SINGAPORE – More cleaners have been deployed to Tampines after a newly appointed contractor failed to keep parts of the estate clean due to a lack of workers.

The town council will impose liquidated damages on the contractor – Ban Chuan Trading and Engineering – for these lapses, said town council chairman Baey Yam Keng on May 8.

Mr Baey is also Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth, and for Transport.

On April 1, Ban Chuan took over cleaning contracts for three out of five divisions in Tampines GRC – Tampines Boulevard, Tampines Central and Tampines North.

Residents told The Straits Times that bins and bulky items subsequently took longer than usual to be cleared.