High Speed Rail

The High-Speed Rail (HSR) between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore would have been a bonus for the Jurong area. But now that the project is postponed, property analysts and businesses do not believe it will have a significant impact on the prices of homes, retail or office buildings. When the railway is eventually built, retail property, in particular, may get a slight boost in value from the expected...

Property prices in Jurong are projected to increase by up to 5 per cent once construction of the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail terminus is completed. In fact, some agents said prices are already up 1 per cent, just a week after the location of the terminus was announced. The Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail terminus will only be ready after 2020, but the impact on property prices in...

All eyes will be on how the authorities rezone the parcel of land that will be acquired from Jurong Country Club (JCC) by November next year for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail terminus, and how much of the prized land around the station will be sold to private developers. Analysts said developers’ interest and the potential of the plot hinge on these decisions, as well as the cost of the...

The rapid transformation of the Jurong East area into a bustling commercial hub over the past seven years is set to quicken, analysts said, following Tuesday’s (May 5) announcement that the terminus station of the High Speed Rail link between Singapore and Malaysia will be located there. In addition, more big-name companies are expected to relocate to or expand their operations into the area, whose...

The Republic's terminus for the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail will be located at Jurong East. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced this on Tuesday (May 5) after the Leaders' Retreat with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak. Jurong East was chosen as it dovetails with Singapore's overall plans to transform the area into a second Central Business District, according to a...