\nStarted in 2000, the Estate Upgrading Programme will look at upgrading 63 private housing estates across Singapore. (Photo: Nikki De Guzman)<\/p>\n
The government has set aside around $187 million for the Estate Upgrading Programme (EUP) since the scheme was launched in 2000, said Minister of State for National Development Koh Poh Koon in Parliament on Wednesday (9 November).
Started in 2000, the Estate Upgrading Programme will look at upgrading 63 private housing estates...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-8LD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111562,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/government-to-pour-in-over-1b-into-upgrading-private-public-estates\/","url_meta":{"origin":33705,"position":0},"title":"Government to pour in over $1b into upgrading private, public estates","date":"October 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Meanwhile, the government will also upgrade 55,000 HDB flats under the second round of the Home Improvement Programme (HIP), which is set to start from next year onwards.\u00a0 In a bid to support stakeholders in the built environment industry, the government will spend a significant amount of over $1\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":33615,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/expansion-of-upgrading-scheme-depends-on-budget\/","url_meta":{"origin":33705,"position":1},"title":"Expansion of upgrading scheme depends on budget","date":"November 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Home Improvement Programme currently applies to flats built up to 1986 that have not undergone the Main Upgrading Programme. 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\nResponding to MP Sylvia Lim\u2019s question on the programme\u2019s budget and schedule, Koh said the amount will be used to upgrade 63 private estates through nine batches.
\nThe programme looks to enhance private estate infrastructure through improvement works such as landscaping, installation of playground equipment and widening of footpaths.
\nHe noted that each project will have an average budget of about $20 million.
\nThe pace of the programme, however, \u201cwill depend on the resources that are currently available\u201d.
\nThe Ministry of National Development (MND) will also have to coordinate with other government agencies, in terms of planning and upgrading works, to minimise inconvenience to the public and residents, said Koh.
\n\u201cMND will invite nominations for future projects once we have a timeline for implementation,\u201d he added.
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\nRomesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email\u00a0romesh@propertyguru.com.sg
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\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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