1. Could the owner look towards a solution in an article of the Business Times dated 22 May'09? Quote: " the government is on the lookout for 'bold and visionary' leaders and people who can adapt to changing enironments." and " Minister-in-Charge of Civil Service, said in the Prime Minister's Office's addendum to the President's address that the government would strive to boost the quality of the public service leaders by giving them different and challenging job assignments."
2. How is it relevant? After the owner made his request to by-pass Head,HDB Branch Office(HBO), Mr. Teo Chee Hean wrote to Town Council. They in turn wrote to HDB and informed the owner he would hear from HDB soon, but it was HBO who wrote a reply with a copy to Mr. Teo. HBO had replied to all the letters the MPs wrote to HDB. When the owner decided it was going to be his last meeting at the Meet-the-People Session, the MP said he would meet HBO the next day. The owner observed noise was then reduced.
3. A letter was sent to help the owner by someone who knew the workings from the inside. The letter was from HBO to the owner with a bcc to the RC Chairman. The note in the bcc on their house visit provided informations significant to the owner. There was also a timely TV message on perceived injustice the owner could write to although he could not get hold of the address.
4. A MP had asked the owner whether he considered selling his flat. And why has not a few good officers confirmed by random visits what he wrote was continuous noise for many hours each day. In fact, he was asked whether someone came to see him after a letter was sent to the Town Council, (Item. 2).
5. The owner thinks personnel still occupied the flat across the neighbour. The neighbour knows about the flat because there was a force-entry and later, through a recording device in the flat, attempted to lower the noise they were causing to a tolerable level. That could be the reason why no officer came to visit him. Without the personnel the owner could also be worse off left on his own.
6. Many times the neighbour would made loud noise after certain events to tell the owner they were informed, and is why the noise has not stop. Who would not be afraid when people in and out of a flat could be watched and noise recording made. The owner noted the couple and their two children do not live-in as a family would and there were change of persons, and constant noise may be detected as sound conducts better through the floor and depending on the sensitivity of the equipment.
7. An officer wrote to the owner after he posted on the web there was no noise during their numerous inspections with local Residents Committee, and there was no eviction at the upper floor unit. Why had they not visited the owner. On no eviction it would seemed procedure was not being followed when the owner saw the present owner with the contractor. The contractor attended the compulsory handover inspection conducted by HDB, and informed the present owner of an unauthorised alteration when he came later in the evening. Thus the present owner was known to the first owner before the tranfer of ownership to him as the transfer could not be effected until after the inspection was completed. It seemed the eviction was the cause of the transfer that followed. The owner knows there was an eviction when he saw the occupier shifted out within a week of his complaint, an officer visited to inform him and he wrote to HDB Feedback Unit to thank the officers involved.
8. Are the observations made by the owner valid? He wrote noise is a continuation of works carried in the flat from the first owner to the present owner, a warning was given to the present owner, the maid was not registered to work in the flat, a force-entry into the present owner's flat and a break-in into the owner's flat.
9. The problem the owner faces is not minor. Currently there are knocks in the early morning and reduced noise in the day showing work is continuing. When he is force to leave all that happened is kept out. Is it not of public interest something is done.
10. The owner hopes to attract an audience so the matter may be discussed. Though he may not succeed, having an audience would be worthwhile.
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