Fire ravaged a wet market in Jurong West on Oct 11 last year. MP Ang Wei Neng promised stallholders a temporary market to be ready in time for Chinese New Year.
“To some of the stallholders, Chinese New Year is a very important period ... The stallholders (were very) assured upon hearing they could start their business again,” he said.
The temporary market took six weeks to build.
On Jan 2, it was officially opened by DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
"The building of the temporary market shows that when something unfortunate happens, we are able to come together to make things better in the future," said Mr Tharman, who was joined by fellow Jurong GRC MPs Desmond Lee and Ang Wei Neng.
The government will also build a permanent 2-storey complex for a permanent market.
The complex is expected to cost about S$6.2 million and will be fully funded by the Government. Construction is targeted to begin in mid-2017 and to be completed by the end of December 2018. It will be situated on the site of the previous wet market at Blk 493 which had to be torn down after extensive fire damage.
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