Amount of Community Improvement Projects Committee Funding Extended to Each Town Council

Mr Pritam Singh asked the Minister for National Development in each year from 2019 to date, what is the amount of Community Improvement Projects Committee (CIPC) funding that is extended to each respective Town Council, expressed in dollar terms.

The Community Improvement Projects Committee (CIPC) provides funding support for community-led improvement projects in Housing and Development Board estates for the benefit of local residents. Such estate enhancements include covered walkways, footpaths, cycling tracks and playgrounds.

Over the past five years, an average of $47 million per year was set aside for all towns. The amount of funding varies across towns and from year to year for each town, depending on the number and cost of proposals submitted by the Town Councils and Citizens’ Consultative Committees (CCCs).

The amount of CIPC funding subsequently disbursed to each Town Council each year is based on works completed by the Town Council as the Implementing Agent. This disbursement is reported in the respective Town Councils’ annual financial statements. The annual disbursement to the Town Councils includes CIPC projects approved over multiple years as projects may span across a few years and excludes CIPC projects implemented by CCCs.