Daily Archives: 3 Sep 2009

View from the Pinnacle @ Duxton

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Enjoying the view from one of the skybridges at HDB’s Pinnacle@Duxton are (from left) Mr Sng Cheng Keh, deputy executive officer (building); Mr Lau Joo Ming, managing director (HDB Building Research Insitute); Associated Professor Koo Tsai Kee, Minister of State for Defence and MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC; National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan; HDB chief executive officer Tay Kim Poh, and Mr Yap Chin Beng, deputy chief executive officer (estates and corporate). — ST PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM, ALPHONSUS CHERN

SINGAPORE will be home to possibly the world’s largest sky garden – 500m long and 24m wide and perched up to 50 storeys above ground. Continue reading →

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Govt likely to release more land for sale

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THINK THRICE

‘Before you buy a property, you must remember three things – think, think and think… Think carefully, Think long term, Think about the unexpected.’

Mr Mah’s advice to home buyers

‘Every likelihood’ the Govt will reintroduce confirmed list of land sites, says Mah
The Pinnacle@Duxton has 1,848 units, of which 111 are unsold. The final skybridge at Singapore’s tallest public housing project was launched yesterday. — ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM

THE Government is mulling over how much land to release for sale – a move industry experts see as a signal it is ready to act if the highly buoyant property market overheats.

National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday there was ‘every likelihood’ the Government would reintroduce the confirmed list of land sites, which was suspended last October. Continue reading →

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