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Standing tall

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Eight conserved buildings have been singled out for URA’s Architectural Heritage Awards.

It was once the tallest building in South-east Asia. Now, dwarfed by modern skyscrapers that twist towards the heavens, the 20-storey Ascott Singapore Raffles Place hardly qualifies as a skyscraper.

But what the building, located in Finlayson Road in the Central Business District, lacks in height by current standards, it certainly makes up for in history.

The 54-year-old building was one of eight honoured at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Architectural Heritage Awards last night.

Senior Minister of State for National Development and Education, Ms Grace Fu, announced the winners at the People’s Association Headquarters, which was among the recipients of the annual award for conservation.

The People’s Association building is the former Victoria School, which has produced many famous students including President S R Nathan and past presidents Yusof Ishak and Devan Nair. The building in King George’s Avenue was built in 1933. Continue reading →

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Koh Brothers clinches $51.9m HDB contract

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It’s the third project the construction firm has won from HDB so far this year

CONSTRUCTION company Koh Brothers Group Ltd has won a $51.9 million contract from the Housing and Development Board (HDB) for building works at Choa Chu Kang.

This contract takes Koh Brothers’ order book to $630.9 million. The job is not expected to have a material impact on the group’s financial performance for the year ending Dec 31, 2009.

Construction work on the project is slated to start this month, and is expected to be completed by end 2011. Under the contract, Koh Brothers will build four 16-storey residential blocks, one multi-storey car park and a substation for HDB.

This is the third contract that the construction firm has won from HDB so far this year, and takes the total value of contracts awarded to Koh Brothers from HDB to $255.4 million. In July, the company said that it was awarded the second part of an HDB contract to build Punggol Waterway after it won the the first part of the waterway construction in January. The Punggol Waterway is a 4.2km waterway that will be connected to Sungei Punggol. Continue reading →