Demand for single office units still going strong in quiet market

Demand for single office units still going strong in quiet market
 
Investors turn more cautious, but small firms still interested in strata-titled offices
 
By Fiona Chan
 
ALL has turned quiet on the housing front, but some other segments of the property market appear to have escaped that fate.
 
Still going strong in particular are sales of single [...]

Who inherits flat depends on type of home co-ownership

Who inherits flat depends on type of home co-ownership
 
Q I HAVE a Housing Board (HDB) flat that I had applied for together with my father before my marriage. Should anything happen to me, will the flat go to my wife or my father, who is a co-owner of the flat?
 
My wife has her own [...]

Debtors compound the issue

Debtors compound the issue
 
MP CHRISTOPHER de Souza (Holland-Bukit Timah GRC) suggested in Parliament on Feb 28 that those who borrowed money from loan sharks to gamble and those who provided false addresses should also be punished.
 
Because of such false addresses, innocent people ended up being harassed and their flats vandalised by loan sharks’ thugs, [...]

Illegal loans: Punish the borrowers too?

Illegal loans: Punish the borrowers too?
 
Loan sharks, illegal borrowers and counsellors say MP’s idea could have unintended outcomes
 
By Mavis Toh
 
LOAN sharks – denizens of a murky underworld – are said to lure, then stalk, people who turn to them for illegal loans.
 
When caught in the law’s trawl net, these ‘Ah Longs’ can be [...]

Landscape design isn’t just about sticking in plants

Landscape design isn’t just about sticking in plants
 
A good landscape is one the user enjoys, says award-winning landscape architect Henry Steed
 
By Fiona Chan
 
BRITISH-BORN Henry Steed is one of Singapore’s best-known landscape architects.
 
The multiple-award-winning director of ICN Design International was the brains behind the landscapes at condominiums such as Four Seasons and Ardmore Park [...]

Making a comeback with a Splash

Making a comeback with a Splash
 
By CHEAH UI-HOON
 
BIG Splash, the much-loved water park in the 80s, might have dismantled its water slides, but the area has been given a new lease of life.
 
In place of water-based fun, the renamed park – Playground@Big Splash – now has more food and beverage outlets, along [...]

Creative cheats

Creative cheats
 
SOME Singaporeans are creative – or is crafty a more apt word? – when it comes to cheating the system. The latest scam uncovered involves sellers of Housing Board flats who collude with their buyers to declare a falsely low sale price to the HDB, so that the sellers can pocket extra cash. A [...]