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Punggol East Bulletin March 2015 Punggol East Bulletin March 2015 Welcome! Meet-the-People Session Dear Residents of Punggol East, The new Liquor Control Act will take effect from 1st April 2015. We have often received feedback about people loitering at void decks with liquor and subsequently littering and urinating at the common areas. How can this new Act help address this concern? The objectives of this Act is to: - Provide a framework to regulate the supply and consumption of liquor in public places Blk 135 Rivervale Street - Mitigate public disorder and reduce disamenities caused by people who are Every Monday except public holidays intoxicated in public places 7.30pm to 9.30pm - Empower police to take enforcement action - Encourage responsible supply of liquor by businesses by enhancing regulatory levers and penalties for errant licensees What’s Coming Up What are the key features to this Act? 1-Day Kukup & Durian Tour - Public consumption of liquor is not allowed from 10.30pm to 7am - Permit is required for ad hoc events that involve consumption of liquor in public - Trading hours for takeaway sale of liquor will be from 7am to 10.30pm - Police may order persons drinking and causing annoyance to leave premises For more information and FAQ, residents can visit these websites: Home Team and Channel NewsAsia Another Bill was passed in Parliament recently, that is the Community Disputes Resolution Bill. This Bill seeks to establish a tribunal to hear difficult cases of dispute between neighbours after efforts such as community mediation have been exhausted. I will provide more information on this Bill when it takes effect. Date: 12 Jul 2015 (Sun) The annual Budget took place in Parliament from 3rd March to 13th March 2015. Tour Fare: My speech on the Debate on Annual Budget Statement can be accessed here. Adult $68, Child (Age 3 - 12) $66 Thank you, Ticket Sales (from May 2015): Every Monday, 8.00pm - 9.30pm Lee Li Lian Blk 135 Rivervale Street Town Updates 1. Taxi Stand near Rivervale Plaza commence in this quarter and we tar- the implementation, it will be neces- get to complete the upgrading by 2nd sary to modify the access areas to The unfriendly design of a taxi stand quarter of 2015.” create the required space and layout next to Rivervale Plaza was highlight- for the installation of the EPS equip- ed to LTA. The transparent shelter 2. Implementation of Electronic ment. The works will be carried out coupled with the hot humid weather Parking System (EPS) from 8.00am to 6.00pm daily, except meant that the taxi stand is usually on Sundays and public holidays. warm, making it unbearable for peo- HDB will be implementing EPS at the ple waiting at the stand. following multi-storey car parks along HDB will be putting up notices to in- Rivervale Drive: Blk 190C (SK19) and form residents of the modification LTA’s reply: “We note your feedback Blk 191C (SK20) from 2 Feb to 6 Mar works. These notices can be found at and are pleased to inform that the taxi 2015; Blk 142A (SK14) and Blk 146A all affected MSCPs and lift landings or stand outside Rivervale Plaza along (SK9) from 14 Feb to 3 Apr 2015; and affected blocks. Punggol Road has been scheduled to Blk 111A Rivervale Walk (SK16) from be upgraded. Upgrading works are to 31 Mar to 10 May 2015. To facilitate (Continued on page 2) [email protected] Punggol East SMC Punggol East Bulletin March 2015 Town Updates (cont’d) Li Lian’s PE 3. Rodent treatment TC carried out a series of rodent treat- Experience ment in the estate recently. The 1st Joint inspection will be carried out by treatment was conducted from 12 to TC PO (Property Officers) and pest 16 Jan 2015. The 2nd treatment was control representatives to exterminate carried out from 9 to 13 Mar 2015. rodents and eradicate their breeding TC also notified the management of grounds. They are also to ensure that Rivervale Plaza to commence treat- all possible rodent burrows are cov- ment within their boundary as the ered under this treatment for affected market could be a potential food clusters. source for rodents. Parliamentary Work REVIEW OF INCOME CRITERIA The Minister for Health (Mr Gan Kim FOR SUBSIDISED RENTAL FLAT Yong): ...While the Government will FROM HDB (19 Jan 2015) do our best to help the needy... all Thank you to Mr Yes and his son Singaporeans should play their part to for their hospitality Ms Lee Li Lian asked the Minister for ensure that their Medisave accounts National Development (a) whether the have sufficient balances for premium Ministry intends to review the current payment, and respond to notices for income criteria to qualify for a subsi- alternative payment arrangements dised rental flat; and (b) when was the and Additional Premium Support. If last time a review on income require- an individual repeatedly fails to pay ment was conducted. premiums or respond despite multiple notices and reminders, we would have Mr Khaw Boon Wan: From time to to impose penalty for late payment to time, we review the income ceiling be fair to the