Central: More hotels
LIVE 130,900 new homes, in towns such as Toa Payoh, Queenstown, Bukit Merah and Boon Keng, as well as at Kallang Riverside, Tanjong Rhu, Singapore River and Sentosa WORK Extension of the Central Business District at Marina Bay and along Beach Road/Ophir-Rochor Road New offices at Paya Lebar Central Further development of office and business … Read more
West: More greenery
LIVE 46,000 new homes near MRT stations, parks and waterbodies, such as at Jurong East, Jurong West, Hillview and Choa Chu Kang A new general hospital in the Jurong Lake District by 2015 A shopping mall with a library and bus interchange at Clementi town centre New campuses for the Canadian International School and River … Read more
Making of a lively, liveable global city
URA’s Master Plan looks at softer features of urban life and new needs like population growth EVERY five years, Singapore’s city planners draw up a plan that will change the face of the island and affect the lives of everyone living and working here. It is a gargantuan undertaking, ironically made more difficult by the … Read more
More space, more buzz in expanded city centre
Size will double with 23,000 new homes; wider lifestyle, leisure and business options THE heart and soul of Singapore is about to get bigger – and you might get to live closer to it. The city centre is set for an injection of 23,000 new homes in the next decade, as the Central Business District … Read more
Kallang, Paya Lebar the new stars
Over 10 years they will become lifestyle and commercial hubs GOOD news, Kallang and Paya Lebar: It is your turn to shine. The two sleepy industrial estates have been identified as Singapore’s next big urban hotspots, as the nation’s land planners draw up blueprints for the next 15 years. Now colourless and underdeveloped, these towns … Read more
Kallang Riverside: Beaches and waterfront homes at the edge of city
The area south of Kallang and Lavender MRT stations will be completely transformed THE year is 2020. The place: Kallang. Gone are the unsightly gas tanks and drab industrial factories that once marked this area. Instead, it is sparkling with modern high-rise buildings, cool green parks and beachfront homes. Families stroll down the tree-lined paths … Read more
Paya Lebar: From quiet town to bustling cultural district
The Paya Lebar area will become one of S’pore’s major commercial hubs under URA’s new plan IT’S been the site of plantations and kampungs, witnessed political intrigue and riots, and remained a distinctive neighbourhood cherished by the local Malay community. Under the latest masterplan announced by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday, Paya Lebar will … Read more
HDB to be flexible on new rules for first-timers
New office space will be snapped up: Mah
System should be based on preferences, not luck
I REFER to yesterday’s front-page report about the refined application process for buying new Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats. While the refinement of the balloting system is overdue, it does not address the fundamental problem. The problem is that the system is based largely on luck when it should be based on expectations or … Read more
