Minister for Home Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam, has asked relevant agencies to assess the lease and explore alternative options for the independent arts cluster located at 195 Pearl’s Hill Terrace in Chinatown.
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00:51 URA has decided that this place has to be for public and private housing.
00:55 And we go by that master planning.
00:58 So I told the tenants, look, we will try and help
01:00 to see whether, first of all, in terms of timelines,
01:03 whether there is any discretion available.
01:06 Secondly, whether there are alternate places where they can go together,
01:13 we will look.
01:14 But whether they can get that place would
01:20 depend on an assessment by the agencies on their value
01:24 and the service they provide to the community.
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01:30 Very interesting place.
01:41 The people who are here, the tenants, seem
01:44 to put a lot of heart and soul into what they are doing.
01:47 I mean, these are just first impressions.
01:49 I haven't dealt with any of them before.
01:51 But I can see they are passionate.
01:53 They are committed.
01:54 They want to do some things.
01:56 And generally, this is good to see in Singapore.
02:00 It makes for a better soul for Singapore, I think.
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