Former school site up for tender in Bukit Timah

Source : Straits Times - 14 Oct 2008

A PLOT of land in Upper Bukit Timah that can be used for commercial purposes or as a foreign system school will go up for tender tomorrow.

The built-up site on Jalan Seh Chuan was occupied by the Jurong Garden School, and Seh Chuan High School before that.

It is close to the Canadian International School, the German European School Singapore and the Beauty World Shopping Centre.

It has an area of 3,464 sq m - about half the size of a football field. The building on it has a gross floor area of 4,221 sq m.

Tenancy is for an initial period of three years with a renewal option for two further three-year terms.

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has received about five inquiries for the site but declined to reveal approximate figures for the tender.

Bidders have until 11am on Nov 5 to lodge tenders.

The site showround will be on Oct 23.

The SLA has awarded more than 40 properties for educational use since April last year.

For more details, consult SLA’s State Property and Information Online (SPIO) website at www.spio.sla.gov.sg or call 6323-9154.

SLA to launch public tender for former school in Upper Bukit Timah

Source : Channel NewsAsia - 13 Oct 2008

Another former school has been made available for use by a commercial or international school to help ease demand for places.

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) will launch a public tender for the former Seh Chuan High School off Upper Bukit Timah Road on Wednesday.

The former Seh Chuan High School was last used by the Jurong Gardens School, run by the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS).

It occupied the premises from 1991 until it moved to a new S$6 million building in Woodlands in June 2008.

The tenancy for the building is for an initial period of three years with an option to renew for two more terms of three years each, subject to agreement.

Since April 2007, SLA has tendered out more than 40 state properties for use by international or commercial schools to ease demand for places.

Some expatriates have cited the long waiting lists at some international schools as reasons why they do not want to move to Singapore.

But the current global economic uncertainty has slowed down the expansion plans of some international schools.

Both the Singapore American School and Global Indian International School said they will wait and see how the economic climate affects demand for places before tendering for new sites.