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The '''Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme''', or '''SERS''' for short, is an urban [[redevelopment]] strategy employed by the [[Housing and Development Board]] in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city-state. Launched in August 1995, it involves a small selection of specific [[precinct]]s in older estates which undergo [[demolition]] and redevelopment to optimise land use, as opposed to [[renovation|upgrading]] of existing flats via the [[Main Upgrading Programme|Main Upgrading]] and [[Interim Upgrading Programme]]s. To date, 74 SERS sites have been announced, of which 65 were completed.
The '''Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme''', or '''SERS''' for short, is an urban [[redevelopment]] strategy employed by the [[Housing and Development Board]] in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city-state. Launched in August 1995, it involves a small selection of specific flats in older estates which undergo [[demolition]] and redevelopment to optimise land use, as opposed to [[renovation|upgrading]] of existing flats via the [[Main Upgrading Programme|Main Upgrading]] and [[Interim Upgrading Programme]]s. To date, [https://www.hdb.gov.sg/cs/infoweb/about-us/news-and-publications/press-releases/new-site-identified-for-selective-en-bloc-redevelopment-scheme 82 SERS sites] have been announced, of which 77 were completed. The implementation of SERS also depends on the availability of replacement sites and the Government's financial resources. It will be replaced by ''Voluntary Early Redevelopment Scheme'' (VERS) in 20 years time.


All residents displaced by the redevelopment works are offered a new 99-year lease in new flats constructed nearby. These residents have the privilege to select their units prior to public release of the remaining units, are compensated financially, and are given subsidised prices for their new flats. The scheme also gives residents the opportunity to continue living near their kin and neighbours, thereby retaining kinship bonds and strengthening community ties.
Only 4% of HDB flats have been identified for SERS since it was launched in 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Not all old HDB flats are eligible for en bloc: Lawrence Wong |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/not-all-old-hdb-are-eligible-en-bloc-lawerence-wong |accessdate=12 June 2018 |publisher=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]]}}</ref> All residents displaced by the redevelopment works are offered a new 99-year lease in new flats constructed nearby. These residents have the privilege to select their units prior to public release of the remaining units, are compensated financially, and are given subsidised prices for their new flats. The scheme also gives residents the opportunity to continue living near their kin and neighbours, thereby retaining kinship bonds and strengthening community ties.


The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme has attracted opposition and controversy. The national government has power, under the [[Land Acquisitions Act]] of 1966, to carry out the Selective En Bloc scheme.<ref>Singapore Statutes OnLine [http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?actno=REVED-152&doctitle=LAND%20ACQUISITION%20ACT%0a&date=latest&method=part Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 152]. Accessed 12 February 2006.</ref> This power invokes the principle of [[eminent domain]] as with most urban redevelopment projects. Amendments to the [[Land Titles Act]] passed in 1999 allowed housing estates to be sold against some apartment owners' will if the majority of the owners are in favour of the sale.<ref>Alice Christudason, (2 July 2004). [http://www.enhr2004.org/files/papers/Christudaso.pdf Private sector housing redevelopment in Singapore: A review of the effectiveness of radical strata title legislation]. Accessed 12 February 2006.</ref> This invokes concerns of [[majoritarianism]].
The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme has attracted opposition and controversy. The national government has power, under the [[Land Acquisitions Act]] of 1966, to carry out the Selective En Bloc scheme.<ref>Singapore Statutes OnLine [http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_retrieve.pl?actno=REVED-152&doctitle=LAND%20ACQUISITION%20ACT%0a&date=latest&method=part Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 152]. Accessed 12 February 2006.</ref> This power invokes the principle of [[eminent domain]] as with most urban redevelopment projects.


