Tag Archives: KHAW BOON WAN

According to Chinese press Wanbao, HDB received an anonymous tip-off that a 4-room HDB unit in Bukit Batok was leased out even though the owner did not fulfill the statutory 5-year minimum occupancy period. The owner and his family allegedly stayed in a condominium unit in west coast that he owns.

We believe that if there were information which could help HDB to fetch a better price for the BTOs (eg. Mall, LRT stations, amenities etc), HDB would surely have put them up prominently and affirmatively. We expect HDB to do likewise for information (eg. Columbarium) that may make the flats less attractive to most buyers and thus, fetch lower prices for HDB. These are not “isolated cases” but happened in a massive scale. Thus, we feel that HDB should not treat our demand for refund without other penalties as a case by case basis. HDB should be more transparent and fair in dealing with all those who wanted a full refund.

A group of gamblers has submitted a petition to URA and Minister of National Development Mr Khaw Boon Wan, ST has learned. The petition urged the authorities to build columbariums beside the two integrated resorts which houses Singapore's casinos.

In spite of assurances from him that there would not be a crematorium or funeral parlour services at the Chinese temple, a group gathered around a table where they could leave contact details for HDB to call them about a refund. It is unclear how many eventually did so.

A NEW columbarium expected to come up in Sengkang West in 2016 to provide a resting place for the dead has already stirred up unease among the living. Australian funeral services company Life Corporation won a tender called by the Housing Board in July to develop a Chinese temple integrated with a columbarium at a land parcel in Fernvale Link.

While the distinction between a private apartments and HDB flat is largely perception than real, the lifestyle that goes on behind closed doors will determine the true quality of life you are enjoying out of the real estate. This goes to say that you may well be living in a privately developed apartment yet your lifestyle may not reflect the prestige that the market associates with private apartments

Each year, about 2,800 or 30 per cent of ceiling leak cases take more than three months to resolve due to uncooperative residents living on upper floors. They had refused entry by the HDB officers who needed to investigate the problem and carry out repairs for ceiling leaks.

Esso bid a record $27 million for a 2,000 square metre 10-year lease site in Ang Mo Kio. This was an almost 100% increase from the average $15 million in the past.. $27 million for a 10-year lease works out to rent of $225,000 a month or $7,500 a day. That means the petrol station in question must make a gross profit of $7,500 a day just to pay the HDB rent alone.

Will you sit in the coffee shop and complain? Mommy, that’s what old uncles do. I belong to the Generation X who were taught from young to follow rules – study well, get a good job, and work hard to improve our lives. We don’t talk about dreams. It is a luxury. We talk about increment, promotion, upgrade and social status. We learn from the Occupy Central that Generation Y are not easily contented with just allowances, peers, social media, computer games or high-tech gadgets.

Our housing policies will continue to support strong family formation. Next year, as we celebrate SG50, MND will do even more to help extended families live close by. We will launch another 360 3Gen flats, including 150 units in Tampines. We will launch another 1,200 new flats in Tampines North, again giving priority to those whose parents or married children are already living in Tampines. We will also launch our first BTO project in Bidadari, with over 2,200 units. Parents or married children currently living in Toa Payoh will get special priority under the MCPS for the Bidadari project.