For nearly 15 years, a couple had illegally occupied 144.2 square meters of state land—the size of a HDB executive maisonette flat—by annexing it as part of their existing three-storey landed property until the law finally caught up with them. Tan Teck Siong and his wife Cheah Mee Poh had bought the 999-year leasehold land,…
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Property agents can now be fined without a disciplinary hearing, says the Government
In a new Bill passed in Parliament on 5 May 2020, the Council of Estate Agencies (CEA) may now issue a fine to property agents and their agencies of up to $5,000 without having to refer them to a disciplinary committee. The CEA will also have the authority to censure the offending property agents and…
Authorities are catching people INSIDE condos for breaking circuit breaker rules
If you think that condo residents can get away from not wearing a mask while inside a condominium compound just because it’s private property, then you couldn’t be more wrong. Officers from the Buildings and Construction Authority (BCA) are currently actively conducting checks in Singapore’s condominiums to enforce circuit breaker restrictions such as safe distancing…
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