A new tender has been called at the Sengkang site originally awarded to a commerical firm to build a Chinese temple housing a columbarium. An outcry from residents in the area had led the authorities to terminate the project. On…
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The Housing Board (HDB) has rejected the requests of unhappy flat buyers for refunds of their new flats in Sengkang, made last month when they discovered that a temple with a commercial columbarium would be built near their estate. The project…
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Singapore’s minister for national development Khaw Boon Wan on Thursday said he would not allow plans for a Buddhist temple and commercial columbarium in Sengkang to proceed. He also said his ministry would “find a way” to deliver the Chinese…
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Future residents of Build-To-Order (BTO) project Fernvale Lea are up in arms over a planned Chinese temple with columbarium next to their flats. The columbarium, where funeral urns will be stored, will take up 15 per cent of the temple…
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Upset about an upcoming columbarium close to their future flats, some would-be residents of Fernvale Lea have asked the Housing Board for a refund. Their request came even after Dr Lam Pin Min, MP for Sengkang West, held a dialogue…
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