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Get for me: HDB's Premium Apartments

This month, the Housing & Development Board (HDB) introduces its new Premium Apartments for sale to Singaporeans.

HDB's Premium Apartments provide you with quality space and comfortable ambience. Sparing no effort in creating new finishes, HDB has adorned the bedrooms with luxurious timber-strip flooring and stylised timber doors, the living and dining areas with elegant homogenous tiles, the restrooms with functional vanity tops and shower screens.

Pick up an application form from the HDB Sales Office, any HDB Branch Office or Post Office. Application forms can be submitted by post, by hand (during office hours) or by depositing them in the boxes provided at the Sales Office, Podium A, lst Storey, HDB Centre, 3451 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 159459.

Application is by flat type and locality only. Registration numbers are issued on a first-come-first-served basis and all eligible applicants will be informed. You will be invited to select a flat when your registration number is due.

First timers pay a non-refundable registration fee of S$206 (inclusive of 3% GST), and upgraders pay S$618 (inclusive of 3% GST). Those applying under the Fiance - Fiancee Scheme are also requirede to pay a S$5 000 registration deposit.

For new applications received from Jan 2000, the estimated waiting time is as follows:

LOCALITY FLAT TYPE FIRST TIMER UPGRADER

Punggol 21 4-room 1¾ years >3 years

                                 5-room                 2 years                       >3 years
     West Zone        4-room                 1 year                         >3 years
                                 5-room                 1 year                        >3 years
     North Zone        4-room                 1 year                       >3 years
                                 5-room                 1 year                       >3 years
     North-East         4-room                 1 year                       >3 years
     Zone                   5-room                 1 year                      >3 years
     e-mail your enquiries to: HDBSales@hdb.gov.sg
     Enquiry Line: (65) 273 2121 during office hours
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News Flash

Today Thursday 20 Jan 2000

In Singapore

New team of legal officers called Assistant Public Prosecutors to help at courts.

MTV South East Asian chief quits to sell Asian music in MP3 in company called soundbuzz.com.

Two women and a man tried to escape from the police during a gambling raid and got hurt falling off the fire escape. Altogether, 23 people were arrested yesterday.

More primary schools will have volunteer community wardens by December this year to ensure road safety near their premises.

Asia

Jakarta: Bintan protestors to see Gus Dur.

Tokyo: Yahoo! Japan became the first stock in Japan ever to break through the 100 million yen mark (S$1.58 million per share).

Around the world

Washington: Smoking declined in American women of child-bearing age between 1987 and 1996, a result of fewer women taking up the habit, the US government's health monitoring agency announced on Tuesday.

Courtesy of The Straits Times

News updated by 8.00 am daily.

Singapore's water is clean and safe to drink from the tap. There is no need to boil it.

The Editor

Raymond Han

You can e-mail him at editor@getforme.com