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Singapore News - Singapore is in talks with the Vatican about a proposed visit by Pope Francis, which is expected to happen in September. “Singapore welcomes a visit by Pope Francis,” a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said on April 2 in response to queries from The Straits. Read more at www.tnp.sg
SINGAPORE - Pope Francis is expected to visit Singapore in September, almost 40 years after the late Pope John Paul II drew thousands of Roman Catholics during a brief stopover in 1986. The de facto Vatican foreign minister, Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, speaking on March 26 to the America magazine’s Vatican correspondent Gerald O’Connell, said the pontiff plans to travel.
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THE Good Class Bungalow (GCB) market is on a roll.
List Sotheby s International Realty s analysis of URA Realis caveats data shows that year to date (with the latest transaction dated June 18), there have been 50 deals in GCB Areas totalling nearly S$1.4 billion. This is higher than the total for the whole of last year - 46 deals amounting to S$1.1 billion.
The action is expected to continue, with attractive new offerings on the market.
Among them is a bungalow in Cluny Hill with a freehold land area of 18,010 sq ft. Word in the market is that the pricing expectation is about S$3,200-3,400 per square foot (psf) on land area, which would translate to around S$57.6 million to S$61.2 million.