More affordable resale HDBs for first-time applicants

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced, with immediate effect, in his Budget statement today that the CPF housing grant has been raised to S$50,000 (RM157,144) for first-timer couples buying four-room or smaller HDB flats from the resale market.

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Ensuring a smooth inheritance

For most Asians, owning a piece of real estate or property means owning a legacy in the form of an asset which a family can pass on through the generations.

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British-Australian consortium is preferred bidder for KL-S’pore HSR

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): A consortium of WSP Engineering Malaysia Sdn Bhd of Australia, UK-based Mott MacDonald Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd (EY) has been selected as the joint development partner (JDP) for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, which will cut travel time between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to 90 minutes.

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