Source document
Policy Changes Affecting the Property Market (Ministerial Statement by the Minister for National Development, Mah Bow Tan), 19 July 2005
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 9 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Hansard sitting of 19 July 2005 (whole sitting stored); the relevant item is the ministerial statement 'Policy Changes Affecting the Property Market' (cols 925-943): private residential property removed from GIP investments in 1996 and re-allowed under a new S$2m option with up to 50% in private residential property, with immediate effect. The rest (CPF, loan-to-value limits, Residential Property Act changes, and the other questions of the sitting) is out of scope. The S$2m term and both events were already recorded; nothing further in scope. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
5 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Programmes (1)
Rules and prices (2)
- Business, fund or real estate investmentmain applicantSGD 2,000,00019 Jul 2005 – 31 Dec 2010 · Singapore Parliament 2005Singapore · Global Investor Programme
- Maximum share of the investment in residential propertyS$2 million option: maximum share of the investment that can go into private residential property (subject to the Residential Property Act)50%Since 19 Jul 2005 · Singapore Parliament 2005Singapore · Global Investor Programme
About the document
What it covers Re-allowing private residential property as a GIP investment (S$2 million option, up to 50% in property); property had been removed from GIP in 1996.
Notes Official Report vol. 80, cols 933-934. Stored file is the whole sitting as returned by the SPRS API (getHansardReport).
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