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[Rent swimming pool] Rich people can break circuit breaker rules in Singapore.
The following is obviously criminal activity/ exploitation of loopholes.
Or that being rich can allow one to bypass Singapore laws.
If this is allowed, then might as well allow businesses to rent out the commercial facilities to rich people on hourly basis whereby 'safe distancing' is allowed.
Now that the new 'tenant' has access to the pool, what is to stop him from giving access to it to his personal friends and relatives, who will all be breaking safe distancing rules by visiting the same pool, even if they do it at separate periods (or even hold pool parties together, if the pool area is out of public view and not subject to spot checks).
In this case, a private residential property has been repurposed as a commercial one. (rent collected ought to attract the higher of corporate (commercial) tax rate as well).
IRAS should check the status of this private residence. If it is registered as 'owner occupied', then the owner has blatantly broke covid-19 safe distancing laws.
Even if it isn't, it has been rented out on commercial terms, as such, the property tax should be charged as commercial property tax if that property tax rate is higher.
If it is reclassified as a commercial property, then is it an essential business.
Shouldn't the rich be donating money to the government to facilitate the fight against COVID-19 such as paying medical staff salaries, rather than finding loopholes to luxuriate themselves? For goodness sake, even the grass areas and toilets inside the public park is closed. (even buying gift cards or AXA machine payments is now an offence : https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...hed-circuit-breaker-rules-by-leaving-homes-to as is leaving home 30 minutes before SHN was scheduled to end: https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ving-home-about-30-minutes-before-coronavirus)
The rich in Singapore remain fully entrenched in their ivory towers.
#SGunited is just a wayang show.
PAP gahmen shouldn't give certain people greater latitude to do as they please, just because they are rich.
Residential units shouldn't be rented out piecemeal as commercial country club facilities, as a loophole to evade and defeat circuit breaker measures in Singapore.
The following is obviously criminal activity/ exploitation of loopholes.
Or that being rich can allow one to bypass Singapore laws.
If this is allowed, then might as well allow businesses to rent out the commercial facilities to rich people on hourly basis whereby 'safe distancing' is allowed.
Now that the new 'tenant' has access to the pool, what is to stop him from giving access to it to his personal friends and relatives, who will all be breaking safe distancing rules by visiting the same pool, even if they do it at separate periods (or even hold pool parties together, if the pool area is out of public view and not subject to spot checks).
In this case, a private residential property has been repurposed as a commercial one. (rent collected ought to attract the higher of corporate (commercial) tax rate as well).
IRAS should check the status of this private residence. If it is registered as 'owner occupied', then the owner has blatantly broke covid-19 safe distancing laws.
Even if it isn't, it has been rented out on commercial terms, as such, the property tax should be charged as commercial property tax if that property tax rate is higher.
If it is reclassified as a commercial property, then is it an essential business.
Shouldn't the rich be donating money to the government to facilitate the fight against COVID-19 such as paying medical staff salaries, rather than finding loopholes to luxuriate themselves? For goodness sake, even the grass areas and toilets inside the public park is closed. (even buying gift cards or AXA machine payments is now an offence : https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...hed-circuit-breaker-rules-by-leaving-homes-to as is leaving home 30 minutes before SHN was scheduled to end: https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ving-home-about-30-minutes-before-coronavirus)
The rich in Singapore remain fully entrenched in their ivory towers.
#SGunited is just a wayang show.
PAP gahmen shouldn't give certain people greater latitude to do as they please, just because they are rich.
Residential units shouldn't be rented out piecemeal as commercial country club facilities, as a loophole to evade and defeat circuit breaker measures in Singapore.
On April 27, a unique real estate deal was closed that reflects the unprecedented circumstances amid the extended “circuit breaker” measures.
Lester Chen, senior division director at Singapore Realtors Inc (SRI), leased out the swimming pool and garden of a Sentosa Cove bungalow for $30,000 over three months. The unique tenancy agreement was signed by a foreigner who lives in the Cape Royal condominium on the east of Sentosa Cove, the exclusive residential enclave on Sentosa Island.
The bungalow is located along Ocean Drive on the west of Sentosa Cove, and a jogging track connects it to Cape Royal. The rent for the pool is close to the average monthly rent for a three- or four-bedroom unit in the prime districts.
According to Chen, the tenant was initially searching for an entire Sentosa Cove bungalow to rent, but was unable to agree to the $30,000 monthly rent the owner was asking for. He was looking for an alternative home because the condo facilities at Cape Royal, along with most condo facilities islandwide, have been closed under the circuit breaker measures.
While public jogging tracks around Sentosa Cove remain open, the tenant also wants a private swimming pool where he and his two young children can continue to exercise.
Chen suggested that he rent only the swimming pool and garden for $10,000. The deal took about two days to conclude. No physical viewings were conducted, and no face-to-face meetings occurred; instead, pictures were shared online.
According to Chen, he has received several enquiries from parties who are looking to rent bungalows in Sentosa, as condo facilities remain closed and the circuit breaker period has been extended to June 1. Some of them live in apartments along Orchard Road, he says.
Most of these rental deals are still under negotiations because the price gap between what the landlords and tenants are asking for is still too wide, says Chen. Most are willing to pay between $15,000 and $17,000 per month, but the average monthly rate for some bungalows in Sentosa is upwards of $18,000, he says.
https://www.edgeprop.sg/property-news/sentosa-cove-bungalow’s-swimming-pool-leased-10000-month
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