rest of the Singaporeans and other eligibility criteria for HDB who pay their premiums on time. Let rental flats. This is to ensure that our me emphasise that the premium re- stock of some 50,000 rental flats ben- covery framework and penalty are di- efit the targeted population segment. rected at a small group of freeloaders These are essentially the low-income who are wilful defaulters and do not Thank you to Mr Yang and his fam- households who have no family sup- contribute their share, even though ily for the hospitality extended to port and no other housing options. they can afford to. me during my house visit. As $1,500 per month corresponds 2) Will the insured lose their cover to the 20th percentile of household if the payment is still not recovered income, the current income ceiling despite multiple reminders and in- remains appropriate. However, in- terest incurred? come ceiling is just a guide. In prac- tice, HDB has exercised flexibility to The Senior Minister of State for Health enable some families with higher in- (Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan): ...Let me come get a public rental flat, if their repeat our promise that no Singapor- circumstances are deserving of such ean will lose their MediShield Life cov- assistance. erage due to inability to pay, nor will they be unfairly penalised for not pay- Click here for the complete text of the ing their premiums, if they truly cannot Q&A afford it. MEDISHIELD LIFE SCHEME BILL 3) Will this scheme allow premium (29 Jan 2015) holidays for insured that genuinely cannot pay for their premiums? During the Debate on MediShield Life Scheme Bill, Ms Lee Li Lian asked: The Minister for Health (Mr Gan Kim Yong): ...First, there will be Premium 1) Under what circumstances will Subsidies for the lower- to middle-in- interest and/ or penalties be im- come Singaporeans of up to $2,600 posed (on late payment of premi- household monthly income per per- Very impressed by the residents ums)? son. who decorated the common corri- (Continued on page 3) dor for Chinese New Year [email protected] Punggol East SMC 2 Punggol East Bulletin March 2015 Parliamentary Work (cont’d) ...Second, there will be Pioneer Gen- fortable with the Government access- time... (and) clarify that if Integrated eration subsidies for all Pioneers. ing their medical information, they Shield Plans (IPs) impose exclusion ...Third, there will be Additional Pre- may decline access to their medical on an individual, this will not result in mium Support for Singaporeans, in- information. More details on how to the imposition of Additional Premiums cluding Pioneers, who need further do so will be released at a later date. for MediShield Life if he had not been help with their premiums even after However, as we will not be able to as- suffering from serious pre-existing Premium Subsidies. ...I would like to certain if such individuals have a pre- conditions at the time that he joins assure Members that flexibility will be existing condition, therefore, to be fair MediShield Life. exercised for individuals who need to other policyholders, they will need help because of their unique or sud- to pay the Additional Premiums under 6) ...for insured who are currently den unfortunate circumstances. MediShield Life. Should they change on private integrated shield plans, their mind, they can either allow ac- their premiums are paid directly to 4) (Regarding) access to health cess to their medical information, step the private insurers who will service information... what security mea- forward to submit the necessary docu- the policyholders’ needs. Private sures are put in place to ensure mentary proof like medical reports, or insurers will service all claims and that the abuse of medical informa- submit statutory Heath Declarations... sort out back-end arrangements tion is kept to the minimum? An in- for review and assessment. with CPF Board... Since MediShield dividual can choose to opt out of Life is replacing MediShield, am the system if he or she does not 5) ...the insured (with pre-existing I right to assume that the current want to give such access to the conditions) will pay normal pre- procedures remain unchanged? Ministry... apart from not being able miums after the 10 years. Is this to enjoy premiums subsidies, what guaranteed or subject to claims The Minister of State for Health (Dr other benefits are they not entitled and/ or premiums payment expe- Lam Pin Min): ...We need to explain to? ...At which point of the applica- riences? ...What about a scenario to IP policyholders that their Integrat- tion process would the insured be such as, an insured was fully cov- ed Shield Plans today such as AIA able to opt out? ered under MediShield, a few years HealthShield, Aviva MyShield, NTUC down the road the insured took up IncomeShield, Prudential PruShield The Minister of State for Health (Dr a private integrated shield plan and or GE SupremeHealth, already come Lam Pin Min): ...the assessment will had conditions to be excluded.
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