Pay extra $200 for use to law firm's trust account effective 1 Aug?

[evergreen]

I was advised by my lawyer to complete the withdrawal of CPF funds for my property purchase by end of this month to avoid an additional charge of $200.

Did anyone else encounter this issue?

I know that the recently imposed requirement aims is to safeguard the buyers' funds but nothing was mentioned about additional charges to be borne by the buyer.

Read more:
http://app2.mlaw.gov.sg/News/tabid/204/Default.aspx?ItemId=564

[iwantgizmos]

I was advised by my lawyer to complete the withdrawal of CPF funds for my property purchase by end of this month to avoid an additional charge of $200.

Did anyone else encounter this issue?

I know that the recently imposed requirement aims is to safeguard the buyers' funds but nothing was mentioned about additional charges to be borne by the buyer.

Read more:
http://app2.mlaw.gov.sg/News/tabid/204/Default.aspx?ItemId=564
wow... didn't know bout this too... thanks for the update !