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A general practitioner offered more than $52,000 a month to rent a HDB shop space in Tampines earlier in 2025.
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Sing Tien Foo
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When a general practitioner (GP) offered more than $52,000 a month to rent a small HDB shop space in Tampines earlier in 2025, it triggered outrage among Singaporeans, amid worries that the supernormal rent would be passed on to patients through higher medical bills.
At roughly $93 psf, the rate was almost three times the typical winning bids for GP clinics in new estates in recent years.
