YISHUN residents have given the thumbs-up to the Housing Board’s first Home Improvement Programme, which aims to spruce up the town’s existing facilities and add new ones.
Over nine in 10 voted in favour of upgrading when polling closed on Monday night, said Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu.
Referring to the 94 per cent support, she said: ‘This shows a really strong endorsement.’ She was speaking at the HDB’s annual awards yesterday.
Township planner Surbana International Consultants swept the design awards in all categories - new housing, upgrading and parks - for the second year.
Two projects - Edgedale Green in Punggol and Central Horizon in Toa Payoh - won for new housing, while its work at Clementi Meadows won for the main upgrading programme. The firm won the park prize for Montreal Green in Sembawang.
Quality awards for building were also given to Poh Lian Construction and Straits Construction. Three contractors - Kienta Engineering Construction, Chiu Teng Construction and Teambuild Construction - won for quality in upgrading projects.
Six firms were lauded for good service, including Sun Microsystems, which runs the backup and recovery of HDB business data, and V-Workz International, supplier of e-brochure and virtual showflat systems.
For construction safety, Straits Construction, Sim Lian Construction and Teambuild Construction took top honours.
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