Facelift in line for Tanjong Pagar estate

A five-year master plan for Tanjong Pagar GRC and Radin Mas single-member constituency has been unveiled by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, promising residents more green spaces, better transport links and new and improved public housing estates in the next five years.

This also aims to make life easier for elderly residents in the GRC, providing handrails and ramps across all public estates, as well as lifts on every floor, by 2014.

“Every time an estate gets old, we renew it, we refurbish it. Why? Because we want to increase the value of your homes, beautify the surroundings,” said Mr. Lee.

Mr. Lee also said that there will be new flats, new playgrounds, faster broadband network and improvements to several schools to attract younger residents.

“85 percent are in HDB homes. We intend to keep the values of these homes up. They will never go down,” he said.