Living in Singapore
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lee_yl\" post_id=\"2112473\" time=\"1688539302\" user_id=\"17023:
Yah. Or if Gov really wants to keep the BWs, keep them but chop up the extensive land into smaller parcels.
Better still, just pick a few BWs with historical value and demolish the rest to free up the land for more productive use in land-scarce Singapore. -
pirate\" post_id=\"2112570\" time=\"1688612962\" user_id=\"66252:
Precisely. The land around all the conservation shophouses in town are well developed. Why can't the b/w bungalows be conserved and the surrounding land developed? Especially if the enjoyment of the b/w is for a select few who are able to rent at a much lower rate than nearby GCBs and that the b/w rentals are based on GFA and the surrounding land confers no benefit to the rent.
Yah. Or if Gov really wants to keep the BWs, keep them but chop up the extensive land into smaller parcels. -
Sell them to a commercial entity like JTC who can do a better job of leasing them out:
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/-/media/cuge/ebook/citygreen/cg12/cg12_basf_learning_campus.pdf
https://mothership.sg/2020/12/rochester-park-starbucks/
https://ieatishootipost.sg/garys/
https://thehoneycombers.com/singapore/rochester-park-guide-restaurants/ -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2112573\" time=\"1688614684\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2112573 time=1688614684 user_id=53606]
The one used as Starbucks at Rochester is nicely done! Under CapitalLand’s management.
Sell them to a commercial entity like JTC who can do a better job of leasing them out:
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/-/media/cuge/ebook/citygreen/cg12/cg12_basf_learning_campus.pdf
https://mothership.sg/2020/12/rochester-park-starbucks/
https://ieatishootipost.sg/garys/
https://thehoneycombers.com/singapore/rochester-park-guide-restaurants/[/quote]
But if I were a tenant, I would prefer SLA as my landlord rather than CapitalLand because rental under SLA would definitely be cheaper, no price increase for a decade!
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pirate\" post_id=\"2112561\" time=\"1688610230\" user_id=\"66252:
Good idea but maybe MND also doesn’t want leh? Who would want to take on extra responsibility. Lol
Yah. Cannot fault the SLA officers because they have to comply with SOP. Must fault the one in charge of overseeing the SOP. The buck for this stops at the top. That should be the Minister of the Ministry SLA is under. That would be... oh snap!
:siam:
To make it worse, President Ong Teng Cheong had alluded to the problem of poor management of government real estate ages ago... :slapshead:
Maybe management of rental of government real estate should be shunted from Ministry of Law to MND?
If we were the landlord, how could we tahan 4yrs we can’t rent out? But for SLA, by leaving the units vacant, it does not hurt their own pockets. And by getting the BWs rented out it actually means more work for the SLA staff like having to attend to complaints from tenants regarding snakes/mosquitoes or ask chop trees, and calling for tenders to carry out structural repairs.
To be fair to ministers, Perm Sec are the ones overseeing day to day operations of the ministries. MinLaw perm Sec should be more familiar with what is going on within SLA than the minister himself.
Weird, why in. 2018, he bypassed the perm sec (MP Ms Tin’s hubby) and CEO SLA to go direct to DS Law to request for some info. Anyway, let’s not go too deeply into this since there is nothing wrong from the reviews. -
Explanation given for the money spent on refurbishing the 2 bungalows:
https://youtu.be/ZSD89jPMQLg -
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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/national-heat-stress-advisory-launched-as-world-hots-up
National heat stress advisory launched as world hots up -
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/s-pore-water-price-to-rise-by-50-cents-per-cubic-m-by-2025-lower-middle-income-families-to-get-help
S’pore water price to rise by 50 cents per cubic m by 2025; lower-, middle-income families to get help -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2119623\" time=\"1695807350\" user_id=\"14025:
Wow, we gonna see an 18% increase for our water bills
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/s-pore-water-price-to-rise-by-50-cents-per-cubic-m-by-2025-lower-middle-income-families-to-get-help
S’pore water price to rise by 50 cents per cubic m by 2025; lower-, middle-income families to get help
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