Dr LIM - 2003-08-13
Can you inform us of the status of the repairs to the Coconut Grove Seniors Village?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I welcome the question from the shadow minister. I received some correspondence from the member for Greatorex in respect of the situation at the Coconut Grove Seniors Village. I have been in touch with the department; who have kept me briefed. Whilst it is not good, in a sense, that we cannot accommodate those seniors in close proximity while we are doing repairs in that seniors village, we have made arrangements for them to stay at the City Gardens Apartments.
As recently as this morning, I have been told the department has talked to people who have concerns about those repairs being done, and the travel into the City Gardens Apartments from Coconut Grove. We will be providing a bus to pick up those people, and to take them back to care for their pets and their gardens.
It would be great to accommodate those people in close proximity. However, in this case, the department has searched far and wide, and this is the only place that we could accommodate them comfortably in two-bedroom airconditioned accommodation, with all that goes with those sorts of apartments. It is the best we can do regarding the proximity. Nevertheless, we need to work through that and the department is. Congratulations to them, working overtime to ensure that there is the least amount of unrest for the elderly tenants who are affected by the renovations that really need to be done.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I welcome the question from the shadow minister. I received some correspondence from the member for Greatorex in respect of the situation at the Coconut Grove Seniors Village. I have been in touch with the department; who have kept me briefed. Whilst it is not good, in a sense, that we cannot accommodate those seniors in close proximity while we are doing repairs in that seniors village, we have made arrangements for them to stay at the City Gardens Apartments.
As recently as this morning, I have been told the department has talked to people who have concerns about those repairs being done, and the travel into the City Gardens Apartments from Coconut Grove. We will be providing a bus to pick up those people, and to take them back to care for their pets and their gardens.
It would be great to accommodate those people in close proximity. However, in this case, the department has searched far and wide, and this is the only place that we could accommodate them comfortably in two-bedroom airconditioned accommodation, with all that goes with those sorts of apartments. It is the best we can do regarding the proximity. Nevertheless, we need to work through that and the department is. Congratulations to them, working overtime to ensure that there is the least amount of unrest for the elderly tenants who are affected by the renovations that really need to be done.
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