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If it is a lottery and people can lose.
Scheme should be scrapped.

These are homes and lives of people not some city planners Lego blocks to move around.

Like I said it is morally wrong not to allow people to vote and have a choice whether to go ahead.

The city planners do not carry out infrastructural developments on a whim and inconveniencing residents in the process. The do a lot of research and careful planning before performing compulsory land acquisition for public development and for the beautification of the city.

A case in point is the upcoming expansion of the Woodlands Checkpoint - which has affected a part of the Marsiling area - to meet a projected rapid growth in vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the coming decades.
 
Ysh02 commented in this thread that in LKY’s time, “kampong law” was used to acquire lands for infrastructure developments. It was non-negotiable and no talks would be entertained. The decision to call in the bulldozers was, to all intents and purposes, the seizure of everyday folks’ lands.
 
Today, the authorities have had some success in democratizing land acquisition, having been responsive to the concerns of affected owners. The Act mandates that compensation offered to the affected families is appropriately assessed, fair and equal to the market value of their property.
 
Many affected AMK residents did not think the compensations offered to them were fair. Well, it’s just too bad they’re victims of changing circumstances, and undergoing Sers at a disadvantageous time. The factors contributing to their plights have already been pointed out - no need to repeat. It’s good that the housing top brass have come up with the idea of a shorter 50-year lease to those unable to afford to top up dough for similar-sized replacement units. The new options will be advantageous to them.