It is a concerning sight \u2014 an air-conditioner bracket and compressor dangling precariously \u2014 outside a fifth-floor Housing and Development Board (HDB) block in Tampines.<\/p>\n
AsiaOne was alerted to the incident at about 2.45pm on Sunday (Sept 13) by a resident from the block.<\/p>\n
Photographs of the incident shared with AsiaOne by the resident show the compressor hanging only by its connecting pipes and cables.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the bracket is partially dislodged and only one of its two arms is still affixed to the facade.<\/p>\n
A netting is used to cordon off the ground floor area beneath the stack of flats, while a town council worker, dressed in green shirt, is seen speaking with residents.<\/p>\n
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At about 3.30pm, a police fast response car is also seen parked near the block.<\/p>\n
AsiaOne understands that the relevant agencies have gotten in touch with the flat owner, who will be carrying out urgent rectification works.<\/p>\n
Subsequent checks by AsiaOne at 5.20pm show that both the bracket and the compressor have been removed.<\/p>\n
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Under the Building Control Regulations, flat owners face a maximum fine of $20,000, jail of up to 1 year, or both, if an air conditioning condensing unit and\/or its structural supporting system, open panel, frame, and tray fall due to a lack of maintenance.<\/p>\n
Flat owners should only engage Building and Construction Authority trained air conditioning unit installers to replace or install their air conditioning condensing units.<\/p>\n
In July 2022, the police had to forcibly break into a 10th-floor flat at Block 55 Chai Chee Drive<\/a> after a similar situation occurred.<\/p>\n In that instance, the owners were not around and the police had to effect the entry for safety reasons.<\/p>\n Since January 2022, amendments to the Police Force Act<\/a> have allowed officers to make forced entry into any place in case of medical emergencies, or to protect people from injury or death.\u00a0<\/p>\n Prior to the amendments, police officers were not allowed to make forced entry into any place even if they hear a person in distress but believe that no crime has been committed.\u00a0<\/p>\n [[nid:743287]]<\/p>\n editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It is a concerning sight \u2014 an air-conditioner bracket and compressor dangling precariously \u2014 outside a fifth-floor Housing and Development Board (HDB) block in Tampines….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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