Daily Archives: August 13, 2018 (19 Articles Found)
MND has clarified that HDB occupancy cap for renting out flats does not apply to family members live in the same HDB unit. The Minister said this in responding to a parliamentary question of whether there is a…
A fire broke out at The Metropolitan, a condominium in Alexandra View near Redhill MRT station on Mon evening. It has since been put out. A resident of The Metropolitan, who wanted to be known as Mr Tan,…
The civil lawsuits brought by AHTC and PRPTC against WP MPs Low Thia Khiang, Sylvia Lim, and Pritam Singh will be heard in High Court from Oct 1 to Nov 2. The court dates were fixed on Mon…
A construction company was fined on Jul 3 for damaging a water main at a worksite, resulting in wastage of about 4,000 cubic metres of water – enough to fill 1.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools. PUB said on Mon…
The closure of car parks at Holland Village to make way for a new mixed-use development has been pushed back to minimise inconvenience to the public and disruption to businesses in the area, Far East Organisation has said.…
Golden Mile Complex — the sequestered haven for authentic Thai food here — will undergo an en bloc sale. Formerly known as the Woh Hup Complex, construction was completed in 1973 at the steep cost of SGD18 million.…
Singapore has topped the charts for the fastest fixed broadband speeds globally for the 12th time in a row, according to a speed test index published last month. Singapore beat 132 countries and regions in Ookla’s Speedtest Global…
Savills said prime office tenants, specifically those occupying Grade AAA spaces, are fleeing out of new buildings into even newer buildings as their landlords continue to ride on the rise of renewal rates. This, in turn, buoyed Singapore’s…
A new Thai dining concept has opened in the Frasers Tower in Tanjong Pagar. Conceived by a Singapore-based Thai and his New Zealand partner on a quest to find true-tasting authentic food outside of Thailand, Ocha Fresh Thai…
The new CEO of beleaguered transport operator SMRT said on Mon he is confident of earning back the public’s trust, and that he has given up his car and will rely on public transport. “We continue to organise…
Raffles Hotel Singapore closed its doors in Dec for its first renovation in almost 30 years. The work updates the entire 130-year-old property, even adding new buildings. Whatever the cost—hotel owner Katara Hospitality says only that it’s a…
A pilot programme that allowed dog handlers from the uniformed services to adopt retired sniffer dogs has now been extended to those living in HDB flats. On Mon, MND, MHA and Mindef, the ministries said that the scheme,…
An upcoming comprehensive study of carbon pricing will be used to shape how the carbon tax is implemented here in future, by delving into the impact of carbon pricing in other countries and its possible impact here, ST…
The latest property cooling measures have taken their toll on plans by at least three freehold projects to sell en bloc, with a marketing agent resigning from two, while a third has shelved plans for a sale. PropNex,…
Kingsley Mansion, a freehold condominium off Balestier Road, has launched a collective sale attempt. The 18-unit development has a reserve price of $45.5 million, says Century 21. If the sale is successful at its reserve price, each of…
There is no doubt that the current issues with wild boars, mynahs and pigeons could possibly be aided by human feeding (Feeding wild animals does more harm than good, by Mr Neeraj Prabakharan; Aug 4). However, there is…
Mid-tier hotel operator Far East Hospitality’s (FEH) CEO Arthur Kiong acknowledges the rosy statistics for the hospitality industry: tourism arrivals were up to 17.4 million last year and hotel occupancy this year hovers around the mid-80s. Pointing to…
When he started at 13, Mr Teo Veoh Seng was the youngest of four artisans at Haw Par Villa. But for the longest time, the 84-year-old was the only artisan tending to over 1,000 Chinese mythology sculptures in…
A taxi crashed into a wall at a Bedok North market and hawker centre on Sun stunning onlookers. The police said that they were alerted to an accident involving a taxi at Blk 216 Bedok North St 1…
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