Today, I passed by once again and saw this interesting banners. It seem that HDB does not want to associate itself to the Boon Lay Ave Blk 216-220. I can see that the banner with the wording "HDB" been "Blanko". I think the managing LHN Group Residential was told to "blanko" the wording "HDB". After these estate had alrady been "En Bloc"ed. It had nothing to do with HDB.
I still remember this estate very well because I lived there and although I had left there many years ago, some of my friends had been affected by the en bloc. There was a on TV documentary on the unhappiness of the residents over the en bloc and the MP of that area Mdm Ho Gek Choo seem did not care less. Some of the residents had then recently bought units in these blocks of flats after were told en bloc was not coming.
These residents who newly bought these flats in the estate had bitter feelings after they had done a complete renovations, then they were told of the en bloc. If I am those residents, whom do u think I will vote for the coming GE? This sort of behavior will come from a walk over MP who did not get the mandate from the residents and they only looked after their own interest. Mostly PAP sided intrest.
These pictures brought many memories to me as I had played with friends during my childhood many years ago. Now the new landlord had been painting and preparating tenants to stay in the estate of Boon Lay Block 216-220; after the residents were made to move away for en bloc.
Managing Agent office? Last time used to be provision shops.
Workers painting the supposingly en bloc flat
(Freshly painted Block)
Newly installed aircon (Samsung brand)
(Air con Samsung brand)
View from Main Road (Boon Lay Ave)
This block is preparing to be painted with a fresh coat of paint.
(Even the Rubbish Bins bears LHN Group Logo)
I was wondering, coming 10-20 years if PAP still in power, will our estates be sold just liked our power stations to private estate manageing agents liked LHN Group? So is PAP be washing hands from the issues arise from HDB flat dwellers, just liked the Seng Siong Market issues?
They are renting out 5 HDB blocks? How many units are there? Where they going to find so many people to rent them?
ReplyDeleteSo much for integration.
ReplyDeleteIs not only Boon Lay Ave, I heard Bedok South Ave 3 area, also going to become like Boon Lay Ave.
ReplyDeleteDK, with the kind of open door foreigner policy we have today, there is no worries about getting someone to rent the unit! Anytime you post an ad for renting out a HDB flat, you are gonna be getting a flood of queries from these foreigners!
ReplyDeleteFrom the Pictures, those units look like 5 rooms and EA units. How long have they been left vacant? How much were they acquired for?
If going by the last comment of the author, it is indeed scary to know that the govt can sell our blocks of flats to private developers at their fancy and then repaint them and use them like they were some privately built units!
Sigh... 99-year lease on our homes indeed. You think there will ever be a flat in Singapore that will see the end of that 99 year lease that we are paying through our nose for?
Sigh... Singapore... is it still a home for Singaporeans?
yes....you are right....think there used to be the word HDB on the banner....
ReplyDeletesure they got a long list of pple waiting to rent these flats.....those FTs, FWs, etc....
can only said previous residents had been "screwed" with the so-called en-bloc idea by some smart chaps.....
Those 5 blocks of flats are approx 30 years old. Suppose to be en bloc and demolished for new development (Not sure if this is the original intention)
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By chasing out the residents, HDB can sell their new flats at $700k. So in a way, it helps to wipe out your CPF and made DBS/banks happy.
ReplyDeleteDo you think they care if they would rent the flats to Singaporean needies for a low fee instead of $1300?
Anyway, most Singaporeans are too weak and scared. Even if they suffer this much, they would still vote for the PAP. But I dont think whatever for... these guys are already multi millionaire and remember you cannot even afford a basic shelter. What a big joke for kiasu and kiasi Singaporeans.
are they any house for rent ?how much?
ReplyDeletewhat is en bloc???
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