Posted on May 15, 2008 by lushhomeonline
THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday announced details of its plan for a new 2.2-km ‘linear park’, which will connect the Southern Ridges parks, including Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, Kent Ridge Park and West Coast Park - with Labrador Park and Keppel Bay further south.
The Labrador and Nature Coastal Walk was first [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: Alexandra Arch, Alexandra Road, Alexandra Road Garden Trail, Berlayer Creek Mangrove Trail, Bukit Chermin, Bukit Chermin Harbour View Walk, Coastal Walk, Gillman Village, Harbourfront, Henderson Waves, HortPark, Kent Ridge Park, Keppel Bay, Labrador Nature, Mount Faber Park, Southern Ridges, St James Power Station, Telok Blangah Hill, URA, VivoCity, West Coast Park | No Comments »
Posted on May 15, 2008 by lushhomeonline
Nature walkway will link Alexandra to Keppel
IN THREE years, the last part of the plan to transform Singapore’s rugged southern coast into a nature haven will fall into place.
This will take the form of a 2.2km walkway - the Labrador Nature and Coastal Walk - which will take nature lovers from Alexandra Road to Keppel [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: Alexandra Arch, Alexandra Road, Berlayer Creek, Coastal Walk, Gillman Village, Kent Ridge Park, Keppel Waterfront, Labrador Nature, Labrador Park MRT, Mount Faber, Reflections at Keppel Bay, Southern Ridges, Telok Blangah Hill Park, URA, VivoCity | No Comments »
Posted on May 14, 2008 by lushhomeonline
IN three years, nature lovers will be able to trek 2.2km directly from Alexandra Road to the southern Keppel waterfront, cutting through garden paths and mangrove swamps along the way.
The more adventurous ones can take another 6km trail along the waterfront, and get to the hills in the Mount Faber and Telok Blangah areas.
Altogether, this [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: Alexandra Arch, Alexandra Road, Berlayer Creek, Coastal Walk, Gillman Village, Kent Ridge Park, Keppel Waterfront, Labrador Nature, Labrador Park MRT, Mount Faber, Reflections at Keppel Bay, Southern Ridges, Telok Blangah Hill Park, VivoCity | No Comments »
Posted on May 14, 2008 by lushhomeonline
A SERIES of connections will provide a seamless link at the Southern Ridges from Alexandra Road to the waterfront at Bukit Chermin, the Urban Redevelopment Authority announced on Wednesday.
Along the way, visitors can take in the greenery and rustic charm of the mangrove areas of Berlayer Creek, and the waterfront views at Bukit Chermin.
The Labrador [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: Alexandra Arch, Alexandra Road, Alexandra Road Garden Trail, Berlayer Creek, Berlayer Creek Mangrove Trail, Bukit Chermin, Bukit Chermin Harbour View Walk, Coastal Walk, Faber, Gillman Village, Harbourfront, Henderson Waves, Kent Ridge Park, Keppel Bay, Labrador Nature, Southern Ridges, St James Power Station, Telok Blangah Hill, VivoCity | No Comments »
Posted on May 14, 2008 by lushhomeonline
A new international school - NPS (National Public School) International - has officially opened in Singapore.
While classes began less than 6 months ago, the school already has plans to expand.
NPS has 212 students from kindergarten to Grade 9. It will extend its curriculum to include early childhood programmes in the near future.
NPS is the third [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: DPS International, Global Indian International, Indian School, International Schools, NPS (National Public School) International, Singapore Education | No Comments »
Posted on May 13, 2008 by lushhomeonline
Changi Airport has scored again, bagging two awards in Singapore and London.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has been voted “The Airport Authority with the Most Supportive Approach to Travel-Retail”.
The title was given at the Duty Free News International (DFNI) Awards for Travel-Retail Excellence in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The awards were presented in Singapore on [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: Best Airport in the World, Changi Airport, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Duty Free News International (DFNI) Awards, Travel Retail, Ultimate Luxury Travel Related Awards, UltraTravel | No Comments »
Posted on May 11, 2008 by lushhomeonline
The wet morning yesterday did not dampen the excitement of Telok Blangah resident Habib Ismail.
He was among 500 residents who watched Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially open two pedestrian bridges - Henderson Waves and Alexandra Arch.
With these bridges, Telok Blangah Hill Park is now linked to Mount Faber on one side and Kent Ridge [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: Alexandra Arch, Berlayer Creek, Bukit Chermin, Forest Walk, HarbourFront MRT, Henderson Waves, Horticulture Park, HortPark, Kent Ridge Park, Keppel Bay, Marang Trail, Mount Faber, Southern Ridges, Telok Blangah Hill Park, VivoCity, West Coast Park | No Comments »
Posted on May 7, 2008 by lushhomeonline
SINGAPORE will leapfrog Hong Kong to have the highest concentration of millionaires in the world in 10 years, a new Barclays Wealth report says.
A total of 40.7 per cent of all households in the Republic, or 436,000 households, are set to boast net wealth in excess of US$1 million (S$1.36 million) by 2017.
That means two [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: Barclays Wealth, Economist Intelligence Unit, Household Wealth, Singapore Millionaires, World Richest Country | No Comments »
Posted on May 7, 2008 by lushhomeonline
China seen to be 3rd richest country by 2017: study
Singapore is expected to pull ahead of Hong Kong as home to the highest concentration of millionaires over the next decade, sealing its reputation as a wealth centre not just in Asia but worldwide.
And while the US and Japan should remain the top two largest global [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, General | Tagged: Barclays Wealth, Economist Intelligence Unit, Household Wealth, Singapore Millionaires, World Richest Country | No Comments »
Posted on May 7, 2008 by lushhomeonline
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore will continue to develop the financial sector as more activities are being moved to the city-state.
Mr Lee, who was speaking to 120 bankers at the hour-long Thomson Reuters Dialogue on Tuesday, added that more would be done to ease capacity constraints, such as the crunch in office space [...]
Filed under: All Singapore, Finance, Foreigners, General | Tagged: Cost of Living, Finance, Inflation, Lee Hsien Loong, Office Space, PM Lee, Rental, Singapore Economy, Singapore Education, Singapore Expats, Singapore Financial Sector, Thomson Reuters Dialogue | No Comments »
