I have to admit that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s 10th National Day Rally speech failed to get my attention the whole time. But the moment when I heard our PM said “I thought tonight I should show … Jurong Lake – at sunset”, my heart immediately skipped a beat.
He devoted a big part of his speech to paint a heavenly picture of the Jurong Lake District, followed by all the possibilities for future development of the area, before he ended his speech with a sentimental note on ‘believing in Singapore’.
Wow, as property-obsessed Singaporeans, how could our imaginations not run wild with the potential upside of properties in the west?
The future roadmap of Jurong Lake District
The ‘Jurong Lake Story’ was first introduced as part of the draft Master Plan 2008. It is the ‘remaking our heartland’ plan to shift business activities from the CBD to the ......