How large are the two properties, how much does it cost to rent them and how do they compare with other black-and-white bungalows in the estate? Here are the key figures from the reports by Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean and CPIB.
SINGAPORE: Investigations by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean have found that there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing or preferential treatment in the rental of state properties along Ridout Road by two Singapore ministers.
The monthly rent was S$26,500 , which was – and remained as of 2022 – the highest in estate, according to the data in Mr Teo's report. The report showed that the average rental rate paid by new black-and-white bungalow tenants in the estate in 2018 was S$29.78 per sqm per month, with others paying between S$26 per sqm per month and S$33.33 per sqm per month.Number 26 originally sat on 9,350 sqm of land, but this was expanded to 23,164 sqm after an adjacent plot of land was included in the property's boundaries.
CPIB's report said that the maintenance of this additional land costs Mr Shanmugam about S$25,000 annually – a cost which would have otherwise been borne by SLA.that Mr Shanmugam had bid above the guide rent, but this was incorrect, CPIB found. The S$26,500 rental paid by the Law and Home Affairs Minister was equal to the guide rent.
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