June 23, 2007
Rooms with a View
ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
RETIREE P.R. Sharma, 81, has a view from his 20th storey living room that many Singaporeans would envy.
His five-room HDB point-block flat at block 29 Marine Crescent overlooks East Coast Park and the city skyline in the distance.
He can even see the sea from a side window and from the bedroom and living room.
He gets to enjoy sunrise from his flat, watch planes land and take off from nearby Changi airport and count the number of tankers dotting the sea off East Coast Park.
He paid $35,500 for the flat in 1974, and says he was offered about $900,000 for it nearly 20 years ago.
Property agents say the current selling rate for such a flat is $500,000.
He adds that even if he was offered $1 million today, he would not sell.
Read the full story in Saturday's edition of The Straits Times.