The Oliv at Balmoral Road

Daringly designed for urbanities who prefer not to toe the line. Ultra-stylish “bungalows in the sky”. Angled for the best views. Look out to the garden on your doorstep. With security coded lift access to each level, you can enjoy the sky garden in front of your home almost in complete privacy. An exceedingly exclusive … Read more

Horizon Towers en bloc: Right call was made

More factors to consider than just higher bid price I REFER to “Time to relook en bloc rules?” (Weekend Today, July 19-20). On the contrary to what the letter-writer said, there are already enough en bloc rules. Without being privy to certain information, it is incorrect to infer that the Horizon Towers deal was done … Read more

Stronger earnings for Mapletree

MAPLETREE Logistics Trust yesterday announced a higher distributable income of $22.6 million, or 2.04 cents a share, for the quarter ended June 30, due to additional income from the 18 properties acquired in the past year. The distribution per unit is 28.3-per-cent higher than 1.59 cents a year earlier. Mr Chua Tiow Chye, chief executive … Read more

Mapletree Logistics Q2 income surges 28% to $22.6m

MAPLETREE Logistics Trust has reported a distributable income of $22.6 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008, up 28 per cent from the corresponding period last year. Available distribution per unit (DPU) was 2.04 cents in Q208, also 28 per cent higher year-on-year, the trust said yesterday. For H108, total amount distributable was … Read more

S’pore developers unfazed by rising Viet market risks

Low Keng Huat’s plans to pour money into a 267,000 square foot development project in Vietnam must have raised a few eyebrows when it was announced earlier this month. Against the backdrop of a 25 per cent inflation, 14 per cent interest rates and a Vietnamese dong that is expected to weaken a further 30 … Read more

Bomb shelters compulsory in all new homes: SCDF

I REFER to Mr Terence Puey’s letter last Friday, ‘Only HDB flats required to have bomb shelters?’. We wish to clarify that, under the Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997, civil defence shelters are required to be provided in new houses or flats. This applies to all new residential developments, including HDB flats as well as … Read more