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IRAS – Tax Rebate and Defer Your Income Tax Payment

February 12, 2009

Every eligible Singapore tax payer should have a letter hitting their mailbox from our friend, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) on 2 things coming from the Singapore Budget’s Resilience Package. One-off Income Tax Rebate So everyone gets a 20% one-off income tax rebate or maximum of $2,000 for tax payable for 2009. Defer [...]

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HDB Additional Housing Grant (AHG) Increase Firmed Up

February 7, 2009

The Additional Housing Grant (AHG) enhancement has been firmed up in Parliament by Minister of National Development Mr. Mah Bow Tan in his speech. The new AHG is as of the following new structure:- As mentioned in my previous Singapore Budget blog entry, each level notch gets the upgrade of the old AHG with the [...]

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Singapore Budget 2009 – What It Means To Us

January 24, 2009

Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam unveiled the Budget for the fiscal year 2009 two days ago at 3.30pm; Among are the highlights of it’s 20.5 billion dollar Resilience package. Here’re the highlights and perks for the property segment: Bigger HDB Grants for Buyers Additional Housing Grant (AHG) has been raised from $30,000 to $40,000. And more [...]

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Singapore Budget Announcement 2009 Tomorrow

January 21, 2009

Finance Minister Mr. Thaman Shanmugaratnam will be announcing Budget for fiscal year 2009 tomorrow at 3.30pm.  You can get the updates on the budget by: – Mailing List Channel News Asia 93.8 Live Radio By SMS New media reaches more people eh? So what’s on top of your list for this Budget? 100% off property [...]

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Laguna Ex-Commitee Chairman Charged in Court

January 8, 2009

Should the en bloc craze comes back, this should serve as a warning to people who’re up to mischief for capital gains. Businessman accused of vandalising property at East Coast estate WHEN the possibility of a collective sale for Laguna Park was announced in December 2007, some residents held back, hoping this would drive up [...]

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The Edge Goes Online

December 27, 2008

That’s my best Christmas gift ever. The Edge finally has its own online version of their content packed weekly publications finally. I’m not sure whether we could do RSS feeds of the articles, but according to their email, this online version will be packed with daily updates; something I’m looking forward to. TheEdgeSingapore.com gives you [...]

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URA Gazettes Master Plan 2008

December 8, 2008

Alas, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) of Singapore has finally gazetted the Master Plan 2008. The draft version of the plan has been online since months back and has already interestingly piped the way that our country will be shaped the next 10 years. If you have trouble understanding what is Master Plan from URA, [...]

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Another Realtor’s Tool For Those Who Drive – Motorpay

December 4, 2008

Yes it costs about $1 – $2 extra a month, but I would think it’s better for you to keep track of your ERP spendings rather than aimlessly topping up your cashcard on a regular basis and missing out paying your gantries to suffer fines! Introducing Motorpay, your Electronic Road Pricing tracking & paying ticket. [...]

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Bad News for Singapore Realtors – ERP Rates Up Again

June 18, 2008

Just when you think inflation is the one doing the bad work. LTA has just announced an increase in ERP gantries along key areas and increased gantry rates. Photo credit: Khalid Saad Key date: July 7th 2008 Key rate increase: $0.50 to $2.00 There’re a total of 65 gantries and almost half of the numbers’ [...]

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Singapore Shows Vigilance Capabilities on the Hunt for Jemaah Islamiyah

March 2, 2008

A MMS from ‘SPF’ came yesterday at 4pm. You would think you’re getting another mobile virus from some anonymous bastard who wants to fry your phone. As Channel News Asia flashes across me with the JI terrorist hunt still on, I opened the MMS with my Dopod. Mmn, so this is how Jemaah Islamiyah look [...]

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