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http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC11...on-of-new-towns "The National Development Ministry will announce on Friday the formation of new towns, 14 days after the publication of General Election results. More details will be provided on who the town council chairmen will be and the new names of the town councils, if any, to reflect changes in the redrawn electoral map. MediaCorp understands that some decisions have been reached. For instance, residents of the new single wards will likely be served by town councils of nearby Group Representation Constituencies (GRC), such as the ones they used to belong to, for economies of scale. Meanwhile, in Ang Mo Kio GRC, the new town council chairman is set to be Dr Lam Pin Min, Member of Parliament in neighbouring single-seat ward Sengkang West. Ang Mo Kio MP Inderjit Singh, who was its town council chairman for the previous two terms, told MediaCorp that the team submitted papers last week nominating Dr Lam for the post. Changes are also expected at Hong Kah Town Council. It will likely be renamed Chua Chu Kang Town Council with Mr Zaqy Mohamad as its new chairman. The Chua Chu Kang MP will replace Mr Ang Mong Seng, who has retired from politics. Some chairmen look set to stay, like Mountbatten MP Lim Biow Chuan for Marine Parade Town Council and MP Denise Phua, in her new GRC of Moulmein-Kallang. Cheow Xin Yi" [thumbsup] Immediately after KBW take over and make a starting move to change the SMC and GRC management for further cost savings. [thumbsup]

FOUR towns in Singapore have been identified as the "cleanest" towns. They are Ang Mo Kio-Yio Chu Kang, Bishan-Toa Payoh, Marine Parade and Tanjong Pagar. This was revealed in the first Town Council Management Report (TCMR) released by the Ministry of National Development (MND). All 16 towns in Singapore had less than four encounters of litter per block, observed by the inspectors who made their rounds during October last year to March this year. According to the report from MND, the rate of lift breakdowns were low, with an average of less than one per 10 lift breaking down each month in most towns. Potong Pasir town, a single-member constituency (SMC), ranked the poorest in terms of maintenance and had the highest failure rate in lift automatic rescue device per month, compared to other constituencies. Another SMC, Hougang town and Potong Pasir had more than six per cent of total households owing management fees for more than three months. Both towns had more than 60 per cent of service and conservancy charges (S&CC) amount overdue. The report is compiled from inspectors who surveyed 16 town councils which manage about 900,000 HDB flats. It covered four main areas: cleanliness, maintenance, lift performance and service and conservancy charges. Source : http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNew...610-221362.html