Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Move To Re-Zone Tiong Bahru Businesses Unpopular With Residents Tiong Bahru — home to snaking lanes of hipster cafés, bakeries, post-colonial era buildings and streets named after philanthropists. Source We often forget that Singapore’s first public housing estate is also home to actual residents. Given the influx of new businesses, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has decided to re-zone and specify which sites are allowed to host businesses. These include some 15 new shops on the first floor of residential buildings and house: Art galleries Offices Yoga studios Dance studios ‘Artisanal’ shops Some of them are reportedly operating “without approval”, but URA will be working with the owners and tenants to work out an arrangement “within a reasonable timeframe”. Some have special approvals 28 out of 120 authorised businesses are operating on residential premises, but have obtained special “approvals” to run their business on the first floor, reported TODAY. Big names, mostly residing between Eng Hoon Street and Eng Watt Street, include: Flock Café Por Kee Eating House The Modern Outfitters Ting Heng Seafood Restaurant These “approvals” include URA-issued Written Permissions dating back to the 1960s-70s, and leases issued in the 1940s by HDB’s predecessor, the Singapore Improvement Trust. […]
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