Singapore Cooperation Programme to assist ger-districts re-structuring

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A chairman of the Citizens’ Khural of Ulaanbaatar Mr D.Battulga received Thursday a delegation led by the Singapore Cooperation Programme manager for the Asia-Pacific Mr Kevin Chong. The latter expressed a willingness to cooperate in a project of Ger (national dwelling) District Re-structuring, which has been realized on 1,547.8 hectares including 77 blocks at 24 locations. The first shift housing apartments for the ger districts' residents were commissioned last October. At that time, the Singapore cooperation Programme singed a Memorandum of Understanding with the State-run Housing Corporation on re-structuring 16.5 hectares of space in Khan-Uul district. At the meeting, Mr Chong said the Programme will be cooperating in accordance with this MoU. In response, Mr Battulga thanked him for the will to contribute to and cooperate in the project. “This project was a must in order to reduce air and soil pollution caused by the ger-district inhabitants, which account for 60 percent of the city’s population," he said. The Programme manager Kevin Chong said it is his "pleasure to see that the project has given some returns and is being realized intensively". "Singapore practiced re-structuring in its suburban areas in 1960’s, and is now ready to share this experience with Mongolia," he said.