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The Jurong Lake District transformation was announced in the draft 2008 Master Plan which will see Jurong Gateway be the largest commercial hub outside the city centre – 2.5 times the size of the Tampines Regional Centre. The centrepiece will be a new world-class Science Centre next to the Chinese Garden MRT. Since the announcement …
I came across this interesting article today regarding a divorce case of 2 former flight attendants. They had bought a Yishun BTO flat in their joint names in August 2014 for $371,500, which had a 5-year minimum occupancy period. The family court district judge had ruled in 2018 that the woman be given the first …
HDB to be priced at market value and not surrender value in divorce case: Court Read More »
With the recent termination of the High Speed Rail, property developers, investors and businesses have offered several suggestions for Jurong Lake District, which is set to provide over 100,000 new jobs and 20,000 new homes when it is fully developed. Some of these ideas include selling larger sites to give the developers flexibility to experiment …
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Most of us in Singapore were hopeful that Malaysia would eventually decide to proceed with the HSR after multiple delays. Singapore had been proactive from the beginning by taking over the Jurong East site occupied by Jurong Country Club, which ceased operations in end 2016, to build the HSR Terminus. Prior to the announcement, there …
Will the HSR Termination have an impact on Jurong Property Prices? Read More »
HDB will keep the supply steady with approximately 17,000 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats to be launched in 2021, in line with the 16,752 BTO flats launched in 2020. Next year, new flats will be offered in mature estates such as Geylang, Kallang/Whampoa, Bidadari estate in Toa Payoh and Ulu Pandan estate in Queenstown. Non-mature estates such …
HDB to release supply of 17,000 BTO flats in 2021 Read More »
Image credit: Perennial The dormant shopping mall in Jurong East, Big Box, has been acquired by Perennial for $118 million. The developer has also obtained JTC Corporation’s confirmation to change the zoning of the site to a business park. Perennial will spend $70 million to redevelop the former warehouse space, which has a land area of …
Big Box in Jurong set to be rejuvenated into Perennial Business City Read More »
Its simply amazing that a five-room HDB resale unit at 10 years old was sold for a million dollars just a few months after Singapore entered into Phase 2 of our Circuit Breaker and with the COVID-19 pandemic in second and third waves in other countries. That said, this 5-room flat measures 1,302 sqft in …
Photo: Tai Cheong Bakery Facebook The popular Hong Kong bakery well known for its egg tarts have officially opened its first outlet in Jurong. The retail outlet will sell an assorted array of pastries for takeaway only in the basement level of JEM shopping mall, #B1-35 from 10am to 10pm daily.
I went to JurongPoint NTUC Xtra at 7am on a Saturday morning after I realised my kitchen faucet was leaking. I had to replace it as soon as possible since we often prepare meals especially since the Circuit Breaker. I do not have the luxury of shopping late at night nor early in the morning …
HDB flat owners may risk having their flats seized by HDB if they intentionally make misleading or false statements when transferring flat ownership, following legislative changes that Parliament passed yesterday. The compulsory acquisition currently applies when flat owners intentionally make misleading or false statements for the purchase of flats. Hence this serves to close off …
Updates to the Housing and Development Act (HDB) Read More »
