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There are many existing religiion buildings in TP. One of the hakka clan temple was build about 150 years ago.
Wander it would be around in time to come?
望海大伯公庙，又称客属八邑福德祠，一座已有148年历史的古庙。远在莱佛士登陆新加坡前已有香火。它是唯一由客属八邑共同管理的庙宇。古庙的建筑风格和特色尚保留闽粤一带传统文化风范，体现了本地人文不同历史阶段的发展与变革，是几代人的共同记忆。由于它的特殊地理和历史因素，受到古建专家和文化学者青睐而进行研究和论述。 |
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| Quote: | SINGAPORE : Golden Development Pte Ltd has placed the highest bid of S$194.77 million or S$10,031 per square metre for the gross floor area of a hotel site near Amara Hotel in the Tanjong Pagar area.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said the tender for the 99-year leasehold plot at Gopeng Street/Peck Seah Street drew seven bids.
The second highest bid of S$189 million for the 2,311-square metre site, with maximum gross floor area of 19,416 square metres, came from Imperial Development. The lowest bid, from a joint venture between Fairvalue 128 Pte Ltd and Hotel Star Investments, was S$135.84 million.
URA said a decision on the award of the tender will be made after the bids have been evaluated.
Li Hiaw Ho, executive director of CBRE Research said that the bids for the hotel site, which can yield some 300 rooms, reflected positive business sentiment for the tourism and hospitality sector of the Republic.
"The bullish response to the tender of the subject site reflects continued strong demand for hotel rooms due to the increasing number of visitors to Singapore," he said.
He said the top bid was more than double the bid of S$94 million that triggered the URA tender, and is almost 65 per cent higher than the average price paid for the two other hotel sites awarded in 2007 in the same area.
The 272-room Orchid Hotel will be completed later in the year, and the second nearby hotel was awarded to Carlton Properties in June 2007.
Some 963,000 tourists came to Singapore last November, an increase of 16 per cent compared with November 2009. From January to November 2010, Singapore Tourism Board recorded arrivals of some 10.51 million tourists and is confident that the target of 11.5 to 12.5 million tourists will be comfortably met.
Mr Li said that in the hotel sector, the average occupancy rate gained 3.9 percentage points year-on-year to 89 per cent in November 2010. Likewise, average room rates grew by 10.5 per cent year-on-year to S$220 in November 2010.
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GuocoLand's S$3b project holds new promise for Tanjong Pagar
by Jo-Ann Huang Limin 05:56 AM Feb 24, 2011
SINGAPORE - Property developer Guoco-Land's latest Tanjong Pagar project holds new promise for the fading business district, overshadowed by the Marina Bay area's swanky Marina Bay Financial Centre.
GuocoLand's S$3 billion project along Peck Seah Street and Choon Guan Street will have over 500,000 sq ft of residential space and more than one million sq ft of office space. Analysts expect keen investment interest in the project once it is ready in four to five years.
"In terms of a first class office building, combined with a good hotel, combined with leisure, combined with residential - so it will be populated: People will live here and work here and be involved with all the other activities," said Guocoland chairman Sat Pal Khattar.
World-renowned architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Architect 6 will design the project, which currently does not have a name. The 78-storey project by GuocoLand, controlled by Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan, will be one of the tallest buildings in the CBD.
It will also house one of the biggest apartment complexes in Tanjong Pagar, at 509,000 sq ft, second only to United Industrial Corporation's 927,000 sq ft new development, where 60 per cent or 556,000 sq ft of space will be allocated for residential units.
Median rentals for homes in the area increased 10 per cent last year. And they look set to rise now that Tanjong Pagar is becoming a choice destination to work, live and play.
Mr Donald Han, vice chairman at property consultants Cushman & Wakefield, said the new development will have proper one-, two-, or three-bedroom penthouse units, probably of the same size as of The Sail. "Any development which is iconic in nature, which is located near an MRT station, that offers excellent views, especially on the higher floors, will be able to sell fairly well and we will expect the end pricing to exceed the S$2,000 per sq ft mark easily," he said. If economic growth remains robust, at 4 to 6 per cent a year, analysts say occupancy for GuocoLand's project could be between 80 and 100 per cent.
Office rents in the CBD area rose 16.5 per cent last year. Analysts say that with strong demand from financial services firms, office rents there are expected to increase further.
