Transcendental habitation
Twenty years have passed since I last saw Ling Hao, the award-winning architect of the eponymous Linghao Architects, a Singapore-based practice established in 2000 that he currently runs as a one-man show.
Rise in OPR soon unlikely due to rising household debt — MARC
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): Bank Negara Malaysia is unlikely to risk raising the overnight policy rate (OPR) too soon as it can affect consumers' debt service capacity, says Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC).
HDB pumps in S$10.7 mil in R&D collaboration with two universities
SINGAPORE (Sept 8): The Housing and Development Board (HDB) of Singapore yesterday inked two research and development (R&D) agreements with the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) at the International Housing Forum on sustainable urban development.
Prefabricated bathrooms, units for all Singapore new flats by 2019
SINGAPORE (Sept 7): Singapore’s Housing Development Board (HDB) says it will improve construction productivity through a greater use of prefabricated units that are assembled off-site but that can be installed on-site.
Tower REIT appoints Eusoffe Chua as its CEO
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Tower Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has appointed Chua Song Yong @ Eusoffe Chua as its chief executive officer effective yesterday.
Steep hike in development charge rates for Spore's non-landed residential sector
SINGAPORE (Sept 5): The Ministry of National Development has raised the development charge (DC) rates for land use groups: commercial; landed residential; and non-landed residential for the period of Sept 1 to February 28, 2018.
IOI Properties’ 4Q revenue surges 34% y-o-y, driven mainly by Singapore development
PETALING JAYA (Aug 29): IOI Properties Group Bhd 4Q2017 revenue has registered a 34% year-on-year (y-o-y) jump to RM1.
Renewed interest in ageing mixed-use developments on Orchard Road
The collective-sale fever has returned, and some investors are adopting a long-term position by buying units in ageing, freehold buildings in the prime Orchard Road belt.
OrangeTee and Edmund Tie merger to form Singapore’s third largest agency
SINGAPORE (Aug 28): OrangeTee and Edmund Tie & Co (ET&Co) today announced the merger of their associate agencies to create a new entity, OrangeTee & Tie.
Collective sale fever continues in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Aug 25): Aug 22 saw the launch of collective sale tenders for two former HUDC estates - Florence Regency and Normanton Park - at a reserve price of S$600 million (RM1.
