The Old Admiralty House at Old Nelson Road in Sembawang, is likely to be developed into a boarding school. A private school, FIS Institute won the bid from the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) in late May. But renovations are being delayed as the school is awaiting approval to build an extension building. For this land area, FIS Institute has to pay a monthly rent of about S$150,000. The tenure is for...
Old Admiralty House
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) will re-launch a tender for the Old Admiralty House, part of the former British naval base in Sembawang. SLA has terminated its contract with YESS Resorts and Country Club, which had converted the national monument into a country club. YESS had taken over the premises in 2007 for a monthly rent of $40,000. This was also the first time a preserved monument was tendered...
Two restaurants at the Admiral Country Club in Sembawang have decided to shut down since plans to develop it have yet to materialise, even though the tender was awarded nearly three years ago. The Old Admiralty House was gazetted as a national monument in 2002. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) then awarded a tender to the YESS Group, a lifestyle business developer, who had plans to transform it into a...