These rental rates were also not far from the average rent per sq m per month for private bungalows near Ridout Road estate, which was $38.83 in 2018, and $27 in 2019, the report showed.

Average rental prices of black-and-white bungalows in Ridout Road have risen by about 25 per cent in that period – from S$10,338 in 2017 to S$12,972 last year.

SINGAPORE - Four ministers, including Mr K. Shanmugam and Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, will deliver ministerial statements on the rental of two Ridout Road bungalows when Parliament sits on Monday ...

It emerged that the Government had spent $515,400 on fixing up the 856.5 sq m bungalow at 26 Ridout Road, and $570,500 on the 824.3 sq m bungalow at 31 Ridout Road.

26 Ridout Road (leased by Mr K. Shanmugam’s wife) January 2017. Mr Shanmugam asks the then deputy secretary of the Ministry of Law for a list of “a few properties available to the public to ...

In comparison, the average rent per sq m per month for private bungalows in the vicinity of Ridout Road estate was $38.83 in 2018, and $27 in 2019, the report showed.

This was before Mr Shanmugam had appointed a property agent to represent him to rent the colonial bungalow at 26 Ridout Road, at the same time recusing himself from the “chain of command”.

Mr Shanmugam spent more than $400,000 on improvement works at 26 Ridout Road, while Dr Balakrishnan spent about $200,000 on improvement works at 31 Ridout Road.

Mr Teo said that in the case of 26 Ridout Road, ... SLA invests a significant amount in upkeeping and maintaining conserved black-and-white bungalows, including 26 and 31 Ridout Road, ...

Mr Shanmugam said he did not want or need the extra land outside the boundary of the Ridout Road bungalow, which is now part of the lease. He said he offered to maintain that land – which is ...

Lee Hsien Yang had alleged in a Facebook post in July 2023 that Shanmugam and Balakrishnan had got preferential treatment from the Singapore Land Authority in the rental of Ridout Road bungalows.

Nothing wrong with ministers renting bungalows from SLA, provided it is properly done, he added. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.