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With the vision of 'Limited Land, Unlimited Space', SLA is responsible for maximising Singapore's land resources, by: [4] Optimising land and space utilisation, Safeguarding property ownership, and; Promoting the use of land-space data through geospatial. SLA has two functional roles: developmental and regulatory.
However, it did not prevent landowners from increasing the price of their land, which increased the land acquisition cost and therefore made low-cost public projects to be difficult. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the 1950-60's, the population of Singapore was increasing, which caused informal settlements and shophouses to be overcrowded.
Streetdirectory.com is an online web mapping service, founded by Singapore-headquartered Virtual Map in 2000. It originally used licensed data from Singapore Land Authority under a non-exclusive agreement until July 2004. On top of providing free maps for personal use, the website also offers a variety of ad-supported services.
The ministry was established after the 1959 legislative assembly elections.It was originally composed of departments previously under the Ministry of Local Government, Land and Housing, Ministry of Communications and Works, the City Council and Rural Board (Architectural and Buildings Surveyors Section), and Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Fisheries, Veterinary Services and Rural Development).
Singapore is governed as a unitary state without provinces or states. However, for the purposes of administration and urban planning, it has been subdivided in various ways throughout its history. As of 2022, Singapore has a total land area of about 753 km 2 (291 sq mi), not including its sea area.
The land in which Pulau Pisang Lighthouse sits on is owned by Singapore, more explicitly by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore for Singapore. This piece of land is in the possession of Singapore due to an 1885 agreement and 1900 indenture [1] that allows the Straits Settlement Government to lease a plot of land (0.809 ha) [2] and the roadway leading to it from the Johor Government ...
The Sentosa Development Corporation oversaw the development and maintenance of these offshore islands south of Singapore from 1976 to March 2017, when it handed it back to the Singapore Land Authority. Southern Islands planning area is situated on the Singapore Straits, south of the mainland planning area of Bukit Merah.
The Singapore government acquired the Atbara House from the Straits Trading Company in 1990. Restoration works were carried out on both the Atbara House and the Inverturret by the Singapore Land Authority in 2012. [1] In 2015, it was announced that the house would be a part of the Gallop Extension of the Singapore Botanic Gardens.