In April 2020, to deal with the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore|COVID-19 pandemic]] in foreign worker dormitories, it was announced that HDB blocks in Bukit Merah which had been purchased as part of the SERS would be used to temporarily house those foreign workers who were well and worked in critical services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/coronavirus-21-vacant-hdb-blocks-in-bukit-merah-being-refurbished-to-house-essential|title=Coronavirus: 21 vacant HDB blocks in Bukit Merah being refurbished to house essential foreign workers|last=hermesauto|date=2020-04-08|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-foreign-worker-dormitories-range-of-measures-12625624|title='Dedicated strategy' to break COVID-19 spread in dormitories, including housing healthy workers in army camps|website=CNA|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>
==Other demolished sites==
*17 April 1994 – Block 140 Bedok North Avenue 3
*20 July 1994 – Blk 115 Hu Ching Road
*5 August 1994 – Blk 120/121 Kim Tian Road
*17 September 1994 – Blk 9–17 Petain Road/Sturdee Road
*12 May 1995 – Block 33 to 37, 42 to 45 Prince Philip Avenue
*26 May 1995 – Blk 38/39/40/41/46/47 Prince Philip Avenue
*1 March 1996 – Blk 141A Toa Payoh Lorong 2
*29 March 1996 – Blk 11 Kallang
*20 September 1996 – Blk 139 Kim Tian Road
*27 December 1996 – Blk 46, 48, 50 Strathmore Avenue
*25 July 1997 – Blk 5 New Bridge Road
*6 June 1998 – Blk 21 Flanders Square
*9 October 1998 – Blk 63–66 Toa Payoh East
*30 April 1999 – Blk 25 and 26 Jalan Membina, Lengkok Bahru
*18 June 1999 – Blk 102 and 103 Whampoa Drive
*5 November 1999 – Blk 1 Tew Chew Street
*3 March 2000 – Blk 3 Upper Pickering Street
*21 April 2000 – Blk 63–67, 75, 68–69 Queenstown
*9 June 2000 – Blk 75 Redhill Road
*23 June 2000 – Blk 6A/6B Margaret Drive
*7 July 2000 – Blk 6 and 7 Chai Chee Road
*1 September 2000 – Blk 139 to 141 Corporation Drive/142 to 145 Hu Ching Road
*8 September 2000 – Blk 110 New Bridge Road
*5 November 2000 – Blk 5 Geylang Square
*26 December 2000 – Blk 109 Depot Road
*5 April 2002 – Blk 30/39 Kim Pong Road and Blk 31/40/51 Kim Tian Road

