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SINGAPORE : New bamboo holders for drying laundry have had some residents in Bukit Panjang up in arms.
Residents at Pending Road said their bamboo poles are too big to fit into the new holders, increasing the risk of falling poles. The new holders are 2.5-millimetre smaller in diameter than the original holders.
Some 2,900 units at Pending Road had their old bamboo holders changed - for free - after they told the Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council that their bamboo holders were corroding.
The change cost the town council an estimated S$200,000.
The town council said the new bamboo holders comply with HDB design requirements. But the feedback will be channelled to HDB.
And to cope with the smaller holders, residents are having to either modify their bamboos or buy thinner ones. - CNA /ls
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