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Going the extra mile pays off handsomely for SLP Int’l

This exemplary property agency does a lot more than merely bring buyer and seller together

SLP International Property Consultants Pte Ltd does something many of its ilk just don’t. And it is this extra touch that has propelled the property agency into the ranks of Singapore’s top SMEs.

SLP doesn’t just bring buyer and seller together; it takes the trouble to find out what potential buyers want and how potential sellers can deliver.

Helmed by the husband-and-wife team of Stanley Yeo and Kain Sim, the outfit took off in 2001 with the objective of serving clients in the commercial and industrial property sectors. Notably, both of them had earlier helped developers and investors to acquire more than S$48 million worth of investment properties in Singapore; some A$383 million (S$471 million) worth of properties in Australia; and over £128 million (S$289 million) worth of properties in London.

So it carved a niche for itself by assisting developers in designing properties that meet the demands of the target market, recommending them potential land and buildings for development that have strong projected returns.

On the buyer or lessee side, SLP takes the initiative of going to them. Its marketing team visits SMEs at their premises so as to better understand their needs. This way, it can propose better facilities even before the client looks for it. Continue reading

Let’s get real on the Sports Hub

THE clock is ticking as Singapore awaits the outcome of discussions between the government and the consortium tasked with building the country’s $1.87 billion Sports Hub.

The mega-project in Kallang – originally scheduled to be ready by end-2010 but which will now be completed only in mid-2013 at the earliest – has been delayed time and again, chiefly due to financial and legal issues.

It’s time for the authorities and other relevant parties to come clean and make clear their plans for the hub going forward, because whatever they say will have a bearing on the Republic’s ambitions to be a major player in the international sporting arena.

The Singapore Sports Hub Consortium must set itself a deadline to decide on what to do next. Pick a date (the sooner the better), work within that timeframe and come up with a firm working plan on how the hub should progress, after factoring in all the various stumbling blocks.

In the event that securing bank loans is still a problem next year – a distinct possibility, given the scale and budget of the Sports Hub – then a Plan B must be activated. Continue reading