==List of SERS sites==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Announcement||rowspan="2"|Town/Estate||colspan="2"|Affected Block(s)||colspan="2"|Replacement Block(s)||rowspan="2"|Status
|-
!Street(s)||Block(s)||Street(s)||Block(s)
|-
|rowspan="2"|22 August 1995||rowspan="2"|[[Bukit Merah]]||rowspan="2"|[[Boon Tiong Road]] / [[Tiong Bahru Road]]||2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13||Boon Tiong Road||2A, 2C||Completed (1999)
|-
|1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16||Boon Tiong Road||4A, 8A, 8B||Completed (1999)
|-
|1 September 1995||[[Toa Payoh New Town|Toa Payoh]]||[[Lorong 2 Toa Payoh]]||145, 147, 151, 152||[[Lorong 2 Toa Payoh]]||141, 153-156A||Completed (1999)
|-
|rowspan="2"|8 November 1995||rowspan="2"|[[Bukit Merah]]||rowspan="2"|[[Depot Road]]||103, 110, 111||[[Depot Road]]||103A-106B||Completed (1999)
|-
|105, 107, 112||[[Depot Road]]||109A-112C||Completed (1999)
|-
|rowspan="2"|8 February 1996||rowspan="2"|[[Bukit Merah]]||rowspan="2"|[[Redhill Road]]||67, 77||[[Lengkok Bahru]] / [[Redhill Road]]||63A-64, 68-70A||Completed (2001)
|-
|71, 72||[[Redhill Road]]||73-77A||Completed (2001)
|-
|30 April 1996||[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]||[[Forfar House]] / [[Margaret Drive]]||39, 6A, 6B||[[Stirling Road]]||181–184||Completed (2001)
|-
|28 May 1996||[[Bedok New Town|Bedok]]||[[Chai Chee Road]]||6, 7||[[Chai Chee Road]]||10–11||Completed (2001)
|-
|rowspan="2"|8 February 1996||rowspan="2"|[[Ang Mo Kio New Town|Ang Mo Kio]]||rowspan="2"|[[Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1]]||309, 315, 316||[[Ang Mo Kio Street 32]]||350-354A||Completed (2000)
|-
|307, 308||[[Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1]]||309A-316B||Completed (2000)
|-
|9 September 1996||[[Jurong West New Town|Jurong West]]||[[Corporation Drive]] / [[Hu Ching Road]]||139–145||Yung Sheng Road||177–180, 184||Completed (2001)
|-
|5 December 1996||[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]||[[Holland Drive]]||18, 19||[[Strathmore Avenue]]||55, 56||Completed (2001)
|-
|17 February 1997||[[Toa Payoh]]||[[Lorong 2 Toa Payoh]]||89||Lorong 2 Toa Payoh||141–145||Completed (2002)
|-
|17 February 1997||[[Toa Payoh]]||[[Toa Payoh Central]]||79||Lorong 2 Toa Payoh||141–145||Completed (2002)
|-
|17 February 1997||[[Ang Mo Kio]]||[[Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10]]||454–455||Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3||700 – 700C||Completed (2002)
|-
|17 February 1997||[[Tiong Bahru]]||[[Nile Road]]||51, 53, 54||Kim Tian Road||119 – 119D||Completed (2002)
|-
|17 February 1997||[[Tiong Bahru]]||[[Kim Tian Road]]||126, 127||Kim Tian Road||129 – 131C||Completed (2002)
|-
|25 April 1997||[[Ang Mo Kio]]||[[Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3]]||580–582||Ang Mo Kio Street 52 (Cheng San City View)||596A – 596D||Completed (2002)
|-
|25 April 1997||[[Dover]]||[[Dover Crescent]]||24, 28||Dover Rise||17–23||Completed (2002)
|-
|25 April 1997||[[Little India, Singapore|Little India]]||[[Syed Alwi Road]]||3, 4, 5||Jellicoe Road||813–817||Completed (2002)
|-
|17 October 1997||[[Taman Jurong]]||[[Tah Ching Road]]||135–138||Yung Sheng Road||178–184||Completed (2002)
|-
|17 October 1997||[[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]]||[[Clementi Avenue 3]]||439–440||Clementi Avenue 3||454 – 462A||Completed (2002)
|-
|17 October 1997||[[Tiong Bahru]]||Alexandra Road/Tiong Bahru Road||136 – 140, 137A, 142, 145||Jalan Membina||18–23||Completed (2002)
|-
|13 February 1998||[[Teban Gardens|Jurong East New Town (Teban Gardens)]]||Teban Gardens Road||12–23, 26–29||Teban Gardens Road||60, 62–65||Completed (2003)
