC of the guidelines, to no avail. The TC had simply ignored HDB. Madam, MND is prepared to help TCs, all of them. But TCs must also comply with the rules. Otherwise, a housing tribunal of any form will not help.] ~ Desmond Lee (http://app.mnd.gov.sg/Newsroom/News...ry=Parliamentary+Speech&year=2015&RA1&RA2&RA3)