GuocoLand won the tender for the Tanjong Pagar site, which is also a white site, in November last year. The site sits on Tanjong Pagar MRT Station and was bought for S$1.7 billion and has a site area of 161,703 sq ft and a gross floor area of 1,697,892 sq ft. Jo-Ann Huang
http://www.todayonline.com/Business/EDC110224-0000246/GuocoLands-S$3b-project-holds-new-promise-for-Tanjong-Pagar |
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| psyoyo wrote: | u know, everytime i have foreign visitors coming into town or when I chat with my ang moh colleagues, one of the common questions they ask is where I stay in. Once I explain to them that I stay in public housing, you can just see it in their faces that they don't think much of it but still want to be polite about it. Nowadays, I just invite them up to my home if they ask the question.  And months down the road, I still get compliments from them about our estate. |
I still need to tell people its not a condo everytime you talk about it. And no need to tell the "security guard" your unit no. when you come into the carpark! Hahah. |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:15 pm Post subject: Tanjong pagar MRT |
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Guocoland ties up with Malaysia’s EPF for Singapore project
http://www.btimes.com.my/articles/20...40300/Article/
GuocoLand Ltd, the developer controlled by Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan, said it will tie up with Employees Provident Fund of Malaysia for a Singapore downtown project where it will build the city’s tallest apartments.
Guocoland, whose units will hold 80 percent of the venture, said Feb. 23 it paid S$1.7 billion for the site. -- Bloomberg |
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openH2O
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:24 pm Post subject: malaysia railingway |
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This will be my last pics taken today of the railway at Tanjong pagar as I would be out of town for the next 2 months.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: malaysia railingway |
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| openH2O wrote: | This will be my last pics taken today of the railway at Tanjong pagar as I would be out of town for the next 2 months.
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Hi Open,
Good shots....I will miss the mee siam stall......plus the singapore style ramily burger.... |
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| will miss the atmosphere. |
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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OpenH2O, thanks for sharing, very nice shots 
Maybe this weekend will go there to take some photos
But worry maybe too crowded.
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openH2O
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| Armadillo wrote: | OpenH2O, thanks for sharing, very nice shots
Maybe this weekend will go there to take some photos
But worry maybe too crowded. |
Thanks.
Not able to access to this forum in china. 
Just returned and found that they have removed the railway track.
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openH2O
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject: Tanjong Pagar Railway Station |
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Further dismantling of the railway track.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:13 pm Post subject: Home team career center |
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Conservation building of former FairField school.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:14 pm Post subject: SGH extension |
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National heart center to be completed by may 2013
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:35 pm Post subject: Some Updates of residents and commercial development |
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Basement excavation for 18 spottiswoode
Basement excavation for Spottiswoode Residences
Demolition of 76 shentonway was almost completed
Amara hotel renovation to be completed middle next year.
Dorsett Regency to be completed middle next year? Thought the current was quite slow as hotel need more time for interior decoration.
Fast construction of Altez and Anson lodge the skysuites. One reason could be they dont have basement construction.
Other development in chinatown area.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:46 pm Post subject: Development above Tanjong Pagar MRT station |
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[QUOTE=Brandonn;82275710]Another view of the demolition in progress:
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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openH2O,
thanks for the extensive update 
Can't wait for Amara to open again
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| Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hi OpenH2O,
I enjoy the info and pictures you update on this thread very much. It's very exciting to see so many changes taking place nearby. Thanks for all your hard work and contribution! |
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openH2O
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. bro and sis.
I was out of town often so was eager to keep myself updated whatever going on around our area when I was in town.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:07 am Post subject: KTMB station cargo wing |
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pic taken 2nd oct. 2011
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| Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:44 pm Post subject: 30Nov2011 update |
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Yan kit road swimming pool
Carlton hotel
KMTR train station
SGH
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject: KMT station |
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No more metal railway.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:48 pm Post subject: 23 Jan 2012 updates |
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Sky suites
Altez
Carlton hotel
Dorsett hotel and residence(Should be topping up soon)
Prince edward road fire station
SGH extension
Spottiswood Residence
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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76 shenton way
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:39 pm Post subject: yan kit |
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SINGAPORE: The old Yan Kit swimming pool in Tanjong Pagar Constituency is expected to be demolished by March 2012.
This, after residents unsuccessfully petitioned to have the pool made operational again, after it was closed about a decade ago.
The land on which the pool sits is being managed by the Singapore Sports Council.
An initial plan was to return the plot to the Singapore Land Authority, but no firm decision has been taken yet.
Observers said there are many development possibilities for the area.
Micholas Mak, executive director of Research & Consultancy at SLP International, said: "The land can actually potentially be built into a number of uses like, for example, a new condominium, a mixed development, or hotel. Or even just as a new office block. It all depends on the zoning that the government is going to allocate to this piece of land."
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