Lived here for almost 20 years and this is what I get:
1. A pretty shiatty Compass One mall that went through renovation once and remained pretty shiatty (No cinema, not much dining options and a shiatty management that is lazy to develop an app for points redemption) while we see neighbouring malls like Waterway Point being much better in terms of options.
2. A lousy air-conditioned bus interchange and because of space constraints (or poor planning), had to build a new extension outside the mall (named Compassvale interchange). The most epic fail about this "air-conditioned" bus interchange is that you can't feel any air-con inside and there are fans installed all over the bus interchange just to keep it cool.
3. Lousy bus services. Other than Bus svc 80, no other services to town, meaning that you would have to take the NEL. In the past, when the NEL breaks down, it took the bridging bus 1h 30mins to travel from Sengkang to Hougang. Ended up 3 hours late for work.
4. The hyped-up Sengkang Hospital. My father-in-law, who also stays in Sengkang, had to go for follow-ups after his heart bypass surgery. But guess what, he was told to go KTPH instead as they do not have the facilities/staff. So, what's the use of having a hospital here in my neighbourhood?