SINGAPORE - The elderly, persons with disabilities and families with young children can expect a safer, more pleasant stroll within their neighbourhoods when a new initiative retools streets to improve the walking and cycling experience here. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Friday (March 3) set out a plan to create what it calls Friendly Streets, which will incorporate elements.
The Ministry of National Development (MND) has released its half-yearly revision to the Development Charge (DC) rates across multiple property groups. Imposed on property developers, Development Charges are revised every six months and apply on a per square metres basis based on geographical sector and property group type. Based on MND’s and URA’s release, there are 118 geographical sectors and.
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Text: Junior Tay and GM Kevin Goh
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Internet chess events have truly taken off in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and even though the virus is somewhat (knock on wood) under control here, the Singapore government has been cautiously and gradually removing the different anti-Covid measures. While we look forward to the lifting of all these safe-distancing measures, #ChessAgainstCovid (“CAC”), which raised nearly US$120,000 for Lakeside Family Service’s “Caring Amidst Covid-19 fund), has initiated plans to launch a brand-new chess club at the grassroots level. After a couple of months of planning and reconnaissance, Grandmaster Kevin Goh and his team decided on Yuhua Community Centre, located in the West of Singapore due to its proximity to where many of the CAC members spent most of their childhood growing up.