MND’s projected expenditure this financial year
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SINGAPORE — The Ministry of National Development is expected to spend S$3.8 billion in this financial year, a 38.7 per cent increase from S$2.74 billion last year. Some major plans include:
Developing new towns, injecting new life into old towns
- Upcoming Tengah town near Jurong Innovation District to have “Forest Town” theme
- Woodlands, Pasir Ris and Toa Payoh towns to get revamped town centres and facilities under Remaking Our Heartland scheme
- Help for young entrepreneurs and SMEs to set up shops in the heartlands
- Committee on Future Economy to study building up regional nodes like Jurong Lake District, Creative Cluster at Punggol, and new Northern Growth corridor at Woodlands and Sembawang
Going car-free, becoming people-friendly
- New requirement for developers to incorporate the needs of pedestrians and cyclists upfront in their plans, such as pedestrian/cyclist access, location of bicycle parking facilities
- Bring pedestrianised and car-free zones to HDB estates
- More inclusive playgrounds to be built for children, therapeutic gardens in parks for seniors, especially dementia and post-stroke patients
Supporting home ownership:
- New Fresh Start Housing Scheme to launch by year-end to help families with young children living in rental housing to own homes
- Extension of Tenants’ Priority Scheme to all second-timer rental families
- 18,000 BTO flats to be launched this year
