Project Name-TAN CHIN TUAN MANSION
Developer-CAIRNHILL ROCK PTE LTD
Property Type-Apartment
Tenure - FREEHOLD
Total Units - 16
Completion Date - 2008
District - 9
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TAN CHIN TUAN MANSION
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Project Name-TAN CHIN TUAN MANSION
Developer-CAIRNHILL ROCK PTE LTD
Property Type-Apartment
Tenure - FREEHOLD
Total Units - 16
Completion Date - 2008
District - 9
source from:
TAN CHIN TUAN MANSION
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Medical tourism on the mend
Shuli Sudderuddin
The Sunday Times
Sunday, 14 December 2009
The medical tourism industry looks to be in the pink of health again, after suffering the recession. - Photo: Chew Seng Kim, ST
The medical tourism industry looks to be in the pink of health again.
Things are looking up after the recession — which hit last year and continued for much of this year — caused some pain.
As many countries’ economies have stabilised, industry folk like Dr Wong Seng Weng are more upbeat.
Wong, medical director at The Cancer Centre, said the end of last year was “a quiet period but there’s been a return of confidence”.
Over at Parkway Health, its spokesman said it has seen a “steady recovery” since the middle of this year.
“Generally, in a downturn, patients tend to postpone non-critical surgery,” noted the spokesman.
In the 4th quarter of last year, Parkway’s 3 hospitals saw a 7% to 8% drop in the number of Indonesian patients.
At Pacific Healthcare Holdings, which runs specialist centres and clinics, things are also looking up. It suffered a 10% fall in medical tourists last year.
“Indonesians form the largest group of medical tourists. The financial crisis last year weakened the rupiah, and there were also uncertainties about the economy and when it would rebound,” said Dr William Chong, chief executive of Pacific Healthcare.
Those in the industry noted that while treatments in Singapore are not cheap, our reputation as a hub of medical excellence continues to be a draw.
Comparing prices, Nanyang Technological University’s Professor David Reisman said a procedure for cardiac bypass costs US$18,500 here, versus US$9,000 at a reputable hospital in Malacca or Penang.
“The same procedure would cost US$130,000 in the US, so Asia is still a good buy,” he added.
Medical groups are targeting patients from places as far away as Russia, Germany and Sweden. They are also attracting patients from the US who are covered by their companies, or personal health insurance.
“The medical travel sector is fairly resilient, given that health-care treatments are often a matter of necessity, and we continue to work towards the 2012 target,” said a spokesman for the Singapore Tourism Board.
It aims to attract 1 million patients by 2012.
Figures from SingaporeMedicine show that last year, 646,000 visitors were associated with the nation’s health-care services, up from 571,000 in 2007.
This number counts both patients and those who accompanied them here, as well as tourists who received incidental health care.
SingaporeMedicine is a government-industry partnership to promote the country as a world-class health-care destination.
Efforts include that of Dr Wei Siang Yu, who founded medical tourism portal Fly Free For Health. Users can get opinions from doctors and nurses online so that they feel reassured about travelling here, said Wei, who has also seen heavier traffic over the last 4 months.
Certainly, while many people may still be careful about spending, even as the global economy is mending, they take health — a matter of life and death — seriously.
Take the case of Dzung Nguyen, 30, who took his father Nguyen Van Hung, 53, to The Cancer Centre when the latter was diagnosed with gastro-intestinal cancer 3 months ago.
So far, Dzung, a letter carrier in Vietnam, has spent about $10,000 on chemotherapy, lodging and airfare.
“We’ve been tightening our budget because of the recession, but we decided to come to Singapore. While it’s the most expensive place in South-east Asia, it’s also one of the best and one of the closest to us,” he said.
the name is so obiang.. tan chin tuan mansion..
I am not too familiar with Tan Chin Tuan Mansion but I believe the name has got to do with the historical building the apartment incorporated with.Originally Posted by focus
I don't think it is obiang. The name has historic value. Some great apartments in the world has a person name too.
Oh.. got historic value?.. then it changes the whole equationOriginally Posted by Reporter
The name of this place sounds like f**k however great the guy that it is named after might be. Imagine a condo called Lee H**** L*** tower or Goh C*** T*** residences, equally terok.
But look damn nice inside...
only the rich can afford.. imagine $1500psf(is it?) X 3900sqft = $5.85mil! GOSH!
Haha ... I've just found one of my first posts dated 26 April 2008.
