“There's nothing much to say,” 80-year-old Mdm Lee said, when asked about the looming demolition of Rochor Centre - her home for the past 40 years. “I'm very sad.” Authorities have yet to announce the exact date the wrecking crew turns up, but have previously said the iconic, rainbow-coloured estate would be torn down at end-2016. Mdm Lee remembers the day the Government said it would acquire...
Rochor Centre
All HDB flat owners at Rochor Centre will be compensated for their existing flats based on the prevailing market values as at the date of announcement of the acquisition, which is 15 November 2011. This is regardless of whether they decide to take up the new replacement flats in Kallang. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said this in a written parliamentary reply on Monday, in response to a...
The Rochor Centre Merchants' Association may engage a private surveyor to help with its petition for higher compensation, following the announcement of land acquisition because of the planned North-South Expressway. Some shop tenants Channel NewsAsia spoke to said they will suffer heavy losses as they have spent a lot of money to set up business at Rochor Centre. They said the S$30,000 offered to those...
MP for Moulmein-Kallang GRC Denise Phua said in Parliament on Monday that she has received 25 appeals from residents of Rochor Centre to have a dialogue with the authorities over the fate of their homes. This after the area was slated for the construction of the North South Expressway. Some 20 residents said they want a dialogue session with the Housing and Development Board and the Land Transport...
Some housing analysts are predicting that HDB flats in Rochor Centre could become hot property now that they have been slated to make way for the North-South Expressway (NSE). Residents have been offered a relocation package that includes priority for a new flat in Kallang. This may appeal to those looking for a quicker way of buying into the Kallang area. Such practices are not uncommon. Housing...
HDB residents affected by the land acquisition of Rochor Centre have said they are sad to leave their convenient and familiar surroundings. Come 2016, the 567 households there will have to say goodbye to their estate. This is to make way for the North-South Expressway's (NSE) southern stretch that will be an underground tunnel from Toa Payoh Rise to East Coast Parkway. Some residents have been living...