Oil Price Dropped 50%, But FAP Deems Fit to UP WASTE COLLECTION FEE BY 55%!

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GOVT INCREASES WASTE COLLECTION FEE BY AS MUCH AS 55%

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9 Dec 2014 - 12:51pm








The government is increasing the waste collection fees by as much as 55 percent starting next year for residents living in the northern and central parts of Singapore.
From January 1, people living in the Ang Mo Kio-Toa Payoh, Hougang-Punggol, Woodlands-Yishun and Tanglin-Bukit Merah sectors will see their fees go up.

Residents living in HDB flats will see their waste collection fee go up to $7.49 every month and people living in landed properties will see hikes to $24.81 per month.
Currently, these HDB residents pay between $4.82 and $5.81 and those in landed property have to pay between $17.12 and $19.75.

This means that for HDB residents, fees are going to go up by as much as 55 percent. And for those in landed property, they will have to pay as much as 45 percent more.
The fees are increasing because these sectors are now placed under a Uniform Fee (UF) scheme for the collection of refuse from domestic premises, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said today.

This means that all residents have to pay the same, or uniform, fee for "the same tier of refuse collection services".

The other sectors in Singapore have already seen their fees increased under this scheme. But the fee hikes have finally found their way to these four sectors.
NEA said that the UF scheme is to help “moderate fees in future”.

It also said that, "Consolidation of sectors will allow the PWC industry to realise efficiency gains and raise standards and productivity. This will lessen the impact of rising costs in labour and operations on refuse collection fees."

However, it is clear that this scheme has only caused fees to increase across the board, by even as much as 55 percent.






Also, because fees are now made uniform across the board, this would also mean that low- and lower middle-
income households will be more heavily burdened by the increase.

The fees increase is going to stretch their already minimal wages further.

The government said that there are U-Save rebates which will help these households tide through the increase but it is without a doubt that the government will still collect more revenue than they would give in rebates.

Moreover, even as the NEA claims that the impact of rising costs will be lessened, there are no transparent reports which account for this, so it is still unclear if the increase is warranted and whether Singaporeans are being unfairly penalised.


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