Singaporean fined record $600,000 for unauthorised dormitory accomodation
URA claims that Tan admitted that he recognized the tenancy laws yet chose to proceed with the unauthorised conversion of the properties anyhow.
Acting on the MOM inspections, which occurred in December 2017 and March 2018, URA’s searches disclosed that 15 foreign people were living in 1012B Upper Serangoon Road. An additional 16 and 17 foreign workers were discovered to be living in 32H Lorong 22 Geylang and 32J Lorong 22 Geylang, respectively.
URA guidelines stipulate that private properties can just house approximately six unrelated individuals.
More examinations uncovered the fact that Tan had indeed been giving dorm room lodging at those properties for around two years, which he had changed 8 other private residential properties to unauthorised dorm accommodation between 2016 to 2018. The number of tenants in each unit reached from seven to 23.
He adds: “URA will continue to use strong enforcement activities in opposition to criminals, involving land owner, occupants, agents and any person found to have flouted URA’s laws on the rental or subletting of private homes”.
“Unauthorised residence hall property not just negatively impacts the housing appearance of the area, however also negatively affects the occupants, who may be from more vulnerable group of people that are prone to exploitation,” claims Martin Tan, director, Development Control Group, URA.
Enforcement police officers from the Ministry of Manpower had inspected exclusive residential properties associated to Tan and discovered that the range of dwellers living there had significantly gone beyond URA’s tenancy cap rules.
According to a URA news release on June 14, a 72-year-old Singaporean guy, Tan Hock Keng, was convicted of 3 counts of converting private houses to illegal dormitory accommodation. On May 30, he was fined a report $600,000, with the highest fine of $200,000 inflicted for every cost.
