Battersea Power Station

AUTOMOTIVE sales supervisor Wong Yoon Lim from Langkawi has his wife Sue Khoo to thank for winning the first prize in the Jet Set with Setia campaign’s second draw. The five-day, four-night trip to London is the first lucky draw he has won.

The 36-year-old was initially reluctant to take part in the lucky draw in October as he arrived at the venue, Setia Welcome Centre SPICE (formerly PISA) in Penang, early and was not allowed to enter the hall.

“My wife asked me to go for the lucky draw but at that time, I was just thinking of taking her to Penang because she had not travelled for two years,” he recalls. “When we were not allowed to go into the hall because we arrived early, I wanted to give up on the lucky draw but she insisted we stay on.”

That proved to be the right decision. Wong won an all expenses paid, business class trip for two. They visited places such as Trafalgar Square, Big Ben and the iconic Battersea Power Station, and went on a day tour to Oxford.

Wong bought a unit at Setia Sky Vista. The condominium — comprising two towers of 426 residences with built-up areas starting at 910 sq ft — is within Setia Vista in Relau, Penang.

Wong heard about Setia Vista after Khoo’s cousin bought a unit there.

“I had been looking at different developers but I didn’t like the properties,” he says. “We did check out S P Setia properties earlier but the pricing was too high then. However, the pricing for this project (Setia Vista) is all right. I chose to invest in Penang because it is near Langkawi and I am familiar with the place as I had stayed there for three years previously.” Wong is originally from Alor Setar.

“S P Setia is a reputable developer and I won’t have to worry that this project will be abandoned. I like the concept, quality and amenities,” he adds.

The second draw took place simultaneously at Setia City Convention Centre, Setia Alam; Setia Welcome Centre SPICE, Penang; Renaissance Hotel Johor Baru; and Aeropod Sales Gallery, Kota Kinabalu.

The competition was open to S P Setia property purchasers who had signed sale and purchase agreements between Jan 1 and Dec 1 this year. The campaign, which started in late August, was conceptualised as part of the developer’s 40th year celebrations. Eligible purchasers had to answer two questions to qualify for lucky draw sessions.

Up for grabs were all expenses paid trips via business class flights to Langkawi, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Nanning, Melbourne and London. There were three draws in total, with the first held on Sept 19 and the second on Oct 31. The final draw took place on Dec 12. The grand prize winner is Lee Sheng Jie from the Klang Valley, who won an all expenses paid trip to London, Melbourne, Qinzhou, Ho Chi Minh, Singapore and Datai, Langkawi via business class.

Battersea Power Station

BATTERSEA POWER STATION

The white chimneys of the Battersea Power Station (BPS) have been part of the skyline of south London for over 80 years. It was completed in two stages, with Battersea A Station completed in the early 1930s and the B Station more than a decade later.

Designed by the late architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the whole structure was completed in 1955. The power station was shut down on Oct 31, 1983, as electricity generation in the UK shifted towards the cleaner technologies of oil, gas and nuclear power.

Battersea Power Station Development Company Co Ltd (BPSDC), comprising S P Setia Bhd, Sime Darby Property and the Employees Provident Fund, made the headlines across the globe in 2012 with its acquisition of BPS.

Spanning over 42 acres, BPS will be developed over seven phases, with the residential component making up 55%, and commercial space, 45%. That translates into more than 3,400 homes, together with two hotels as well as 3.2 million sq ft of commercial area for offices, shops, F&B, as well as community, cultural and leisure activities.

Phase 1, Circus West, was launched in January 2013, offering 866 apartments across eight blocks, as well as a ground floor podium that houses restaurants and shops. Only four units remain unsold. The buyers will start moving in towards the end of 2016.

Phase 2, launched in May 2014, will include a limited number of homes inside the power station itself. This phase offers 255 homes and 1.3 million sq ft of commercial space, including three levels of retail, a 2,000-capacity auditorium, cinemas, restaurants, conference spaces, a boutique hotel and six floors of offices. There will also be a central atrium and a new park, connecting BPS to the Thames riverside promenade.

Phase 3, meanwhile, will connect the power station to the new Tube station via a retail pedestrian street called The Electric Boulevard. There will be more than 1,300 homes as well as a hotel and commercial space for retail, restaurants and gym.

Excavation works started in end-November for the new Tube station. The Tube station will be located at the foot of the new High Street and will put BPS within 15 minutes of the West End and the City via the Northern Line. The Tube station will open in 2020.

This article first appeared in City & Country, a pullout of The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on Dec 28, 2015. Subscribe here for your personal copy.

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