Daily Archives: September 4, 2018 (21 Articles Found)
ARA Asset Management Limited has become the biggest unitholder in Cache Logistics Trust after its stake in the entity was increased from 5.14 percent to 9.21 percent, according to an SGX filing on Mon. This was achieved by…
Strong winds and rain caused a large tree – estimated to be about six-stories tall – to topple in a Toa Payoh carpark on Tues morning. No one was hurt and no property was damaged, Jalan Besar Town…
Disney and Pixar characters such as Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, Elsa and Woody will be lining Singapore’s shopping belt this Christmas season, as ORBA partners the Walt Disney Company for the annual light-up event. It will be Disney’s largest…
Qingjian Realty has unveiled JadeScape, its latest development on Shunfu Road, at an average price of $1,700 psf on Mon. The 1,206-unit residential project, which will be built on the site of the former Shunfu Ville private HUDC…
HDB’s BTO & ROF exercise for Aug 2018 closed on Sept 3. Despite the higher prices of flats in Punggol, they were more popular than the Yishun flats. As at Sept 3, the flats in Punggol were oversubscribed…
With passenger numbers at Marina Bay Cruise Centre (MBCC) likely to cross the one-million-passenger mark this financial year, the terminal is taking steps to avoid possible congestion by tapping smart technology. By Sept 2019, a total of 460…
A fire that broke out in a Tiong Bahru HDB flat on Mon night saw three people sent to SGH for smoke inhalation and 150 residents evacuated from the block. SCDF said its officers responded to the incident…
JLL and Lendlease have announced the five start-ups selected for their proptech accelerator programme, Propell Asia. The five selected are early-stage companies chosen based on the commercial viability and scalability of their idea, as well as each team’s…
Boustead Projects has been awarded a contract under its wholly owned subsidiary Boustead Projects E&C to build an integrated R&D and office building in one-north. The project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2020.…
The apparent disappearance of many wild neighbourhood chickens in Tampines has perturbed some residents, but the town council and the authorities have clarified that just four of the birds have been removed. On Sat, Lianhe Wanbao reported that…
Char kway teow, chicken rice and other local fare are making headlines following news that Singapore will nominate its hawker culture to Unesco’s list of intangible cultural heritage. One could argue endlessly as to which is the best…
A deal is a deal is a deal. Especially if it concerns a multi-year, multi-billion dollar cross-border project. Hence the latest pronouncements in the Malaysian press – that the KL-Singapore HSR project is to be postponed for two…
Being in my 60s gives me the privilege of having witnessed the transformation of our hawker culture – from the roadside itinerant hawkers of yesteryear, where hawkers, although a tad less hygienic, dished out delicious fare with passion,…
The costs of changing their IT systems to stop capturing people’s full NRIC number for verification as well as the time needed to do so are the challenges security and building management service providers will face, according to…
Chye Thiam Maintenance has come a long way from its first modest grass-cutting and cleaning contract in 1979, with its projects today more likely to feature ozone water and robotic scrubbers. The environmental services firm was started by…
The Government on Tues accepted all recommendations submitted last month by the Active Mobility Advisory Panel (AMAP) to boost safety for public path users – including the controversial proposal to cut the speed limit of PMDs and bicycles…
The claims that HDB flat buyers do not own their flats and are renting them is “factually and legally wrong”, said MND Minister Lawrence Wong. There is also no basis to such a claim, he said at the…
Singapore’s red-hot property market appears to be starting to show signs of cooling down as the growth of island-wide private residential prices moderated slightly from 3.9% in Q1 to 3.4% in Q2 even as the index continued its…
In the wake of the recent property cooling measures, KOP has rejigged plans for the redevelopment of the Villa D’Este site to introduce smaller units. In May this year, KOP announced it had bagged the freehold property in…
The first district in Tengah to be launched by HDB will reflect the agricultural roots of the area, with community gardens and farming features. The Plantation District will cover about 90 hectares in the southern part of Tengah,…
HDB on Tues announced it will progressively roll out over the next five years 24 “design guides” for each of its towns, beginning with Woodlands in the north. Each guide will be a unique, comprehensive document broken down…
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