Interim Estate Upgrading Programme

Ms Sylvia Lim asked the Minister for National Development whether the Interim-Estate Upgrading Programme announced as a three-year pilot project in 2009 has been extended or is still in force and, if so, till when.

We launched the Interim Estate Upgrading Programme (I-EUP) in 2009 as a pilot, to provide small scale upgrading works in private estates. It complements the main Estate Upgrading Programme (EUP).

Initially scheduled to take place over three years, the I-EUP pilot is now implemented over three batches. This is to accommodate more requests from the residents, and for the public agencies to evaluate and approve the proposals for implementation.

The I-EUP pilot is expected to conclude by the end of 2015. We will then review the outcomes of the pilot and decide if it should be continued.

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