Originally Posted by jlrx
Funny why the uber rich TCT family would want to rent units at their home, so no privacy.
I believe it should be $2,500 psf instead of $1,500 psf.Originally Posted by focus
Most of the units are for lease and not for sale. Maybe they have kept all the units for lease.
"Based on the current benchmark price of about $2,500 psf for Suites @ Cairnhill, the remaining 12 have a market value of about $120 million."
They own that 4 units. I suppose you don't call that "rent".Originally Posted by xebay11
I meant renting out as in "Most of the units are for lease and not for sale." why not just leave it empty? BTW I always thought that they developed the building for all their families to stay in. My neighbour, former ACJS boy who knows TCT grandson, has actually stayed in the old house before in sleepover party.Originally Posted by Reporter
You mean like the way Peter Lim keeps his 11-storey Abelia at Ardmore Park empty?Originally Posted by xebay11
I agree with you.
By the way, I saw Cherie Lim with friends at MacDonald's Ridout last Saturday.
Err ... still quite pretty leh.
to be fair Peter Lim is the most 'no air' millionaire i know ... very humble man ...Originally Posted by Reporter
gOSH.. this property forum a lot of hidden dragons.. crouching tigers...
One knows CDL kwek..
another one knows stock guru Peter..
you dunno who tan chin tuan is? being a former acs boy, i am proud of one of the greatest industrialists of singapore and what he has given the early singapore economy.Originally Posted by focus
you want to change to ang mor tua kee name then sounds less obiang?
people like you should go and suck big ang mor cock lah. knnbccb
but raffles is ok? barker is ok? newton is ok?Originally Posted by Regulators
you are another ang mor tua kee running dog?
****ing no pride lah you cocksuckers.
Peter Lim is billionaire, not millionaire. If only "millionaire" then I think all the people in this forum will qualify.Originally Posted by proud owner
Forbes Richest in Singapore
No. 7
Age 56
Net Worth US$1.5 billion
Married, 2 children
Former stockbroker, now full-time investor gets bulk of fortune from stake in Wilmar, started by former client Kuok Khoon Hong (No. 3). Other stakes in fashion retailer FJ Benjamin, brewery restaurant Brewerkz.
I said before that the average networth of people in this forum should be the 4th highest in Singapore, after http://porschesgforum.com/, http://sgmerc.com/ and http://www.bmw-sg.com/.Originally Posted by focus
Those too exotic cars don't have the critical mass of owners to create their own dedicated forum, just like GCBSingapore.com probably won't get more than 1 post per day.
Ok ok.. don't get so hyped-up... I really donno who tan chin tuan is.. unlike you who knows him as he was your acs alumni..Originally Posted by Lord Anus
No need to ask pple suck cock..
Yes, not forgetting Tan Kah Kee, every ACS boy who is worth his salt would know who Tan Chin Tuan is, my son is now carrying on the tradition. By the way he is a banker not so much industrialist, founder of OCBC.Originally Posted by Lord Anus
It is called Tan Chin Tuan Mansion, because it is built on Tan Chin Tuan's Mansion.Originally Posted by focus
Although I think that Lord Anus is quite fierce, but then how come you don't know who "Tan Chin Tuan" is?Originally Posted by focus
Your general knowledge of Singapore's famous people seems quite poor ...
Are you a Singaporean? Or could you be ... a Dragon Warrior from the Property Liberation Army!!!
Uh.. Can I bet with you that probably 5/10 people you ask on the MRT will not know who Tan Chin Tuan is.Originally Posted by jlrx
ANyway, it's alright.. he already said he's an anus..
Yes , I am a sinkie.. and Yes.. I also wished I can be a dragon warrior.. Jim rogers say China is next century.. must learn chinese..and chinese culture.. Sinkie culture..can forget it..
Chinese names translated to English never sounds nice coz English always sounds nicer in English, that is a fact. If your name is Tan Ah Kow and your wife is Tan Ah Neow, would you name your mansion Ah Kow Mansion or Ah Neow Mansion, or Ah Kow Ah Neow Mansion? As I have said, it doesnt matter how great Tan Chin Tuan is (and I respect him for his achievements), but a building after his name simply sux.
Originally Posted by Lord Anus
Originally Posted by Regulators
ahahhhhahah
if it needs to be named in English ... then maybe just the TCT Mansion ...
or House of Tan Chin Tuan .. or Tan Chin Tuan residences ..
cos Mansion itself is OLD ....
so shameful dont know who Tan Chin Tuan is
failed history ya?