Monday, March 27, 2006

Spate of events

What is so special about the photo below?



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Well, the block on the right has totally blacked out. There were also fire engines at the car park below... Ah, perhaps there was some electric supply problem and the residents have alerted the police..

Later, from the news then i realised a fire has broken out.

The fire was at the 21st storey and has blackened the wall.

But something is worth concerning.

A fire broke out in Block 223 in November 2004. And now, it is Block 218. And i stay in Block 222.

Im actually in such close proximity to both incidents which happened within such a short period.

This is quite disturbing, especially when im staying in Lorong 8 - an estate that is under Potong Pasir and targetted by the PAP in this upcoming election.


I do not want the two constituencies to be left behind, especially Potong Pasir, an old estate. Five years down the road, assuming Chiam do win, there will be no upgrading.

After that, we got to ask ourselves whether the estate is worthwhile upgrading. I'm talking about Lorong 8. By then, the estate would be around 35 years old and the lease is only 99 years, so economically, is it worthwhile?
-- Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong during a recent dialogue session


The fires will probably cause the Opposition Party to lose some votes as simply, there is no upgrading here other than the lift upgrades last year.

No? I dunno. Im not into politics.

5 comments:

averii said...

Move to the West!!!
Move to the West!!!

Not only nearer to NUS, also very... err... new??

Dunno lar... Hahaha... Better be careful at your estate, looks damn old...

Jelmer said...

Ha... west very new meh? Ha

I think very new are those punggol, seng kang, tuas, jurong island... etc.

Haha

Anonymous said...

Gv shouldnt threaten residents not to upgrade their flats..its an underhand method to get votes man!

Jelmer said...

Ha... yes, obviously... and it is quite funny when he mentioned he can let those PAP mps in these two estates to be the opposition voice in the paliament if they win. Meaning, we can do away with the current opposition parties... Hoho.

Seems like a battle gonna start.

averii said...

Hmm... Maybe not exactly very new... but still newer than yours... hahaha, and we get upgrades too...

Move lar... ;-p