Quietly sited at the highest point in Newton, where urban diversity meets nature's tranquility, Trilight offers a limited collection of luxury residences representing a unique take on contemporary design. Within minutes from the bustling city center, the lush landscape design creates a sanctuary nestled within a man-made forest of trees, providing residents with a sense of peace and calm. The facade of...

FOR those waiting to snap up a public flat in the iconic 50-storey integrated housing development, the good news: Some 428 four- and five-room units at The Pinnacle@Duxton are among 992 available under the Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) latest balloting exercise launched on Friday. The much-hyped flats in the Cantonment Road area are among some of the most expensive new units — with a...

With initial progress underway at the China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City project, Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong says what needs to be done is for policy measures to be either tweaked or put in place. While saying that Singapore had chosen the right site for the bilateral flagship project, Mr Goh acknowledged that the challenge right now lies in attracting investors. Mr Goh said his visit to the...

FOR those waiting to snap up a public flat in the iconic 50-storey integrated housing development, the good news: Some 428 four- and five-room units at The Pinnacle@Duxton are among 992 available under the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) latest balloting exercise launched on Friday. The much-hyped flats in the Cantonment Road area are among some of the most expensive new units with a four-room...

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) of Singapore has launched the sale of 992 flats under its Balloting Exercise on Friday. They include surplus flats available from the Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) in Ang Mo Kio, Kallang, Whampoa, Queenstown and Jurong West, as well as remaining units at The Pinnacle@Duxton. HDB said on Friday the units offered are of different types and designs...

Singapore's population hit 4.84 million in June this year, marking a 5.5 per cent increase from a year before. The figure is buoyed by an increasing number of foreigners in the country, boosted by strong economic growth over the past few years. The number of non-residents grew by 19 per cent, while the resident population went up by a mere one per cent. The National Population Secretariat said foreigners...

Amid economic gloom, Gulf property markets have shown surprising resilience, writes COLIN TAN AMID the heightened uncertain global economic outlook and the doom and gloom afflicting many of the world's real estate markets, the Middle East housing sector has been demonstrating surprising resilience especially given that the market has been enjoying at least four years of phenomenal price growth. Today,...

A 38-storey office tower will be built beside OUB Centre, adding some 350,000 square feet of Grade A office space to Singapore's business district. Despite growing expectations of falling demand for office space and a slump in office rents, the project's marketing agent is already talking to interested parties. The S$540 million project is scheduled to be completed in 2011 and is already seeing healthy...

Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong has suggested that the China-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City can be turned into a sub-regional financial hub within China's northeastern region. Mr Goh made the suggestion during a meeting in Tianjin with the city's Party Secretary Zhang Gaoli on Thursday evening. He said the flagship project between China and Singapore can also serve as a hub for training skilled workers,...

Low costs and promising markets pave the way for expansion in Asia, Europe Property crisis or not, Frasers Hospitality is dead-set on rapid expansion, planning within the next 15 months to double the number of service apartments it owns and operates. The company, an offshoot of food and beverage mainboard-listed blue chip Fraser & Neave, is looking to set up its own procurement unit for central...