{"id":119919,"date":"2021-02-02T03:17:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T20:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/13-towns-identified-for-remaking-our-heartland-scheme-since-2007\/"},"modified":"2021-02-02T17:51:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T10:51:39","slug":"13-towns-identified-for-remaking-our-heartland-scheme-since-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/13-towns-identified-for-remaking-our-heartland-scheme-since-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"13 towns identified for Remaking Our Heartland scheme since 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n13 towns identified for Remaking Our Heartland scheme since 2007The upgrading works aim to\u00a0strengthen\u00a0the identity of the neighbourhoods\u00a0with the building of\u00a0entrance promenades and heritage markers, as well as upgrading of facilities.\u00a0Each plan usually takes around five to 10 years to be implemented.
\nA total of 13 towns\/estates have been identified for the Remaking Our Heartland (ROH) scheme since the programme was launched in 2007, said the Ministry of National Development (MND) in Parliament on Monday (1 February).
\nThe towns are identified based on their potential and opportunities for rejuvenations, said the ministry in a written reply to Member of Parliament Hany Soh\u2019s question on the prerequisites to qualify for the scheme.
\nThe ROH is \u201ca multi-agency effort to develop customised plans that suit the needs of each ROH town, and to bring the plans from different agencies into a holistic package to rejuvenate the town as a whole\u201d, noted the MND.
\nConsidering the scale and effort involved, each plan usually takes around five to 10 years to be implemented.
\nOn the scope of works covered, the ministry revealed that the ROH package is \u201cusually the upgrading of the neighbourhood centre, with the upgrading work aimed at strengthening the identity of the neighbourhoods such as through entrance promenades and heritage markers, infusing more greenery, and providing more public spaces for the community to gather, such as community plazas, common areas sitting or fitness facilities\u201d.
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\nWorks could also include upgrading existing facilities, it added.
\n\u201cAs ROH funding is limited, there is a need to prioritise works that will benefit the community, rather than specific groups such as commercial tenants for which other programmes are available,\u201d explained MND.
\nAmong the programmes aimed at helping commercial tenants is the Revitalisation of Shops (ROS) Scheme.
\nUnder this initiative, the HDB co-funds physical upgrading works with shop owners to improve the shopping environment and retailers\u2019 promotional activities.
\nTo qualify for the programme, retailers must be represented by a Merchants\u2019 Associations (MA), which will be responsible for preparing the scope of physical upgrading works.
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\n\u201cThis is to encourage ownership of the upgrading plans by local stakeholders,\u201d said the ministry.
\nUpgrading works may include re-tiling under the fixed awnings, replacement of shop signages as well as installation of shopfront awnings and vertical blinds.
\nCurrently, the ROS scheme is being reviewed, with the details of the changes to be announced once ready.
\nMND noted that the ROS is implemented independently from ROH, enabling \u201cMAs in towns that have not yet been identified for ROH can tap on ROS to upgrade their business environments whenever they assess that there is a need to do so, and have garnered sufficient support from the retailers within the town or neighbourhood centre\u201d.
\n\u201cNonetheless, where a site has been identified for both ROS and ROH or other upgrading programmes, HDB will work with the MA to scope the ROS upgrading works to complement the common area upgrading works under ROH or other upgrading programmes where possible. This is to facilitate a more comprehensive and impactful improvement to the shopping environment,\u201d it said.
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