Residents at Toh Yi Drive estates say they welcome elderly in their neighborhood but that they are concerned that the location the Housing Development Board (HDB) has chosen to build 130 units of studios for the elderly would not be appropriate for such tenants.
“We welcome the old people. We’re not so heartless,” Davy Nah, a 41-year-old sales manager, told Yahoo! Singapore on Thursday, following reports that residents in the area have petitioned against the project on the basis that it is not only inauspicious, but will also devalue their property. Full story
