MCST is the short form of Management Corporation Strata Title No. XXXX. This is the description for an organisation formed to manage the matters of a condominium. The "XXXX" refers to a number that the Building Control Authority would allocate to this organisation to identify it. As an example, MCST No. 940 refers to the [...]
This is a problem for most condominiums. How to detect such drowning situations & render help immediately? In the night, especially after the facilities are closed, no one expect anyone to go near the pool nor use it. The guards will only find out when they go on their patrols. Snippet from AsiaOne Thursday, Oct [...]
Snippet from The Straits Times By Tan Hui Yee Correspondent tanhy [at] sph [dot] com [dot] sg SUPPOSE you buy a luxury car one day, which comes with a one-year warranty and a paid chauffeur for that period. There's not much to complain about, as you zip around town in the cool comfort of the [...]
This is a challenge most Managing Corporations are facing. The inflationary forces are making it difficult not to increase maintenance fees. Snippet from Yahoo! News By Liyana Low In a bid to lower soaring electricity bills, town councils are looking at ways to manage their electricity consumption rather than raise service and conservancy charges (S&CC). [...]
Snippet from the New Paper :- Thu, Apr 01, 2010 NAME and shame – and do so with a method more associated with loan sharks. One condominium seems to have taken a leaf from their infamous 'Owe$Pay$' strategy by putting up the names of residents who are behind in their maintenance fees. The Castle Green [...]
Sophia Road condo scans visitors' thumbrints, IC By Geraldine Yeo & Elysa Chen FIRST, the security guard took his identity card and scanned it into a computer. Next,he took his thumbprint using an infrared scanner. No, retiree Chan Hon Wah was not at the immigration counter of an airport. The 60-year-old and his wife were [...]
Snippet from the New Paper :- By Lediati Tan Sun, Sep 19, 2010 HE MOVED in to stay with his girlfriend at her condominium unit, which she shares with her parents. But because of a dispute over paperwork, he has problems getting the management at Landmark Tower on Chin Swee Road to recognise him as [...]
Snippet from the New Paper :- By Hedy Khoo Thu, Dec 09, 2010 RESIDENTS flouting condo rules are a common occurrence. But recent spats between condo residents and their management councils (MCs) have raised an important question: What can residents do if they disagree with their MCs or feel they are misusing their powers? On [...]
Question – What would you do if your condominium runs dry? Food for thought as this condominium grapples with an odd one-off situation. From The Straits Times August 24, 2011 (Wednesday) Act of mischief? The day taps ran dry at condo Bv Poon Chian Hui WHEN the taps suddenly ran dry at several apartments in [...]
With effect from September 1, 2011, all importers and manufacturers who supply registrable household air-conditioners and refrigerators in Singapore must register with the National Environment Agency (NEA). With this requirement, all registrable air-conditioners and refrigerators supplied in Singapore must meet minimum energy efficiency standards that are prescribed in the Environment Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) [...]