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Sale of Optima@Tanah Merah brought forward due to queues

Posted on 31 Jul 2009 | Comments Off on Sale of Optima@Tanah Merah brought forward due to queues

Developers of Optima@Tanah Merah have brought forward the launch of the condominium, which was to have taken place on Friday.

However, queues formed as early as 4pm on Thursday, prompting the developers to start selling the units.

120 units were sold yesterday with another 150 units to be balloted on Friday.

The 99 year leasehold development has 297 units.

The condo’s developers said they feel that genuine buyers will have a higher chance of getting the units through balloting, as some people have been seen selling their queue numbers.

The first 120 units were sold at about S$790 per square foot. Continue reading →

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S’pore named world’s most preferred city for business meetings in 2008

Posted on 31 Jul 2009 | Comments Off on S’pore named world’s most preferred city for business meetings in 2008

Singapore is the world’s most preferred city for business meetings for the second year running.

The city-state is named the “Top International Meeting City” in the Union of International Associations 2008 Global Rankings.

Singapore edged out cities like Paris, London and Tokyo.

The country also moved up one notch up from 2007 to third position as one of the top three preferred countries for international meetings, after the US and France.

The lion city beat countries like the UK, Japan and Germany.

This makes Singapore the top Asian country and city for meetings for the 25th consecutive year.

According to the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the country hosted 637 meetings last year, a significant 36 per cent growth compared to 2007. Continue reading →

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