HDB HELP FOR RAIN SPLASHES...
To solve the problem of rainwater splashing into flats, the Housing Board put roller blinds in about 1,000 flats islandwide from August last year.
The flats with this feature are in areas like Sengkang, Punggol, Sembawang and Bukit Panjang. The idea was first tried out in seven flats in Sengkang.
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES...
In the financial year that ended in March, the HDB gave financial assistance to 28,386 flat owners, a 26 per cent drop from the previous year.
The HDB said the fall in number of people given aid could be due to a gradual improvement in the economy.
PRECAST BURIAL PLOTS...
The HDB has found a fresh application for its prefabrication techniques - in the building of precast burial plots.
It is working with the National Environment Agency to come up with neater burial plots.Work on the first such burial plot at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery is in progress.
... AND LEAKY CEILINGS
In the financial year that ended in March, 10,700 households received subsidies to get their leaking floors and ceilings repaired.
The HDB picks up half of the repair bill. The HDB also provided repairs for dislodged tiles to about 1,800 households.
