Scb11980 1st Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 So, who owns the land beneath your property? 14 Feb 2012 Straits Times ACCORDING to the Land Titles Act of Singapore, land is defined as 'the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, all substances thereunder and so much of the column of airspace above the surface'. In other words, a land owner enjoys the exclusive use and enjoyment of his or her land, the space on top of it, and below all the way to the centre of the earth - to borrow the words of my lecturer at the Institute of Estate Agents. With the Government's plan to build an extensive underground network, for various public purposes and amenities, it is possible that the subterranean space of private land owners may be used. Is there a provision under the Land Titles Act - or any other Act - that allows the Government to do so, and under what specific circumstances? What is the compensation awarded to the land owner for the use of such space, if any? Tan Han Sing ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2BDriver Hypersonic February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 (edited) So, who owns the land beneath your property? 14 Feb 2012 Straits Times ACCORDING to the Land Titles Act of Singapore, land is defined as 'the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, all substances thereunder and so much of the column of airspace above the surface'. In other words, a land owner enjoys the exclusive use and enjoyment of his or her land, the space on top of it, and below all the way to the centre of the earth - to borrow the words of my lecturer at the Institute of Estate Agents. With the Government's plan to build an extensive underground network, for various public purposes and amenities, it is possible that the subterranean space of private land owners may be used. Is there a provision under the Land Titles Act - or any other Act - that allows the Government to do so, and under what specific circumstances? What is the compensation awarded to the land owner for the use of such space, if any? Tan Han Sing Gahment Boards will goes Bankrupt immediately ! Edited February 14, 2012 by Fongmy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nlatio Turbocharged February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 This guy either eat full nothing to do or the brain full of brown stuff...... Fark lar..... if the gov want..... every farking inch also belong to the gov/ aka the "people"...... If not for the way public service need to reply him politely..... one would tell him go fark spider... compensate ki lan..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unidentified 1st Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 like that any aeroplane cannot fly above private properties and mrt cannot passed under private properties as well. needless to say,those underground cables,pipes and such. all need to pay $$$$ to their respective private estates owners for trespassing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 The property tax must be getting to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTan 2nd Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 The ground underneath? Please loh, how about HDB owners on the second floor onwards? Or even freehold Condo owners who stays two floors onwards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 give him 2 ft x 6 ft lah.... enough to burried him under Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loveisallaround Neutral Newbie February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 So, who owns the land beneath your property? 14 Feb 2012 Straits Times ACCORDING to the Land Titles Act of Singapore, land is defined as 'the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, all substances thereunder and so much of the column of airspace above the surface'. In other words, a land owner enjoys the exclusive use and enjoyment of his or her land, the space on top of it, and below all the way to the centre of the earth - to borrow the words of my lecturer at the Institute of Estate Agents. With the Government's plan to build an extensive underground network, for various public purposes and amenities, it is possible that the subterranean space of private land owners may be used. Is there a provision under the Land Titles Act - or any other Act - that allows the Government to do so, and under what specific circumstances? What is the compensation awarded to the land owner for the use of such space, if any? Tan Han Sing Is this guy an real estate agent, that's why he is asking such a funny question? If I not wrong, govt has the right to acquire the land as long as they want to based on primitive valuation plus an ex-gratia payment to match it to current valuation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddielawson 1st Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 Wa koaz...I taught gov going to give money to sinkapolean again . Make me happy only. Please rephrase the heading. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 (edited) With this kind of law, I think the Earth centre core belongs to a singaporean. Edited February 14, 2012 by Ender Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben5266 Supercharged February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 In chinese, we buy the di pi or skin of the land. Anything 3ft under, or 5ft under (can't remember) belongs to the government. If I am not wrong, this is common law, applies to all ex British colonial. The fruits from the tree above the land belongs to us. Anything below, the gold or oil goes to the govt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 Wa koaz...I taught gov going to give money to sinkapolean again . Make me happy only. Please rephrase the heading. Yalor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doosan 1st Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 In chinese, we buy the di pi or skin of the land. Anything 3ft under, or 5ft under (can't remember) belongs to the government. understand it is 6ft from ground level. anything below, belongs to Gov. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 understand it is 6ft from ground level. anything below, belongs to Gov. Like that all dead bodies are buried under gahment property.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha78 6th Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 This guy has not been reading the papers, and is ill-informed about property regulations. 1. Plot-ratio: defines the multiple of the land area that the building can occupy, which effectively limits how high the property owner can build. 2. Rapid Transit Act (something like that): defines the depth below the land area that can be used by the government to build infrastructure such as wiring, piping, MRT tunnels etc. Those depths don't belong to the property owner either. Letter writer is really eat-full-no-sh1t-put. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon5 5th Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 on the contrary, ask those pte owners try utilising the ground underneath. your GFA increases and money to the gahmen again. ask this guy wan to live here, dun try so hard la. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old-driver 5th Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 I think this guy is trying to say... if find oil underneath, whose oil is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help1 1st Gear February 14, 2012 Share February 14, 2012 So, who owns the land beneath your property? The Underworld owns the land beneath ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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