Why postmen? Well, they said they would submit the letter and they did. The Minister for National Development said he received it. But I guess that was all huh?
It is so obvious that plans were already made to convert the former Serangoon Garden Technical School when the residents of Serangoon Garden got the wind of the news.
The access road to AMK Ave 1 was already being constructed as our leaders blatantly insist that no decision has yet been made. (Well, the road is now pretending to be a construction access for the CTE widening project.)
It is really one thing to be forthcoming with information and another to secretly make decisions to convert the former Serangoon Garden Technical School into a dormitory while pretending that it might not happen.
Our MPs could have just come out and say sorry suckers! Your votes are peanuts! Better you than me and get it over with. I think I would have felt slightly better.
Preemptive defence, saying that it is not up to them just makes things worse because it kept the hopes of the residents up. The the news today just dropped everyone’s hopes like a lead baloon.
They should have just said, ‘I’m afraid it’s gonna happen.’ and then go on to provide a timeline and road map. I think the residents in the vicinity should have at least been given a chance to work with the authorities.
My immediate question to the powers that be now are:
- How long will the location be used as a dormitory?
- Since the Government has been so secretive about the whole thing? Who do we turn to if there are problems?
- What do I do if I see a foreign worker masturbating at my nearby neighbourhood park when I go for my run in the evenings? (This would not have been a question 2 weeks ago, but I just saw one doing it in Sembawang Park.)
- Do I report a foreign worker if I see him having sex with a maid in the park? (I saw a FW and a maid behaving intimately just yesterday.)
- What if my dog goes missing? (It hasn’t.)
- There will be financial benefits being enjoyed from the lease of the facility. Will the residents benefit from this in return for such a sacrifice?
- Will the dorm operator be decided via an open tender?
- If so, when will the tender for the dorm operator be posted?
- Will Serangoon Gardens residents be given preference if they take part in the tender? I believe residents will be able to run the place better since they have local knowledge.
- *** fuck serangoon gardens alr…
- yr estate gona b workers’ dorm. Siow liao. Move to sembawang b my neighbour la. Haha
p said,
October 6, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
sembawang good wat….no one will offer to send me home coz itz dam freaking far…but at least i think don’t hv workers’ dorm (yet),
and by the way i think these fw seem to hv a thing for parks….i think i recall blading past one in ecp…the dude was doing some lewd thing half hidden in the bushes….