Subsidy for Replacement of Non-fire Rated Doors under Optional Improvement Works Scheme

Debated in Parliament on 9 Jul 2018.

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Ong Teng Koon asked if there is a subsidy for replacing non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme and whether the same subsidy would apply to fire-rated doors.
Lawrence Wong explained that since 1996, HDB has provided fire-rated main doors for flats built after that year and conducted a free door replacement exercise for older flats needing fire-rated doors to comply with the Fire Code.
HDB will not provide further subsidies for replacing fire-rated doors because residents have already benefited from a free replacement.
The debate focuses on whether subsidies for non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme should be extended to fire-rated doors.
The response clarifies that HDB's policy does not support additional subsidies for fire-rated door replacements due to prior free replacements.

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Ong Teng Koon

Mr Ong Teng Koon asked the Minister for National Development whether there is a subsidy for the replacement of non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme of the Home Improvement Programme and, if so, whether HDB will consider providing the same quantum of subsidy for the replacement of a fire-rated door.

Lawrence Wong

Since 1996, the Fire Code requires the main doors of some Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, for example, those which face fire escape routes, to be fire-rated. All flats built by HDB since then have been provided with fire-rated main doors, where required. HDB also carried out a one-off door replacement exercise for flats built prior to 1996 which needed fire-rated main doors to comply with the Fire Code, at no cost to residents.

As the units with fire-rated doors have already enjoyed a free replacement of doors by HDB, HDB will not provide any further subsidy for the replacement of their fire-rated doors.

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Ong Teng Koon asked if there is a subsidy for replacing non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme and whether the same subsidy would apply to fire-rated doors.
Lawrence Wong explained that since 1996, HDB has provided fire-rated main doors for flats built after that year and conducted a free door replacement exercise for older flats needing fire-rated doors to comply with the Fire Code.
HDB will not provide further subsidies for replacing fire-rated doors because residents have already benefited from a free replacement.
The debate focuses on whether subsidies for non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme should be extended to fire-rated doors.
The response clarifies that HDB's policy does not support additional subsidies for fire-rated door replacements due to prior free replacements.

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Subsidy for Replacement of Non-fire Rated Doors under Optional Improvement Works Scheme

Debated in Parliament on 9 Jul 2018.

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Ong Teng Koon asked if there is a subsidy for replacing non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme and whether the same subsidy would apply to fire-rated doors.
Lawrence Wong explained that since 1996, HDB has provided fire-rated main doors for flats built after that year and conducted a free door replacement exercise for older flats needing fire-rated doors to comply with the Fire Code.
HDB will not provide further subsidies for replacing fire-rated doors because residents have already benefited from a free replacement.
The debate focuses on whether subsidies for non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme should be extended to fire-rated doors.
The response clarifies that HDB's policy does not support additional subsidies for fire-rated door replacements due to prior free replacements.

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Ong Teng Koon

Lawrence Wong

As the units with fire-rated doors have already enjoyed a free replacement of doors by HDB, HDB will not provide any further subsidy for the replacement of their fire-rated doors.

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Ong Teng Koon asked if there is a subsidy for replacing non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme and whether the same subsidy would apply to fire-rated doors.
Lawrence Wong explained that since 1996, HDB has provided fire-rated main doors for flats built after that year and conducted a free door replacement exercise for older flats needing fire-rated doors to comply with the Fire Code.
HDB will not provide further subsidies for replacing fire-rated doors because residents have already benefited from a free replacement.
The debate focuses on whether subsidies for non-fire rated doors under the Optional Improvement Works Scheme should be extended to fire-rated doors.
The response clarifies that HDB's policy does not support additional subsidies for fire-rated door replacements due to prior free replacements.

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