Doorstop interview on Tanjong Katong Road South Sinkhole Incident - Ms Grace Fu

A sinkhole was formed along Tanjong Katong Road South last Saturday. It was a serious incident, and it should not have happened.

2 On behalf of MSE and PUB, I would like to extend my sincere apologies to the injured driver for the injury suffered, as well as for going through a harrowing experience, and to the members of public as well as residents in the vicinity for causing anxiety and unease, and also to the motorists and commuters who have suffered inconveniences from the road closure and diversion.

3 PUB will cooperate fully with BCA in its investigation. I have also instructed MSE to form an internal investigation panel to look into the cause of this incident. In the meantime, we have called a safety timeout for PUB to review all its construction projects in Singapore of similar nature.

4 The priority of the team now is to restore the road as well as ensure public safety. My colleagues in PUB have been working very hard, round the clock to ensure that we can do that safely and quickly. So they have done many scans, many probes, many tests, to verify ground stability.

5 We are going through a very thorough and rigorous safety assessment, and until we are satisfied with that, we will not open the road. We will do so when we have ascertained that it is safe to do so. So perhaps for a few more days, we may have to cause some inconveniences to the motorists and the commuters because of the closure.

上星期六在丹戎加东南路出现了一个巨洞，为我们带来了很多的不安。我在这里要 代表永续发展与环境部还有公用事业局向受伤的司机致以万分的歉意。我也要对在这里的 居民以及公众人士， 包括那些受交通绕道而影响的人士致以万分的歉意。

我们将会在调查工作中给予建设局最大的合作。我也指导环境部成立一个内部调查 小组，对这整个事件展开调查。我们现在以公共安全，还有在最快的情况下通车为我们的 主要目标。我们日夜加工，希望能在最快和最安全的情况下把道路还原。