The neighbourhood of Joo Chiat is set to become Singapore’s first all-private-property constituency in view of the upcoming demolition of four remaining HDB blocks under the Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS), media reports said.
Its MP Charles Chong (pictured) said: “Within the next two or three years, all the four blocks will be resettled and Joo Chiat will be the only constituency where it is 100 percent private property – condos and landed property – which makes it a bit different from the other constituencies.”
Located along East Coast Road, the blocks comprise 129 housing units. The 48-year-old buildings are also home to one percent of the constituency’s population of 37,000 residents.
Romesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories email romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
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