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Sentosa home to 8,000

Sentosa is shaped like a long, thin wedge. The broad end of the wedge, on the east shore, is where Sentosa Cove is. Out of the total land area of 117ha, about 100ha of land is reclaimed.

  • Land sales started in 2003 for North Cove and completed by early 2007. Land sales for South Cove started in 2006 and were completed last year.
  • By the year’s end, 85 per cent of the projects in North Cove would have obtained their Temporary Occupancy Permit (TOP). The number of residents will increase from 2,300 to 3,000. They will live in 230 landed and 830 condo apartments.
  • The rest of North Cove will get their TOP by 2014. Development in South Cove will also be completed the same year.
  • The entire Sentosa Cove site will have a total of 2,140 units, comprising 1,720 condominium units and 420 landed units by then. It will be home to about 8,000 residents. Today, about 60 per cent of the residents are foreigners, hailing from 21 countries. Continue reading

Seafront homes

A new book on the homes at Sentosa Cove takes a peek at lifestyles of the super-rich and the rules they have to abide by

By John Lui
The swimming pool (left) at Austrian national Helmut Widdek’s three-storey bungalow at Sentosa Cove stretches into the house to help cool it. Two stone lions (Photo 2) flank the third-floor jacuzzi that overlooks the sea, while the first floor (Photo 3) houses an additional living area. –ST PHOTOS: LAU FOOK KONG

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Austrian national Helmut Widdek’s financial records were put under the microscope by the Singapore Government. Not because he was suspected of a crime, but so that he could buy a plot of land. Continue reading