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Can Your Tenant Stop Paying Rent Because Your Property Has Defects?0
- Fireplace, Library, Property
- October 10, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon A rather unusual landlord and tenant dispute made the news in Singapore this week. An elderly couple in their eighties had rented out their semi-detached house at 7A Lengkong Dua in Kembangan for $7,500 a month. The tenant named in the tenancy agreement was Noranth Ventures Pte. Ltd., a company with
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Will the RTS Fill Johor Bahru? Here’s What the Numbers Say 0
- Fireplace, Library, Property
- October 5, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon With the Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System Link approaching operation, confidence has returned to Johor Bahru’s high-rise property market. The logic is not difficult to understand. The RTS will connect Bukit Chagar to Woodlands North in approximately six minutes, replacing one of the least predictable portions of the present cross-border commute
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The Abby Choi Murder Trial: Guilty of Disposing of a Body, But Not Guilty of Murder?0
- Fireplace, Library
- October 4, 2026
Two accused admit helping dispose of Abby Choi’s body, yet deny murdering her. A third denies both. What might explain these seemingly peculiar pleas? By working backwards from the plea matrix, this article examines how evidence, timing and common purpose may shape the strategic battlefield in a multi-accused murder trial.
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Will the RTS Link Empty Woodlands? Here’s What the Numbers Say 0
- Fireplace, Property
- September 23, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon When the Johor Bahru to Singapore Rapid Transit System Link announced a five minute crossing, commentary rushed to a single conclusion. A faster train, the argument went, would drain Singapore’s northern rental market. Tenants would flee to Johor Bahru, Woodlands rents would collapse, and the RTS Link would do to the
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The Risk I Missed: Bandar Utama and My Plea-Bargaining Thesis 0
- Fireplace
- September 15, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon Yesterday’s news from Bandar Utama was heartbreaking. As a parent, few things are more terrifying than sending your child to school and never seeing your child come home. Yap Shing Xuen was 16. She died in a place where every parent should be entitled to believe his or her child is
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If I Were a Minority Shareholder of True Fitness 0
- Fireplace
- September 11, 2026
By Boo Kok Chuon Yesterday, on my flight back to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur, I found myself with some time to kill. I had originally intended to bring along a book on the succession politics of the Kangxi Emperor. Unfortunately, after squeezing two days’ worth of clothes into my laptop bag, there was no longer
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