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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 to optimise land use, as opposed to upgrading of existing flats via the Main Upgrading and Interim Upgrading Programmes. To date, 81 SERS sites have been announced, of which 78 were completed.


[[Image:Enbloc-notice.JPG|thumb|right|A flat stuck with the en-bloc notice.]]
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. The scheme also gives residents the opportunity to continue living near their kin and neighbours, thereby retaining kinship bonds and strengthening community ties.
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.


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. 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. Often this invoked concerns of majoritarianism.
 
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 <ref>Singapore Statutes OnLine [http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?actno=REVED-152&doctitle=LAND%20ACQUISITION%20ACT%0a&date=latest&method=part Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 152]. Accessed February 12, 2006.</ref> 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.<ref>Alice Christudason, (July 2, 2004). [http://www.enhr2004.org/files/papers/Christudaso.pdf Private sector housing redevelopment in Singapore: A review of the effectiveness of radical strata title legislation]. Accessed February 12, 2006.</ref> Often this invoked concerns of [[majoritarianism]].
 
==List of SERS sites==
 
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Announcement||rowspan="2"|Town/Estate||colspan="2"|Affected Block(s)||colspan="2"|Replacement Block(s)||rowspan="2"|Status
|-
!Street(s)||Block(s)||Street(s)||Block(s)
|-
|rowspan="2"|22 August 1995||rowspan="2"|[[Bukit Merah]]||rowspan="2"|[[Boon Tiong Road]] / [[Tiong Bahru Road]]||2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|1 September 1995||[[Toa Payoh New Town|Toa Payoh]]||[[Lorong 2 Toa Payoh]]||145, 147, 151, 152||[[Lorong 2 Toa Payoh]]||153-156A||Completed
|-
|rowspan="2"|8 November 1995||rowspan="2"|[[Bukit Merah]]||rowspan="2"|[[Depot Road]]||103, 110, 111||[[Depot Road]]||103A-106B||Completed
|-
|105, 107, 112||[[Depot Road]]||109A-112C||Completed
|-
|rowspan="2"|8 February 1996||rowspan="2"|[[Bukit Merah]]||rowspan="2"|[[Redhill Road]]||67, 77||[[Lengkok Bahru]] / [[Redhill Road]]||63A-64, 68-70A||Completed
|-
|71, 72||[[Redhill Road]]||73-77A||Completed
|-
|30 April 1996||[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]||[[Forfar House]] / [[Margaret Drive]]||39, 6A, 6B||[[Stirling Road]]||181-184||Completed
|-
|28 May 1996||[[Bedok New Town|Bedok]]||[[Chai Chee Road]]||6, 7||[[Chai Chee Road]]||10-11||Completed
|-
|rowspan="2"|8 February 1996||rowspan="2"|[[Ang Mo Kio New Town|Ang Mo Kio]]||rowspan="2"|[[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 New Town|Jurong West]]||[[Corporation Drive]] / [[Hu Ching Road]]||139-145||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|5 December 1996||[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]||[[Holland Drive]]||18, 19||[[Strathmore Avenue]]||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|17 February 1997||[[Toa Payoh]]||[[Lorong 2 Toa Payoh]]||89||||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|13 February 1998||[[Teban Gardens|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||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|24 February 2003||[[Tiong Bahru]]||Havelock Road/Taman Ho Swee||29, 31, 33||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|16 July 2004||[[Bedok]]||Bedok South Ave 3||46-50||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|19 July 2004||[[Dover, Singapore|Dover]]||Dover Road||30-32, 34-39||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|28 July 2004||[[Taman Jurong]]||Tao Ching Road||103, 105||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|28 March 2005||[[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]]||Clementi Avenue 3||436-438, 445||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|21 April 2005||[[Holland Road, Singapore|Holland]]||Holland Avenue/Drive||14-17, 22-23||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|25 November 2005||[[Serangoon]]||Upper Boon Keng Road||20||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|25 November 2005||[[Geylang]]||Sims Drive||54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|29 December 2005||[[Commonwealth, Singapore|Commonwealth]]||Commonwealth Avenue||27A, 39A||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|29 December 2005||[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]||Margaret Drive||6C||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|22 March 2006||[[Boon Lay]]||Boon Lay Drive||180-182, 184||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|22 March 2006||[[Boon Lay]]||Boon Lay Avenue||216-217, 219-220||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|22 March 2006||[[Taman Jurong]]||Yung Ping/Yung Kuang Road||5-10||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|21 April 2006||[[Havelock]]||Zion Road||88-92||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|22 June 2006||[[Ang Mo Kio]]||Ang Mo Kio Ave 2, 3, 4||246-252||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|8 December 2006||[[Ghim Moh]]||Ghim Moh Road||9-12, 9A, 12A||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|23 February 2007||[[Bukit Merah]]||Silat Walk/Silat Road/Kampong Bahru||17-19, 22-31||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|23 February 2007||[[Bukit Merah]]||Henderson Road||94, 96||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|28 June 2007||[[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]]||Clementi Ave 1||401-404, 407-409||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|12 July 2007||[[Teban Gardens|Jurong East New Town (Teban Gardens)]]||Teban Gardens Road||2-11||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||Completed
|-
|8 August 2008||[[Commonwealth, Singapore|Commonwealth]]||Commonwealth Drive||74-79||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||In Progress
|-
|8 Nov 2009||[[Bukit Merah, Singapore|Bukit Merah]]||Bukit Merah View||110, 111, 113, 114||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||In Progress
|}
 
==References and notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.hdb.gov.sg/hdbvsf/eampu200.nsf/0/default.html SERS Website]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_En_bloc_Redevelopment_Scheme Wikipedia article]
*[http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10220p.nsf/WPDis/Selective%20En%20bloc%20Redevelopment%20Scheme%20(e-SERS)Overview?OpenDocument SERS Website 2]
 
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Latest revision as of 23:52, 13 June 2021

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 to optimise land use, as opposed to upgrading of existing flats via the Main Upgrading and Interim Upgrading Programmes. To date, 81 SERS sites have been announced, of which 78 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. The scheme also gives residents the opportunity to continue living near their kin and neighbours, thereby retaining kinship bonds and strengthening community ties.

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. 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. Often this invoked concerns of majoritarianism.

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