Committee of Supply 2024 debate, Day 5: Mariam Jaafar on essential services in neighbourhoods
What is the Government doing to ensure provision of essential services in neighbourhood commercial centres? MP Mariam Jaafar asked this question in Parliament on Tuesday (Mar 5). She highlighted a lack of medical clinics that open late at Woodlands North Plaza. Ensuring that GPs are available at convenient locations and at extended hours is “a matter of equity, accessibility and public health”, she said. She asked if HDB could provide incentives in the form of rental subsidies or experiment with formats like shared clinic spaces or night relief GPs. She noted that this is not an islandwide issue, so the Government could apply the levers in a targeted way, based on localised needs. The same analysis could be done for other essential amenities such as hawker centres.
What is the Government doing to ensure provision of essential services in neighbourhood commercial centres? MP Mariam Jaafar asked this question in Parliament on Tuesday (Mar 5). She highlighted a lack of medical clinics that open late at Woodlands North Plaza. Ensuring that GPs are available at convenient locations and at extended hours is “a matter of equity, accessibility and public health”, she said. She asked if HDB could provide incentives in the form of rental subsidies or experiment with formats like shared clinic spaces or night relief GPs. She noted that this is not an islandwide issue, so the Government could apply the levers in a targeted way, based on localised needs. The same analysis could be done for other essential amenities such as hawker centres.
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