|-
|13 February 1998||[[Telok Blangah]]||Telok Blangah Drive||78, 80–81||Telok Blangah Drive||44–48||Completed (2003)
|-
|21 July 1998||Bugis||Short Street/ Prinsep Street||1–7, 11–13||Gloucester Road||11–15||Completed (2003)
|-
|21 July 1998||Outram Park||Outram Park||21, 22, 23, 27, 28 and 29||Cantonment Link (Cantonment Towers)||8–13||Completed (2003)
|-
|7 October 1998||Tiong Bahru||Lower Delta Road||102, 103||Jalan Membina||118A – 118D||Completed (2003)
|-
|7 October 1998||Lim Chu Kang||Lim Chu Kang Road||3, 4 and 5||Boon Lay Drive||268 – 268C||Completed (2004)
|-
|7 October 1998||Tiong Bahru||Jalan Membina Barat||24, 31, 32||Kim Tian Road||118A – 118D||Completed (2004)
|-
|7 October 1998||Aljunied||Upper Aljunied Lane||1||Pine Close||1||Completed (2004)
|-
|21 March 1999||Lavender||Tronoh Road||7, 8||McNair Road||108C, 108D||Completed (2004)
|-
|21 March 1999||Hillview||Hillview Avenue||1–8, 10–12, 14||Bukit Batok West Avenue 5||383–395||Completed (2005)
|-
|29 October 1999||Mountbatten||Dakota Crescent||68, 70, 72||Jalan Tiga||39, 43, 45, 47, 49||Completed (2005)
|-
|29 October 1999||Toa Payoh||Lorong 1A Toa Payoh||136, 137, 140||Lorong 2 Toa Payoh||145, 146, 151, 152||Completed (2005)
|-
|29 October 1999||Toa Payoh||Lorong 1 Toa Payoh||164–167||Lorong 2 Toa Payoh||147 – 147B||Completed (2005)
|-
|20 February 2000||Bedok||Bedok North Road||83||Bedok North Avenue 4||94B – 94E||Completed (2005)
|-
|20 February 2000||Sengkang||Buangkok South Farmway||1, 2, 5, 206 and 207||Compassvale Lane||207A – 207D||Completed (2005)
|-
|20 February 2000||Sembawang||Sembawang Road||1–5||Wellington Circle||508A – 510B||Completed (2005)
|-
|30 July 2000||Telok Blangah||Telok Blangah Heights||70–71||Telok Blangah Heights||85–88||Completed (2005)
|-
|30 July 2000||Outram Park||Outram Hill||14–16||Cantonment Road||16–20||Completed (2005)
|-
|12 August 2000||Clementi||Clementi Avenue 4||311–314||Clementi Avenue 3||457, 459, 461, 462||Completed (2005)
|-
|17 February 2001||Queenstown||Stirling Road||172, 173, 174 and 175||Clarence Road||128–133||Completed (2005)
|-
|17 February 2001||Queenstown||Margaret Drive||96||Clarence Road||128–133||Completed (2005)
|-
|3 March 2001||Seletar||Seletar West Farmway 6||1, 2, 5, 6, 7||rowspan="2"|Fernvale Lane||rowspan="2"|403A – 405C||Completed (2005)
|-
|3 March 2001||Seletar||Seletar Road||1–4||Completed (2005)
|-
|11 March 2001||Upper Boon Keng||Upper Boon Keng Road||6, 8, 9 and 10||Lorong 3 Geylang||2A – 3D, 5||Completed (2005)
|-
|13 January 2003||[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]||Tanglin Halt Road||50–54||Tanglin Halt Road||88 – 91A||Completed (2013)
|-
|13 January 2003||[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]||Commonwealth Drive||57, 61, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72 and 73||Commonwealth Drive (Commonwealth 10)||50–54||Completed (2013)
|-
|15 January 2003||[[Toa Payoh]]||Lorong 5/6 Toa Payoh||28, 30, 32, 33||Toa Payoh Central||78A – 79D||Completed (2013)
|-
|20 February 2003||[[Geylang Serai]]||Geylang Serai||1, 2, 3||Eunos Crescent||31–36||Completed (2007)
|-
|24 February 2003||[[Tiong Bahru]]||Havelock Road/Taman Ho Swee||29, 31, 33||Jalan Membina||25A-25B, 26A-26D, 27A-27B||Completed (2013)
|-
|16 July 2004||[[Bedok]]||Bedok South Ave 3||46–50||Bedok Central||219A-219D, 220A-220C, 221A-221C||Completed (2008)
|-
|19 July 2004||[[Dover, Singapore|Dover]]||Dover Road||30–32, 34–39||Dover Crescent||28A-D||Completed (2008)
|-
|28 July 2004||[[Taman Jurong]]||Tao Ching Road||103, 105||Tah Ching Road||337A – 338D||Completed (2008)
|-
