Bike care centre, community storage facilities and co-working spaces: SDP teases Sembawang town plan
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SDP’s candidate for Sembawang GRC, James Gomez, had previously hinted during his party's rally that a town plan is in the works for the constituency.
Ahead of its release today, Dr Gomez outlined three issues the plan would tackle and said its tagline was "putting the heart back into the heartland".
First, a bike management system and a bike care centre to allow residents to “take care of their bikes better”.
The party also wants to introduce community storage facilities under HDB flats to help families who have a lot more items than they can keep at home.
These facilities would come with “resident-friendly” fees, Dr Gomez said.
Last but not least, SDP is also looking into community co-working spaces given that the nature of work and enterprise have changed, he added.
“At the moment, the libraries are not functional … You can't speak, there are no closed rooms,” Dr Gomez said, adding that there are no power sources for residents who want to use their laptops for longer durations.
SDP’s proposed co-working spaces would thus allow people to work, live and collaborate together, he said.
SDP’s Sembawang GRC slate interacting with a group of residents playing Chinese chess at Kampung Admiralty hawker centre on Apr 26, 2025. (Photo: CNA/Natasha Ganesan)