A day after more details of the Downtown Line were announced, observers are already predicting a hike in property prices in those areas. Residents of Tampines and Bedok can expect five more stations serving their estates. And Jalan Besar will see a new station as well. Homes around the Downtown Line linking Singapore Expo in the east to Bukit Panjang in the north-west are likely to see property prices...
MRT Downtown Line
Details of the eastern section of the Downtown Line are out, and residents of Tampines and Bedok can expect five more rail stations serving their estates. But they may have to wait a little longer than planned, as the line will be completed in 2017. The challenge of engineering works is one of the reasons given for the one-year delay. Residents in the east will have another MRT line to town. The...
I READ “It’s the end of the Storey” (June 27) with disbelief. How serious are we as a nation about preserving what little is left of our heritage? What, exactly, are these “engineering constraints” that make it impossible to construct the Downtown Line without demolishing the New 7th Storey Hotel? Since the Bugis station already exists, would it be fair to say that they will just be doing works...
Shouldn’t technology be able to save the New 7th Storey Hotel? I REFER to “It’s the end of the Storey” (June 27) and I want to express my utmost disappointment at the imminent demolition of the New 7th Storey Hotel (picture) along Rochor Road. It is hard to understand that with the advance in building technology why this is the only engineering solution to resolve the situation; we have even seen...