Singaporean fined record $600,000 for unauthorised dormitory accomodation
Enforcement officers from the Ministry of Manpower had actually evaluated private houses connected to Tan and discovered that the many residents living there had actually substantially surpassed URA’s occupancy cap policies.
He includes: “URA will definitely remain to take powerful enforcement actions against criminals, including owner, renters, representatives and anybody discovered to have flouted URA’s regulations on the leasing or subletting of personal homes”.
“Unauthorised residence hall housing not only detrimentally affects the residence appearance of the neighbourhood, but also negatively impacts the dwellers, that might be from even more susceptible group of people that are at risk to profiteering,” claims Martin Tan, director, Development Control Group, URA.
More inspections uncovered the truth that Tan had been giving dorm room rental at those facilities for approximately 2 years, which he had actually changed eight other private properties to unauthorised dormitory accommodation in between 2016 to 2018. The number of occupants in each unit reached from 7 to 23.
According to a URA news release on June 14, a 72-year-old Singaporean man, Tan Hock Keng, was convicted of 3 counts of switching personal houses to unauthorised dorm rental. On May 30, he was penalized a record $600,000, with the optimum damages of $200,000 imposed for every cost.
URA regulations specify that exclusive houses can only house up to six not related individuals.
URA says that Tan admitted that he knew the tenancy policies yet opted to wage the unauthorised conversion of the premises anyway.
Acting on the MOM inspections, that occurred in December 2017 and March 2018, URA’s inspections exposed that 15 foreign employees were living in 1012B Upper Serangoon Roadway. One more 16 and 17 foreign workers were identified to be staying in 32H Lorong 22 Geylang and 32J Lorong 22 Geylang, respectively.
