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SIME DARBY PROPERTY EYEING MORE PROJECTS IN SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE, May 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's largest property developer, Sime
Darby Property Bhd, is eyeing for new projects, especially redevelopment
projects in Singapore, says managing director Tunku Putra Badlishah Ibni
Tunku Annuar.
"We are constantly looking for new projects, but obviously as you see the
land here is very scarce and expensive, so we are doing more on redevelopment
projects.
"We have old warehouses, we convert them into office buildings, that kind of
projects, but we own quite a few buildings in
Singapore, so we collect rental," he told Bernama.
For the tenants, Tunku Putra Badlishah cited one of the buildings the
company has in Dunearn Road, Bukit Timah.
"We rent out a lot of buildings to our own companies. The Motor Group, for
example, is big in Singapore," he said.
Asked whether Sime Darby Property is looking for more land for its
future projects here, Tunku Putra Badlishah said most of the land here was
standard in that they are mostly government tendered.
"We have tried in the past and we will continue to bid for them," he said.
He said Singapore was a good market for Sime Darby Property.
"We've been successful in Singapore, we have a team here already, so it
makes sense for us to continue looking at Singapore," said Tunku Putra
Badlishah, who is here for the Building and Construction Authority Awards (BCA
Awards 2011), which recognises excellence in the built environment.
It is an annual event to honour and pay tribute to displays of excellence in
the built environment in the areas of safety, quality and sustainability and
user-friendly.
This year, it marks a few firsts in the building and construction
industry.
The Singapore Building and Construction Authority (BCA) introduced new award
categories such as The Green Building Individual Awards and the Construction
Productivity Awards to mark the evolution of the industry.
Collectively the industry attained a record number of 261 awards including
in Green Mark Awards, Green Building Awards and Universal Design Awards.
Sime Darby Property’s unique Idea House has been awarded the much-coveted
"Platinum Green Mark" recognition, the first time that the BCA, which is under
the Singapore government, is awarding a Platinum recognition in the residential
category.
Tunku Putra Badlishah received the award on behalf of the company from the
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, who also launched the inaugural
Construction Productivity Award Thursday night.
He said the achievement was very meaningful to Sime Darby Property as it
reaffirmed its commitment to building sustainable communities.
Saying that the Idea House was a prototype project, he said: "It is a
research and development project because all the learning that we got in this
project, we will try to implement and incorporate as many features of the Idea
House in our products.
"From the Idea House, we learn how to produce photovoltic cells enough to
produce to power the house. We've been implementing a lot of this switches
almost six months ago.
"So all of our future projects we launch from now on will have some elements
of sustainability," he added.
-- BERNAMA
Darby Property Bhd, is eyeing for new projects, especially redevelopment
projects in Singapore, says managing director Tunku Putra Badlishah Ibni
Tunku Annuar.
"We are constantly looking for new projects, but obviously as you see the
land here is very scarce and expensive, so we are doing more on redevelopment
projects.
"We have old warehouses, we convert them into office buildings, that kind of
projects, but we own quite a few buildings in
Singapore, so we collect rental," he told Bernama.
For the tenants, Tunku Putra Badlishah cited one of the buildings the
company has in Dunearn Road, Bukit Timah.
"We rent out a lot of buildings to our own companies. The Motor Group, for
example, is big in Singapore," he said.
Asked whether Sime Darby Property is looking for more land for its
future projects here, Tunku Putra Badlishah said most of the land here was
standard in that they are mostly government tendered.
"We have tried in the past and we will continue to bid for them," he said.
He said Singapore was a good market for Sime Darby Property.
"We've been successful in Singapore, we have a team here already, so it
makes sense for us to continue looking at Singapore," said Tunku Putra
Badlishah, who is here for the Building and Construction Authority Awards (BCA
Awards 2011), which recognises excellence in the built environment.
It is an annual event to honour and pay tribute to displays of excellence in
the built environment in the areas of safety, quality and sustainability and
user-friendly.
This year, it marks a few firsts in the building and construction
industry.
The Singapore Building and Construction Authority (BCA) introduced new award
categories such as The Green Building Individual Awards and the Construction
Productivity Awards to mark the evolution of the industry.
Collectively the industry attained a record number of 261 awards including
in Green Mark Awards, Green Building Awards and Universal Design Awards.
Sime Darby Property’s unique Idea House has been awarded the much-coveted
"Platinum Green Mark" recognition, the first time that the BCA, which is under
the Singapore government, is awarding a Platinum recognition in the residential
category.
Tunku Putra Badlishah received the award on behalf of the company from the
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, who also launched the inaugural
Construction Productivity Award Thursday night.
He said the achievement was very meaningful to Sime Darby Property as it
reaffirmed its commitment to building sustainable communities.
Saying that the Idea House was a prototype project, he said: "It is a
research and development project because all the learning that we got in this
project, we will try to implement and incorporate as many features of the Idea
House in our products.
"From the Idea House, we learn how to produce photovoltic cells enough to
produce to power the house. We've been implementing a lot of this switches
almost six months ago.
"So all of our future projects we launch from now on will have some elements
of sustainability," he added.
-- BERNAMA
