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Gas! Gas! Gas!
Once again, the haze is back, and this time, with a vengeance. Word has it that there were satellite imaging of larger scale arson & deforestation, with a lot more hot spots across Indonesia, as opposed to past years. Needless … Continue reading
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Tagged annual, arson, business, carbon emission, CEO, commerce, culprits, deforestation, desert, development, dollars and cents, economy, el-nino, environment, escalating, facilities, forest fire, forestry, global warming, globalization, hazard, haze, health, indonesia, indonesia government, kalimantan, land acquisition, light a match, MNC, multinational companies, N95, N95 mask, NEA, penalties, PM2.5, PSI, regional, scape goat, SGhaze, singapore, solution, sumatra, trans territory, unhealthy, untouched
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Looking back & forth
2012 in general has been a good year for some people (on this island), and was not something worth shouting about for the multitude. Just a brief recap on some of the highlights for the past year: Somewhere around the … Continue reading
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Tagged $2, 2012, 2013, AIM, blood, building, certificate, COE, commentary, congestion, costs, cut-throat, DBSS, development, EC, electronic, entitlement, environment, ERP, executive condo, government, HDB, housing, implementation, looking back, looking forth, mrt, orchard road, overpriced, planning, pressure, pricing, property, psf, public, rising, road, singapore, smrt, town council, transport, transportation
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NOM-NOM-NOMing
As it appears, more people other than me have concerns with regards to the exponentially escalated public housing prices issue. The talk of the town today has finally raised legitimate questions towards how the relevant authorities have structured their pricing … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 bedroom, 3 bedroom, 99, 99 years, 99yrs, building, crisis, cut-throat, debts, deed, deplete, development, financing, government, HDB, home, housing, land, lease, life savings, loans, mortgage, nest egg, NOM, non open market, overpriced, property, psf, public, public housing, retirement, roof, schemes, SDP, sqf, strata
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Genuine Ignorance or Deliberate Incompetence?
July 2012 marks the month of the Queens Jubilee, as well as the Summer Olympic games held in London, UK. Amidst the hype, global attention, international following on free-to-air broadcast, my neighbors & I were unfortunate to be missing out … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, blackout, building, development, efficacy, efficient, energy, environment, failure, green, ignorance, incompetence, jubilee, olympics, planning, politicize, power, powergrid, response, science, town council
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Do we wish to see the next century…
It is a known fact that we live in the era of global warming, somewhat similar to what scientists say occurred shortly before prehistoric creatures became extinct (some say, not exactly all). Depleting fossil fuel inevitably goes on the rise … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, building, carbon emission, climate, climate change, congestion, development, eco-city, efficacy, efficient, el-nino, energy, environment, green, green building, greenhouse, greenhouse gas, hurricanes typhoons, la-nina, nature, organic, planning, science, submarine earthquakes, sustainable
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How to engage reverse gear…
In countries that take environmental responsibility seriously, the government & respective agencies are generous in advocating & investing in healthy practices to reduce wastes, conserve/ farm energies, reduce carbon emission etc. The solutions come in the form of heavy subsidies … Continue reading
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Tagged application, architecture, biodegradable, biodetergent, biofuel, building, carbon emission, conservation, development, efficacy, efficient, energy, environment, government, green, harness, housing, hydro, illumination, implementation, incentives, LED, planning, process, recycle, reduce, reuse, saving, solar, tidal, turbines, wind
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Don’t Be Silly, Silly!
The headlines that splashed across news headlines over the recent weekend, must’ve gotten many dislocating their vertebrae, while shaking their heads furiously in disbelief/ disapproval. A typical five-bedroom flat at the newly built DBSS in Tampines was going at S$750-800 … Continue reading
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Tagged 750psf, 800psf, 880k, cut-throat, DBSS, development, HDB, housing, overpriced, psf, public, residential
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Penny-wise… Pound-foolish
In this line of practice, many tend to forget the skills & professional input a Lighting Professional has to offer, in value adding towards any built environment, in particular new property developments. The uninformed & uneducated clients have tendency to … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, application, consult, design, development, enhance, fixtures, implementation, intent, invest, light, lighting, property, specification, value
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If a home buyer was required to bleed the same amount for a home with great inconvenience & inaccessibility, compared with one that comes with immense convenience & accessibility, the choice is a no-brainer… Continue reading →
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