Designing for wellness

WHAT do hospitals of the future look like? Drawing from his experience of designing the award-winning Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) in Yishun, Singapore, Jerry Ong, senior vice-president of architecture of the healthcare division at Singapore-based CPG Consultants, envisions hospitals as “centres of wellness for everyone” instead of “repair shops to treat sick patients”.

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Singapore property developers walking a tightrope

SINGAPORE (Oct 5): Still-buoyant sentiment in the mass market could allow Singapore’s property developers to raise prices, but might trigger further policy tightening on top of the property cooling measures in place, says Maybank Kim Eng.

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Vistra establishes its first Centre of Excellence in Malaysia

PETALING JAYA (Sept 28): One of the largest global independent corporate services providers, Vistra Group, has established its first Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Centre of Excellence (COE) in Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru to support its operations in Singapore and Southeast Asia, the group said in a statement today.

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Designer of quiet luxury

MOK Wei Wei, managing director of W Architects, can lay claim to being the architect who has designed the most condominium projects in one of Singapore’s most exclusive neighbourhoods, Nassim Hill.

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KL offers best value for property investors, says Knight Frank

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): With attractive yields on offer besides the relative weakness of the Malaysian ringgit, Kuala Lumpur gives real estate investors the best value in terms of long-term growth prospects, according to international real estate services firm Knight Frank in its 2017 Global Cities report.

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