URA announces plans for new leisure destination

URA announces plans for new leisure destination
 
In just three years, Singaporeans will be able to enjoy a new attraction in the southern part of Singapore as the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) plans to develop the area around Alexandra and Labrador Park into a recreational and leisure hub.
 
Berlayer Creek is a place where you can find [...]

Development plans taking shape in Punggol

Development plans taking shape in Punggol
 
Punggol residents can expect a new shopping mall as large as Junction 8, in their town centre, when the Housing and Development Board (HDB) launches the first sale site at Punggol in the next two to three years.
 
The site will be used for a mixed commercial and private residential development.
 
Earmarked [...]

On the market

On the market
 
In this weekly column, we bring you a sampling of properties up for sale. In the spotlight this week: Good-class bungalows
 
Belmont Road, freehold
 
Land: About 22,000 sq ft
 
Price: $28 million
 
Located in prestigious district 10, this bungalow has a wide 27m frontage and is designed in a tropical Balinese fashion.
 
It has 12,000 sq ft of [...]

En-bloc woes at Toh Tuck Road

En-bloc woes at Toh Tuck Road
 
Residents complain of noise, dust, as developer builds showflat
 
‘It’s like living in a shipyard’
 
IT’S not chirping birds that wake them now, but pounding hammers.
 
By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
 
 
18 May 2008
 
IT’S not chirping birds that wake them now, but pounding hammers.
 
And it has been driving some Goodluck View residents up [...]

Landlord locks out 167 foreign workers

Landlord locks out 167 foreign workers
 
S’pore company allegedly owes $23,500 in rent for Joo Chiat quarters
 
By Alvin Lim , Gabriel Yue
 
On Wednesday, some foreign workers had to endure a six-hour wait to gain entry into their Joo Chiat quarters.
 
The reason? The landlord of two double-storey shophouses, shared by 167 workers from Bangladesh, India [...]

Kallang with more bite

Kallang with more bite
 
Kallang Leisure Park is now a dining haven after a $70-m makeover
 
By Rebecca Lynne Tan
 
Once a quiet mall, Kallang Leisure Park (below) has had a swanky $70-million facelift and become a dining haven.
 
The place, which unveiled its new look in November last year, is slowly drawing in the crowds, especially [...]

More bite for bikers

More bite for bikers
 
Mountain bikers who crave the thrills and spills of going off-road have a new playground on Pulau Ubin
 
By Sandra Leong
 
Heavy rain beats down on mountain biker Tan Hong Chun, 29, as he steadies his bicycle at the top of a slope as high as a four-storey building.
 
He may be a [...]

A financial tool you can TRUST

A financial tool you can TRUST
 
The usefulness of trusts has not diminished with the recent abolition of estate duty. Lorna Tan looks at why people set up trusts and presents some interesting real-life trusts
 
DESPITE the scrapping of estate duty in February, trusts - once a financial tool used by families to minimise death duties on [...]

Top? Top of what?

Top? Top of what? 
Where do you see this?
 
On anything that refers to a building under construction, ranging from hoardings to property advertisements.
 
 
What does it mean?
 
When a building is completed, its owners will apply for a Certificate of Statutory Completion (CSC), but this takes some time to obtain.
 
In the meantime, the owners can [...]

Wife not automatically entitled to half of HDB flat

Wife not automatically entitled to half of HDB flat
 
Q I am filing for divorce. My wife and I have an HDB flat with a joint-name tenancy status of equal share. Both of us are working, and we are childless.
My wife, however, did not contribute anything to the payment for the flat, as well [...]