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Hope they can do the same check here ON May 5, a member of the public wrote a letter to AsiaOne complaining about rats sightings at Blk 75A/B/C Redhill Road. The reader said there had been many rats spotted since moving to the area in 2007, stating one incident in which he "saw two small rats running around the drains at 4pm in board daylight" while having coffee at the coffee shop. AsiaOne wrote to National Environment Agency (NEA) for a media response. NEA's statement of response Our officers had carried out an inspection of the Redhill Road estate, and detected four active rodent burrows in the vicinity of Blk 74, 75A, and 75D Redhill Road. It was assessed that poor refuse management (leading to the availability of food) was the main contributing factor to the increased rodent activity in the area. The Tanjong Pagar Town Council (TPTC), who manages the estate, had responded by activating their Pest Control Operators to treat the rodent burrows. NEA has on its part served an Order under the Control of Vectors and Pesticides Act, requiring TPTC to undertake the necessary measures to suppress the rodent population. The maximum fine upon conviction for the first offence of failing to comply with the requirements of the Order is $20,000 and for the second or subsequent offences, $50,000. For effective rodent control, there is a need for all stakeholders in a same estate to play an active part in denying food sources to the rodents and ensuring proper waste management. NEA has directed the Town Council and the food establishments in the area to ensure that proper waste management and rodent control measures are in place to keep rodents at bay. Enforcement action will be taken against any parties found with poor waste management or hygiene lapses. Spokesperson National Environment Agency

At least we are quite distance from them. hope they don't hang out at sheng siong or our blks get drunk n create problems or just simply dirty our compound.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../393886/1/.html SINGAPORE : The National Development Ministry (MND) has on Wednesday released the details of another 10 temporary dormitory sites for foreign workers. The 10 sites, comprising 3 vacant state buildings and 7 vacant state lands, will provide an additional 20,000 bed spaces. The 3 state properties which will be converted into temporary dormitories are the former Queenstown Polyclinic at 51 Margaret Drive, the former CAAS office at 1801 Upper Changi Road North, and the existing CPG Corporation Airport Development Division at 1800 Upper Changi Road North. The former Queenstown Polyclinic and the former CAAS office will house 150 construction workers each. MND said these two temporary dormitories will be ready in about 3 to 6 months. After the CPG Airport branch is vacated in 3 to 6 months' time, it will be tendered out for the development of a temporary dormitory for 800 construction workers. The 7 state lands which can be developed into temporary dormitory sites are located in or near industrial estates. The sites are at Mandai Road, Old Choa Chu Kang Road, Hougang Avenue 3, Seletar West Farmway which is located in Jalan Kayu, Jurong Road and Kim Chuan Road. Their leases have been kept to not more than 6 years. MND said it has consulted the area's Members of Parliament (MPs) and grassroots organisations in the past two months on the development of the sites into temporary dormitories. It added that several measures will be put in place to minimise the inconveniences posed by the dormitory developments. These include requiring the dormitories to have adequate facilities for workers, appointing a liaison officer as a point of contact for the grassroots organisations, and conducting educational programmes to inform workers of the social norms and laws in Singapore. The government is also engaging the MPs and grassroots leaders of existing areas with very high foreign worker populations to identify and implement appropriate measures. The temporary dormitories are part of the government's efforts to provide proper housing for foreign workers, while more purpose built dormitories come on stream over the next few years. - CNA /ls

Hey Sky, How have u been..yes the rats are getting bigger n lots of them ard! Everytime i feedback to the tc, they said they already treated the area. But obviously, the treatment is not working!

Hey Skyspectrum, U facing the same problem as me? Are you at blk 91? 1-21 floor?.. my neighbour smokes and always throw the butt at the rca too!! I saw him there last night doing it!! So irritated by it! Maybe we staying at the same floor...

Wah... look kinda serious.. maybe u shld call towncouncil immediately

I think the most important thing is we the resident has to do our part to keep our place clean.. no matter how hardworking those cleaner can be.. if pppl continues to throw rubbish anywhere they like n dirty the compound.. things will never change! i so hope that somebody can walk ard the estate to educate everybody to do thier part in keep the place clean n nice. it is all for our good.

Please feedback to town council cos i have feedback to them and they sent their contractor to check n he claims that i was the only complaining abt the ch 8 problem and he was rather reluctant to believe cos he says nobody else has the same problem. So hope u can feedback to convince them that the signal really does have problem.. Thank you! Please call Tan Boon Meng . Higher Technical Officer at Tel: 68495079 or email tbm1@hdb.gov.sg

anyone notice that there is a group of underage malays hanging at the pavilion 91A smoking n playing cards this two days? Also anyone has problem with ch8 tv signal? The signal has intermediate "jump" occasionally? no problem with other ch tho..

Guess if it is just an upgrading, the stalls will be back to biz.

Hey zirhk3355 Sounds like a good news but where did u hear the news from? Anyway, there are big plans for the area at Blk 46-1/2 and the three round and old hawker centres, where major developments will upgrade the whole place with a permanent stage for whatever religion ceremonies, getais, etc. Once its done, the NDP dinner will be held there in future and not at the open carpark anymore. This also means cheaper costs and translate to either better food or cheaper tickets. So anyone know what will happen to the area that is going to Blocks 74 to 80 Commonwealth Drive