Handbook on improving building standards launched

Posted on 10 May 2013 | Comments Off on Handbook on improving building standards launched

In a bid to improve industry standards, a new handbook with examples of best practices from various industrial sectors within the Specialist Trade Alliance of Singapore was launched yesterday at the inaugural International Facility Management Expo 2013, reported The Straits Times.

The Building Specialists Trade Handbook aims to improve the standards of building professionals, especially with regards to specialist contractors and suppliers.

According to Nelson Tee, President of the alliance which comprises more than 1,300 firms in the building industry, the handbook is the first of its kind.

Commenting on the launch, guest of honour Mr Zainudin Nordin, MP (Bishan-Toa Payoh), said: “It is important that we look towards retrofitting buildings with sustainable infrastructure, as well as implementing and encouraging sustainable practices and lifestyles.”

Held at Marina Bay Sands, the expo was part of a three-day mega building security show.   

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Husband wins right to $20m bungalow

Posted on 10 May 2013 | Comments Off on Husband wins right to $20m bungalow

A retired businessman has won the right to keep an S$20 million bungalow in Chancery Lane after the High Court made its decision on the case.

Justice Choo Han Teck ruled that See Fong Mun, 86, who paid for the property purchased in 1983 is the rightful owner, even though it was registered under his wife – Chan Yuen Lan who is now 88.

The judge declared that the wife was considered a trustee of the property but Mr See is still the legal owner – as the couple had intended for the property to belong to him at the time of acquisition.

Madam Chan signed a power of attorney three days before the property was bought in 1983, authorising her husband and eldest child Cliff as managers. But she revoked the power of attorney in 2011, pushing the husband to seek action from the High Court.

The judge concluded it was unlikely that Mr See bought the bungalow “out of sheer conscience or moral responsibility”, in response to his wife’s claim that it was a gift as the husband was “guilt-ridden” by an extra-marital affair.

“A man nearing retirement age who had just fallen in love with another woman was unlikely in the circumstances to scrape together a S$1.8 million fund from multiple sources to buy a house… as a gift to his wife,” noted Justice Choo.

The double-storey good class bungalow (GCB) sits on over 20,000 sq ft of land in an upscale neighbourhood.

Source PropGuru – 9 May 2013

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