Home Improvement Programme

Another 230,000 flats will be upgraded as the Government looks to extend the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) to HDB blocks built in the years up to 1997, announced Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (Aug 19). The expanded programme will also include a new component dubbed HIP II, which will give all HDB flats a second round of upgrading when they reach the 60 to 70-year mark. These were...

The Ministry of National Development is accelerating its Home Improvement Programme (HIP). Over the next few years, the ministry will be increasing its budget for the programme by some 20 per cent. Minister of State Lee Yi Shyan said the programme will cover 160,000 more flats over the next five years. But said the issue of industry capacity will also have to be considered. Mr Lee Yi Shyan, Minister of...

National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan announced on Thursday that the pace the Home Improvement Programme (HIP) will be increased. The number of HIP projects had doubled from 7 to 14 over the last two years. And HDB will increase it to 28 projects next year. The pace will be further increased to 35 projects a year by 2014. At this pace, about 60 per cent of eligible precincts can be offered HIP over...

Mah: HDB upgrading a priority as deferred projects reinstated SOME of the Government's $4.7 billion worth of deferred construction projects are to be brought forward again, in a move expected to help smaller local building contractors. And priority will be given to smaller projects, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said. "We are also looking to see whether the different ministries are able to...

Two public housing upgrading programmes will be brought forward with other government projects in efforts to increase spending and stimulate the Singapore economy. Singapore previously deferred S$4.7 billion worth of public sector projects due to high construction costs. The Ministry of National Development said now is a good time to do so with material costs looking to fall further. Residents in older...

National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has given the assurance that no household will be left out of the benefits of basic home improvement works. Mr Mah, who is also MP for Tampines GRC, was speaking at the launch of an upgrading project at a Tampines precinct. Under the scheme - known as the Home Improvement Programme - introduced last year, basic repairs are fully funded by the government, while...