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High costs and logistical issues: The challenges of greening Singapore s older buildings
The exterior of The Adelphi, a retail and office building at the intersection of Coleman Street and North Bridge Road. (Photo: The Adelphi)
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SINGAPORE: A concrete grey exterior bearing signs of age gives away the fact that The Adelphi, at the heart of City Hall, is not the newest building on the block.
But housed within this retail and office development, built in 1985, are modern energy systems that have bagged it numerous top accolades.
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The Big Read: Rising prices, building delays young couples face perfect storm in quest for home sweet home The delays couldn’t have come at a worse time for young couples eager to set up their very first marital home, newly-weds say.
In pre-pandemic days, prospective homeowners were waiting for about three to four years following a new launch for a flat under the BTO scheme. Now, they will have to add between six and nine months, or even a year in some cases, to the waiting game. (Photo: TODAY/Ili Nadhirah Mansor)
The recent Cabinet reshuffle announcement has placed some prominence on Lawrence Wong s new appointment as finance minister, especially with the histories of former finance minister Heng Swee Keat as a past front-runner and former finance minister Lee Hsien Loong who subsequently became the Prime Minister.
Many observers are saying that the field is still open for 4G leadership, with 4G ministers Chan Chun Sing, Ong Ye Kung and Wong still in the running for Singapore s top political job.
The Straits Times editor-at-large Han Fook Kwang said that while Wong s appointment may have propelled him into the position of front-runner, it would take at least one to two years for Wong s colleagues to have a fuller measure of Wong, especially after his first Budget.
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Clockwise from top left: Mr Chan Chun Sing, Mr Lawrence Wong, Mr Desmond Lee and Mr Ong Ye Kung. Political observers said the capabilities of these four ministers would be tested after the latest Cabinet reshuffle. TODAY pic
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