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Khaw determined to make housing and HDB popular again

Posted on 20 May 2011 | Comments Off on Khaw determined to make housing and HDB popular again

In his last blog post as Health Minister, Mr Khaw Boon Wan said he is determined to make housing and HDB Singaporeans’ popular icon again.

Recounting his earlier days in the Health Ministry, Mr Khaw said he went to the Health Ministry in 2003 during the SARS period with some trepidation, not quite sure what he was walking into.

He will go to National Development Ministry, with even greater trepidation.

This is because it is red-hot with widespread unhappiness, and housing is a new frontier for him.

Mr Khaw said he hopes Singaporeans will bear with him, with patience and understanding.

He added that he will work very hard to shorten the learning curve, and listen intently to all suggestions and criticism.

Mr Khaw said it has been an eventful eight-year term at the Health Ministry.

He added that there were many more things he had wanted to do in the ministry like transforming the long-term care sector, ensuring nursing home affordability, ElderShield reform, a third Medical School, and expanding polyclinics.

He will now entrust this agenda to the next Health Minister.

Source : Channel NewsAsia – 20 May 2011

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More services, more info on OneMap

Posted on 18 May 2011 | Comments Off on More services, more info on OneMap

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) said two new services have been added to OneMap, an integrated map platform for the public to access government agencies’ location-based services and information.

PropertyPrices shows the transacted prices of both private housing and Housing and Development Board (HDB) resale flats over the past year on a map.

Users can also view information such as size of the unit, tenure type (freehold or leasehold) and transaction date.

It combines property transaction data provided by the URA and HDB on a common map platform.

Space2Lease allows businesses to check for government properties available for rent by the SLA and HDB.

SLA said OneMap is now also available on the iPhone.

Several iPhone apps have already been published using this platform, including NParks’ Parks Live, URA’s Masterplan 2008 and Property Market Information, as well as Nanyang Polytechnic’s Pocket OneMap.

The Pocket OneMap makes it easy for users to access OneMap information and services while on the go.

SLA said OneMap has been well received since its launch a year ago.

And the public has also given useful suggestions to improve OneMap.

One suggestion taken on board was the Public Transport Routing service.

It provides travel directions and journey planning on public buses and the MRT, enabling users to choose the route best suited to their needs and calculates the trip fare, estimated travel time and travel distance to their destinations.

Source : Channel NewsAsia – 18 May 2011

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