SINGAPORE - A Housing Board resident who stopped paying service and conservancy charges because she was unhappy with Nee Soon Town Council found herself in court over unpaid bills amounting to $565.50.Despite getting letters of demand, she stopped paying because she was unhappy with the town council for not carrying out her wishes to dispose of shoes and potted plants that her neighbours had placed along the common corridor.
This means Chan would be found guilty of the offence as long as the prosecution could show that she refused to pay the charges. Her state of mind at the time of the offence need not be proved. “If residents may refuse to pay conservancy and service charges based on their own assessment of whether the town council has served their personal interests satisfactorily, it will create problems which affect the community as a whole,” said Judge Wong.
After Chan lodged a complaint, officers from the town council inspected the flats but did not remove the neighbour’s items because a safety allowance of at least 1.2m was maintained. Interventions of town councils, agencies in managing public spaces seem harsh, but are necessary: FaishalShe alleged that after she complained to the town council, the neighbours threw dirty tissue paper into her unit. She called the police, but no action was taken against the neighbours.
She claimed that because she often took the stairs, her neighbours started placing their bicycles in the stairwell, blocking the way, or urinating there.
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