Parliament scrutinised the budgets of the ministries of Sustainability and the Environment, and National Development. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Parliament scrutinised the budgets of the ministries of Sustainability and the Environment, and National Development on Thursday. Here are some of the key announcements.The tightening of rules is meant to reduce the number of people who decline to pick a BTO flat and ensure more efficient allocation. PHOTO: ST FILE
Married couples aged 40 and below applying for their first Build-To-Order flat will get an additional ballot, along with families with Singaporean children aged 18 and under. More flats will also be set aside for this group. To reduce the drop-out rate among BTO flat applicants, those who do not select a flat when invited by the Housing Board to do so will be considered second-timers for one year. These measures will kick in from the August launch.
READ MORE HERE: First-timers who reject HDB’s offer to pick BTO flats will lose priority for a year from AugustClose to 100,000 private and public homes are expected to be completed between 2023 and 2025, with almost 40,000 homes to be completed in 2023 – the highest number in the last five years. About 23,000 BTO flats will be launched in 2023 to meet strong demand, similar to 2022. By 2025, HDB will oversee 150 concurrent projects islandwide, compared with almost 100 today.
Plastic bags will no longer be free at most supermarkets from July 3. Shoppers will have to pay at least five cents for each disposable shopping bag at about 400 outlets under major chains such as FairPrice, Cold Storage, Giant, Sheng Siong and Prime Supermarket. This will apply to all types of disposable bags, including plastic, paper and biodegradable ones.Singapore has for years resisted introducing a mandatory charge for plastic bags, which many people use to bag rubbish at home.
Two new hawker centres are due to open in Bidadari and Buangkok in 2023. Each will house around 40 cooked food stalls and accommodate over 700 diners. In 2022, four new hawker centres opened in Senja, Bukit Canberra, Fernvale and Punggol. Another 25 existing hawker centres in Holland Village and North Bridge Road, among other locations, will also be upgraded in 2023.
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