|28 March 2005||[[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]]||Clementi Avenue 3||436–438, 445||Clementi Ave 3 (Clementi Central)||441A-441B||Completed (2013)
|-
|21 April 2005||[[Holland Road, Singapore|Holland]]||Holland Avenue/Drive||14–17, 22–23||Holland Drive||18A – 18D||Completed (2013)
|-
|25 November 2005||Kallang||Upper Boon Keng Road||20||Upper Boon Keng Road||5A||Completed (2013)
|-
|25 November 2005||Geylang West||Sims Drive||54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62||Bendemeer Road||38A, 38B, 38C, 38D and 39A||Completed (2013)
|-
|29 December 2005||[[Commonwealth, Singapore|Commonwealth]]||Commonwealth Avenue||27A, 39A||Strathmore Avenue||61A, 61B, 61C, 62A, 62B||Completed (2013)
|-
|29 December 2005||[[Queenstown, Singapore|Queenstown]]||Margaret Drive||6C||Strathmore Avenue||61A, 61B, 61C, 62A, 62B||Completed (2013)
|-
|22 March 2006||[[Boon Lay]]||Boon Lay Drive||180–182, 184||Jurong West Street 64||675A – 678D||Completed (2013)
|-
|22 March 2006||[[Boon Lay]]||Boon Lay Avenue||216–217, 219–220||Jurong West Street 93||986A – 990C||Completed (2013)
|-
|22 March 2006||[[Taman Jurong]]||Yung Ping/Yung Kuang Road||5–10||Kang Ching Road||337A-D, 338A-B, 339A-D||Completed (2013)
|-
|21 April 2006||Havelock||Zion Road||88–92||Havelock Road (Havelock View)||52–58||Completed (2013)
|-
|22 June 2006||[[Ang Mo Kio]]||Ang Mo Kio Ave 2, 3, 4||246–252||Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 (Teck Ghee Vista)||307A-D, 308A-B, 309A, 310A-D||Completed (2013)
|-
|8 December 2006||[[Ghim Moh]]||Ghim Moh Road||9–12, 9A, 12A||Ghim Moh Link (Ghim Moh Valley)||22–28||Completed (2013)
|-
|23 February 2007||[[Bukit Merah]]||Silat Walk/Silat Road/Kampong Bahru||17–19, 22–31||Kim Tian Road (Kim Tian Green)||126A-126C, 127A-127D||Completed (2014)
|-
|23 February 2007||[[Bukit Merah]]||Henderson Road||94, 96||Kim Tian Road (Kim Tian Green);||126A-126C, 127A-127D||Completed (2014)
|-
|28 June 2007||[[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]]||Clementi Ave 1||401–404, 407–409||Clementi Ave 1 (Casa Clementi)||416–426||Completed (2014)
|-
|12 July 2007||[[Teban Gardens|Jurong East New Town (Teban Gardens)]]||Teban Gardens Road||2–11||Teban Gardens Road (Teban Vista)||20–23||Completed (2014)
|-
|8 August 2008||[[Commonwealth, Singapore|Commonwealth]]||Commonwealth Drive||74–79||Commonwealth Drive (Commonwealth 10)||50–53||Completed (2015)
|-
|8 November 2009||[[Bukit Merah]]||Bukit Merah View||110, 111, 113, 114||Boon Tiong Road (Tiong Bahru View)||9A-9C,10A-10B,11B||Completed (2015)
|-
|13 February 2011||[[Clementi, Singapore|Clementi]]||Clementi Ave 5||321, 322, 323||Clementi Ave 3 (Clementi Cascadia)||440A-C||In Progress
|-
|9 November 2011||[[Siglap|East Coast]]||East Coast Road||1, 2, 3, 4||Chai Chee Road (Ping Yi Greens)||807A-C, 808A-C||In Progress
|-
|15 November 2011||[[Rochor Centre|Central]]||Rochor Road||1, 2, 3, 4||Upper Boon Keng Rd (Kallang Trivista)||8A-C||In Progress
|-
|3 December 2011||[[Redhill, Singapore|Redhill]]||Redhill Close||1–3, 5–22||Henderson Rd (City Vue @ Henderson)||95A-C, 96A-B||In Progress
|-
|29 December 2011||[[Jurong West]]||Boon Lay Drive||167–172||Jurong West Central (Jurong West Blossom)||697A-C, 698A-C||In Progress
|-
|25 June 2012||[[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]]||Woodlands Centre Road||1A, 2A||Woodlands Drive 70||717A-C||In Progress
|-
|27 June 2014||[[Commonwealth, Singapore|Commonwealth]]||Tanglin Halt Road||24–38, 40–45||Margaret Drive, Dawson Road and Strathmore Avenue||||Announced
|-
|27 June 2014||[[Commonwealth, Singapore|Commonwealth]]||Commonwealth Drive||55, 56, 58–60, 62–66||Margaret Drive(Sites A&B), Dawson Road(Sites C&D) and Strathmore Avenue(Site E)||||Announced
|}

