Town Councils

PAP Town Councils to implement phased hike in Service and Conservancy Charges due to rising costs

SINGAPORE — The People’s Action Party (PAP) run town councils in Singapore have announced that Service and Conservancy Charges (S&CC)…

Impending S&CC hike for HDB residents, Govt to provide temporary relief

SINGAPORE — A recent report by the Straits Times highlighted comments from Lim Biow Chuan, coordinating chairman for People’s Action…

PAP town council “incurred huge deficit” in 1997

If you thought the Workers’ Party’s Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPEC) is the first or the only town council to…

Who decides on govt grants?

In order to supplement town councils’ work in the estate, the government provides grants to them. The grants are disbursed…

Who’s Politicizing the Governance of Constituencies?

By Singapore Armchair Critic I was a Potong Pasirian. For more than two decades from my teenage years, my family…