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The '''Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme''', or '''SERS''' for short, is an [[urbanization|urban]] [[redevelopment]] strategy employed by the [[Housing and Development Board]] in [[Singapore]] in maintaining and upgrading [[public housing]] flats in older estates in the city-state. Launched in August [[1995]], it involves a small selection of specific [[precinct]]s in older estates which undergo [[demolition]] and redevelopment, as opposed to [[renovation|upgrading]] of existing flats via the [[Main Upgrading Programme|Main Upgrading]] and [[Interim Upgrading Programme]]s. To date, 56 SERS sites have been announced, of which 34 were completed.
The '''Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme''', or '''SERS''' for short, is an [[urbanization|urban]] [[redevelopment]] strategy employed by the [[Housing and Development Board]] in [[Singapore]] in maintaining and upgrading [[public housing]] flats in older estates in the city-state. Launched in August [[1995]], it involves a small selection of specific [[precinct]]s in older estates which undergo [[demolition]] and redevelopment, as opposed to [[renovation|upgrading]] of existing flats via the [[Main Upgrading Programme|Main Upgrading]] and [[Interim Upgrading Programme]]s. To date, 56 SERS sites have been announced, of which 34 were completed.


Revision as of 21:46, 20 May 2012

The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme, or SERS for short, is an urban redevelopment strategy employed by the Housing and Development Board in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city-state. Launched in August 1995, it involves a small selection of specific precincts in older estates which undergo demolition and redevelopment, as opposed to upgrading of existing flats via the Main Upgrading and Interim Upgrading Programmes. To date, 56 SERS sites have been announced, of which 34 were completed.

All residents displaced by the redevelopment works are offered a new 99-year lease in new flats constructed nearby. These residents have the privilege to select their units prior to public release of the remaining units, are compensated financially, and are given subsidised prices for their new flats, as well as other benefits, such as the being able to purchase flats in other locations under the same benefits offered for all affecting residents who purchase the offered replacement units.

However this has attracted opposition and controversy. The national government has power, under the Land Acquisitions Act of 1966, to carry out the Selective En Bloc scheme [1] This power invokes the principle of eminent domain as with most urban redevelopment projects. The Amendments to the Land Titles Act passed in 1999 allowed housing estates to be sold against some of the apartment owners' will if the majority of the owners ruled against them.[2] Often this invoked concerns of majoritarianism.

List of SERS sites

Announcement Town/Estate Affected Block(s) Replacement Block(s) Status
Street(s) Block(s) Street(s) Block(s)
22 August 1995 Bukit Merah Boon Tiong Road / Tiong Bahru Road 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13     Completed
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16     Completed
1 September 1995 Toa Payoh Lorong 2 Toa Payoh 145, 147, 151, 152 Lorong 2 Toa Payoh 153-156A Completed
8 November 1995 Bukit Merah Depot Road 103, 110, 111 Depot Road 103A-106B Completed
105, 107, 112 Depot Road 109A-112C Completed
8 February 1996 Bukit Merah Redhill Road 67, 77 Lengkok Bahru / Redhill Road 63A-64, 68-70A Completed
71, 72 Redhill Road 73-77A Completed
30 April 1996 Queenstown Forfar House / Margaret Drive 39, 6A, 6B Stirling Road 181-184 Completed
28 May 1996 Bedok Chai Chee Road 6, 7 Chai Chee Road 10-11 Completed
8 February 1996 Ang Mo Kio Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 309, 315, 316 Ang Mo Kio Street 32 350-354A Completed
307, 308 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 309A-316B Completed
9 September 1996 Jurong West Corporation Drive / Hu Ching Road 139-145     Completed
5 December 1996 Queenstown Holland Drive 18, 19 Strathmore Avenue   Completed
17 February 1997 Toa Payoh Lorong 2 Toa Payoh 89   Completed
13 February 1998 Jurong East New Town (Teban Gardens) Teban Gardens Road 12-23, 26-29 Teban Gardens Road 60, 62-65 Completed
15 January 2003 Toa Payoh Lorong 5/6 Toa Payoh 28, 30, 32, 33     Completed
24 February 2003 Tiong Bahru Havelock Road/Taman Ho Swee 29, 31, 33     Completed
16 July 2004 Bedok Bedok South Ave 3 46-50     Completed
19 July 2004 Dover Dover Road 30-32, 34-39     Completed
28 July 2004 Taman Jurong Tao Ching Road 103, 105     Completed
28 March 2005 Clementi Clementi Avenue 3 436-438, 445     Completed
21 April 2005 Holland Holland Avenue/Drive 14-17, 22-23     Completed
25 November 2005 Serangoon Upper Boon Keng Road 20     Completed
25 November 2005 Geylang Sims Drive 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62     Completed
29 December 2005 Commonwealth Commonwealth Avenue 27A, 39A     Completed
29 December 2005 Queenstown Margaret Drive 6C     Completed
22 March 2006 Boon Lay Boon Lay Drive 180-182, 184     Completed
22 March 2006 Boon Lay Boon Lay Avenue 216-217, 219-220     Completed
22 March 2006 Taman Jurong Yung Ping/Yung Kuang Road 5-10     Completed
21 April 2006 Havelock Zion Road 88-92     Completed
22 June 2006 Ang Mo Kio Ang Mo Kio Ave 2, 3, 4 246-252     Completed
8 December 2006 Ghim Moh Ghim Moh Road 9-12, 9A, 12A     Completed
23 February 2007 Bukit Merah Silat Walk/Silat Road/Kampong Bahru 17-19, 22-31     Completed
23 February 2007 Bukit Merah Henderson Road 94, 96     Completed
28 June 2007 Clementi Clementi Ave 1 401-404, 407-409     Completed
12 July 2007 Jurong East New Town (Teban Gardens) Teban Gardens Road 2-11     Completed
8 August 2008 Commonwealth Commonwealth Drive 74-79     In Progress
8 Nov 2009 Bukit Merah Bukit Merah View 110, 111, 113, 114     In Progress

References and notes

  1. ↑ Singapore Statutes OnLine Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 152. Accessed February 12, 2006.
  2. ↑ Alice Christudason, (July 2, 2004). Private sector housing redevelopment in Singapore: A review of the effectiveness of radical strata title legislation. Accessed February 12, 2006.

External links

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