==Future SERS sites==
'''Commonwealth Estate''' will also undergo SERS after Tanglin Halt Road and Commonwealth Drive case, and it will be done after the Tanglin Halt Road and Commonwealth Drive flats are demolished in 2020.

Remaining blocks that do not receive upgrading programmes will soon undergo SERS, such as Boon Lay, Taman Jurong, Chai Chee and Farrer Road.

The relocation of [[Paya Lebar Airbase]] in 2026 to Changi will free up 800 ha and the removal of height restrictions will allow SERS to be done at the eastern parts of Singapore - such as [[Marine Parade]], [[Geylang]], [[Serangoon]] and [[Hougang]].


==References and notes==
==References and notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.hdb.gov.sg/cs/infoweb/residential/living-in-an-hdb-flat/sers-and-upgrading-programmes/overview-of-sers]
*[http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10329p.nsf/enwiki/w/eSERSOverview?OpenDocument e-SERS]
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 20 February 2024

A flat stuck with the en-bloc notice.

The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme, or SERS for short, is an urban redevelopment strategy employed by the Housing and Development Board in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city-state. Launched in August 1995, it involves a small selection of specific flats in older estates which undergo demolition and redevelopment to optimise land use, as opposed to upgrading of existing flats via the Main Upgrading and Interim Upgrading Programmes. To date, 82 SERS sites have been announced, of which 77 were completed. The implementation of SERS also depends on the availability of replacement sites and the Government's financial resources. It will be replaced by Voluntary Early Redevelopment Scheme (VERS) in 20 years time.

Only 4% of HDB flats have been identified for SERS since it was launched in 1995.[1] All residents displaced by the redevelopment works are offered a new 99-year lease in new flats constructed nearby. These residents have the privilege to select their units prior to public release of the remaining units, are compensated financially, and are given subsidised prices for their new flats. The scheme also gives residents the opportunity to continue living near their kin and neighbours, thereby retaining kinship bonds and strengthening community ties.

The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme has attracted opposition and controversy. The national government has power, under the Land Acquisitions Act of 1966, to carry out the Selective En Bloc scheme.[2] This power invokes the principle of eminent domain as with most urban redevelopment projects.

In April 2020, to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in foreign worker dormitories, it was announced that HDB blocks in Bukit Merah which had been purchased as part of the SERS would be used to temporarily house those foreign workers who were well and worked in critical services.[3][4]

References and notes

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  1. ^ "Not all old HDB flats are eligible for en bloc: Lawrence Wong". Today. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ Singapore Statutes OnLine Land Acquisition Act, Cap. 152. Accessed 12 February 2006.
  3. ^ hermesauto (8 April 2020). "Coronavirus: 21 vacant HDB blocks in Bukit Merah being refurbished to house essential foreign workers". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  4. ^ "'Dedicated strategy' to break COVID-19 spread in dormitories, including housing healthy workers in army camps". CNA. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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