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SINGAPORE: Starting January this year, only certified renovation workers are allowed to carry out demolition works in HDB flats.

To be certified, contractors will have to send their workers for a safety course organised by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and the Building and Construction Authority (BCA).

HDB said the course was introduced in June 2013 to train workers to avoid renovation pitfalls which could damage flats.

It said the number of illegal demolition cases has remained low over the years. However, a single incident could affect the stability of an entire building.

So those who want to give their flats a festive makeover, for instance, will now have to check if the proposed demolition works are allowed under government regulations.

For example, structures such as those bolded in black in a floor plan, typically cannot be demolished.

But to the layman, it can be a challenge to tell which structures can be removed.

Wong Kok Hwa, deputy director (maintenance management) at HDB, said: "Most of the flat owners may not be able to recognise which walls are structural walls and cannot be tampered with. So our advice to flat owners is that they have to seek HDB's approval before they carry out any demolition works."

HDB said such walls and columns support the building, and removing them may affect the stability of the entire block.

Contractors caught doing so may have their registrations suspended or cancelled, and disqualified for a maximum period of five years.

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Residents of five communities in Olorunda Local Council Development Area, Badagry Lagos State, on Friday protested the demolition of numerous houses in their area, which left them displaced.

They took their protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly in Ikeja, where they urged the lawmakers to come to their rescue.

Mr Charles Adu, the Spokesman of the residents, said that the state government should urgently come to their aid because of the hardship the demolition had brought on them.

He also said that though the state government had written them a notification letter on the impending demolition of houses at Agemuwo and Agalato communities, the exercise was extended beyond the areas.

Adu said that the residents were surprised at the extension of the demolition to Muwo Phase Two, Araromi-Ale, and Atiporomeh communities.

He said that they believed that an unknown personality, who had been using the police to intimidate the residents, had engineered the demolition.

Adu said that 250 policemen invaded the communities on Dec. 14, 2013 to effect the demolition of their houses.

The spokesman said that the displaced residents now lived in churches and mosques under terrible conditions.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the protesters also threatened to go on hunger strike at the Assembly premises, until their demands were met.

Addressing them, the Speaker, Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji, who was represented by Mr Segun Olulade, Chairman House Committee on Information, Strategy, Publicity and Security, commended the protesters for their peaceful conduct.

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