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SINGAPORE: A new Sengkang City Development Committee has been established to oversee and coordinate the needs of all Sengkang residents.
This was announced Saturday (July 7th) by the State Minister for Health and Transportation, Lam Pin Min, also Member of Parliament for Sengkang West, at the inauguration ceremony of the Fernvale Community Club (CC).
The committee will consist of five councilors, including Dr. Lam, who will chair the committee, the vice-speaker of Parliament Charles Chong, who is the member for Punggol East, and the deputies Teo Ser Luck and Intan Azura Mokhtar. and Gan Thiam Poh.
"Under the mentorship of Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, the five city councilors of Sengkang work together informally to share development plans and meet the needs of the people of Sengkang," said Dr. Lam .
In his speech, he stated that the population of Sengkang West has grown to about 70,000 and that some have started their second generation of families in the city.
million. Charles Chong will be vice-chair of the committee, the three other councilors will each chair a subcommittee on the areas of child care and educational institutions, public transportation and active mobility, as well as only on issues related to the city council and the environment.
Speaking on the sidelines of the event, Dr. Lam said that there would be better coordination of developments in the region.
"We will also look at the different specific needs of our residents such as primary enrollment and child care – these are important issues that we all face," said Dr. Lamer. .
"We hope that by sitting together we will be able to discuss a strategy to alleviate and address some of the challenges."
Residents of Sengkang West welcomed the new committee and said that there was still room for improvement in the area.
million. Jonathan Phua, who has an 11-month-old daughter, said that he had moved in last year and noticed that there was a need to have more shelter, of LRT stations and bus stops.
Echoing the sentiment, Lawrence Choo, 35, moved into the field two years ago. He said more childcare centers need to build around the area because it had taken him a year to find a suitable one for his two young daughters.
Plans for the new Fernvale CC were announced last June, after residents raised concerns about lack of facilities and equipment after Fernvale Point closure
as a daycare center, a peddler's center and a wet market. It will be located next to the Seletar Mall on the Fernvale Point site
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