Daily Archives: July 9, 2015 (31 Articles Found)
BCA will be awarding S$6 million to four research projects on improving the energy efficiency of buildings, announced Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee at the Urban Sustainability R&D Congress on Thurs. The projects focus on…
More than just dancing their hearts out at Zouk in Clarke Quay, when it opens there next year, revellers will also have the option of conveniently hopping to other clubs next door, for a full flavour of Singapore’s…
When the Singapore-KL High Speed Rail terminal in Jurong is ready, it could bring about a much bigger transient commuter population in the area, and with it, implications on how to manage emergencies involving a crowd that includes…
After a second round of checks yesterday night that failed to pinpoint the cause of the previous day’s massive MRT breakdown, LTA said today that it would hire an independent consultant specialising in transit power systems. The consultant…
A former real estate agent who duped two clients, a mother and daughter, into parting with their money and car was sentenced to 38 months’ jail today. Lau Wing Kuan, 40, had been convicted of three charges, one…
The glut in the EC market is set to get worse with new launches adding a wave of supply into a housing segment where take-up has been generally lacklustre. Today, developer City Developments (CDL) said applications for The…
Back in their heyday several years ago, shoebox units were seen as a fail-safe and smart property investment option. But these units have since fallen from grace after policymakers unveiled measures to curb Singapore’s then-heated property market. Now,…
Asia was home to the best and the worst performers in the global prime residential leasing market in Q1, with Singapore ranked third-worst after prime rents here fell 4.9 per cent in the 12 months to Mar 2015.…
In certain circumstances in which an HDB is the same price as that of a private apartment, the buyer will fail to qualify for a loan on the HDB flat but have no problem obtaining a mortgage to…
In a first for Changi Airport, facial recognition technology will be installed at the new T4, using one photo of passengers’ faces during check-in, immigration and boarding. This will erase the need for manual identity verification by airport…
More HDB resale flats were sold last month compared to in May, according to data compiled by SRX Property today, as prices edged up slightly. 1,709 HDB flats were sold in June, compared to 1,575 units in May,…
Investment sales of property, big-ticket transactions of at least S$10 million have risen 56.7 per cent to nearly S$5.7 billion in the second quarter from S$3.63 billion in the first quarter of this year. The quarter-on-quarter surge was…
For a while now, we’ve been looking forward to the prospect of smart homes coming to Singapore. Earlier this year, it was announced that smart homes would be available to homeowners as soon as 2016, and it was…
The Republic may play host to about 50 per cent of SEA’s data centre capacity, however many data centres here are likely to be inefficient in areas such as energy and use of space, said IDA’s Assistant CEO…
Gillman Barracks (GB) may have been recently hit by the departure of a handful of its gallery tenants, but it has announced plans to bring in replacements and to beef up its offerings. The visual arts hub will…
R&D has helped Singapore overcome key challenges in the past such as water and housing by providing creative and pragmatic solutions, Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee noted today at the Urban Sustainability R&D, organised by…
While commuters have come to accept train delays nowadays, what has been learnt from past experiences to avoid such an occurrence as Tues’s train disruption? While the outages in Dec 2011 led to a Committee of Inquiry, the…
Sales of strata industrial properties continued to languish from stringent loan curbs and interest rate jitters, said Colliers Research. The number of caveats lodged dipped from 220 in 1Q2015 to 206 in 2Q2015. Developers were also neck and…
Last year and this have been “heavy times” for residential property, with a rush of discussions and concerns about cooling in home buying sentiments, unsold stock at developer projects and newly completed homes lying vacant. In fact, the…
Once known for its touts and drunks, the Singapore River area has had its image cleaned over the past three years. Touting along Boat Quay has gone down, a pedestrian-friendly Circular Road has drawn more crowds, and murals…
Advertising fliers stuffed in gate hinges or pushed under doors are a common phenomenon in many HDB blks. Two town councils, however, have helped their residents to deal with such fliers. They have issued boxes that are hung…
Dakota Crescent, one of Singapore’s oldest public housing estates, is a peculiar sight. Swanky condominiums tower over it on one side, and the Sports Hub looms just down the road. The low-rise estate was built by the Singapore…
The lacklustre real estate sector is prompting more owners of residential and industrial properties to try their hand at auctions. There were 180 units put under the hammer in the three months to June 30, up 2.9 per…
After train services broke down along two major MRT lines on Tues night, commuters found that buses could do little to help them with their journeys. Both the North-South and East-West MRT lines were down for more than…
Singapore has done well to invest in its infrastructure and plan its land use, and may wish to look to other global cities for ideas on how to map its path for future growth, a senior fellow at…
SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek said the operator will not be able to catch every potential fault even if it stepped up maintenance. “So one solution is to completely renew the system,” he said. Another would be to put…
The public has heard too often that the frequent train breakdowns were due to unforeseen and unpredictable circumstances (“2 major MRT lines down for over 2 hours”; Wed). I suggest that the current maintenance programme be overhauled. Do…
The declaration of the iconic Botanic Gardens as a Unesco World Heritage Site is a testament to the country’s sustained greening efforts over 150 years, starting with a smaller focus and growing into the idea of a garden…
SMRT Corp and LTA have been on a billion-dollar, multi-year programme to replace major operating and infrastructural assets on the NSEWL since 2011. But the suspected flaws that brought Singapore’s oldest and most heavily used lines to their…
It is of great concern that train troubles continue to plague Singapore, the latest one coming after a recent fare increase. Even more astounding than the massive train breakdown however, is how, after so many incidents, recovery on…
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