𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭! 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬!

Our friend shares this story:

I pass by this place every day on my way to work. One day I noticed a rusty manhole cover, likely corroded by seawater from the aquarium next to it. I snapped a photo of it and sent it to Mr Baey Yam Keng 马炎庆, the MP to alert him to it.

The response of Mr Baey and the Tampines Town Council was speedy and impressive. I reported the cover on a Saturday evening. It was changed on Sunday evening and on Monday, I noticed the change. Mr Baey also took the trouble to inform me of the change a few days after it was replaced.

Tampines Town Council also faces the challenge of manpower. There are also inconsiderate residents who do not discard of their rubbish in a proper manner. Mr Baey has also highlighted this in a Facebook post. But in Tampines, the carelessly discarded rubbish is not allowed to pile up despite the manpower challenge. They get cleared. And by the way, Tampines also had a change of cleaning contractor not so long ago and there isn't any transition problem. In fact, the estate became cleaner with the new contractor.