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Seniors on Lease Buyback Scheme whose flats undergo Vers to be reimbursed with remaining lease in mind

Seniors who opt for HDB’s Lease Buyback Scheme will be reimbursed with a fair package if they later give up their flats under the Voluntary Early Redevelopment Scheme.

Work begins on HDB flats not announced for sale yet in Berlayar estate and Tampines

Construction of an upcoming 284-unit public housing project in Tampines Street 22.

Learn to work with Singapore’s archaeological finds at new heritage centre in Jalan Sultan

ST20251006_202535800676: Gin Tay/ kgarch10/ Ng Keng Gene/
***Embargoed till 10am on 10 Oct 2025***
(From left): Portraits of Natalie Tan, 44, Centre Manager of ArCH Square, HeritageSG; and Zinnurain Nasir, 33, Assistant Centre Manager of ArCH Square, HeritageSG; posing with the artefacts at centre's new space at 125 Jalan Sultan on Oct 6, 2025.
//Story on new HeritageSG's new education and outreach centre for archaeology and intangible cultural heritage called ArCH Square.

Executive director of heritage group My Community arrested for suspected forgery

A heritage tour in Queenstown by heritage organisation My Community, conducted in February 2019.

She joined KK Hospital to seek answers on stillborn sibling and stayed for 5 decades as midwife

Ms Too Ah Kim (left), a senior midwife at what is now KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and Ms Saleha Kamsan, a staff midwife at the hospital.

Birthplace of 1.2m babies: Former Kandang Kerbau Hospital gazetted as national monument

The former Kandang Kerbau Hospital has a history that dates back to 1858.

Pasir Ris to get more homes next to MRT station, potential new neighbourhood

The old bus interchange, which will be used as a new housing plot, next to Pasir Ris MRT station on Sept 25, 2025.

Singapore Institute of Architects flags ‘unfair clauses’ in SUSS tender for new Rochor campus

Student at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) on March 12, 2020.

BTO income ceiling can be raised, singles eligibility age lowered, when ‘right conditions’ in place

The current BTO income ceiling, which as last revised in 2019, is $14,000 for couples and families.

HDB to selectively acquire privately held shops if needed to boost retail supply: Sun Xueling

ST20250923_202596400993 Kua Chee Siong/ pixgeneric/ Generic pix of HDB housing in Toa Payoh on Sep 23, 2025, for the Parliament debate on lease decay for ageing HDB flats. The Government will focus its efforts on the Voluntary Early Redevelopment Scheme (Vers), with the aim of rolling it out to a few sites in the first half of the 2030s. Vers will let home owners of selected precincts that are aged about 70 and up choose if they want their homes to be acquired by the Government for redevelopment before their leases run out.

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