' The 106
acre (0.4 km²) estate was once part of the
extensive nutmeg
plantation of Mount Sophia. In 1867, the British colonial government acquired the land and built a
mansion to be the official home of the British Governor To
build a residence of palatial proportions and cost was deemed too
extravagant. Ord stood his ground, however, and eventually acquired
106 acres (0.43 km2) of land from C.R.
Prinsep's nutmeg
estate in
1867. '===Wiki
(106 acre =
428 966.781 sq meters)
The presidential
palace is very, very spacious.
Meanwhile at the
other end of the economic gap....
In today papers,
saw 2 Singaporean families and their kids, squeeze into
a tiny rental flat.
Life little
irony in little SG....
don't need to talk about istana, further down the road in
Cairnhill, many families live in apartment that are worth millions,
on the other side of Istana, towards CBD, apartments there are
worthed $4000 psf.
Wonder why? it is not an irony in SG, it is a fact of life. It
is either you made the right investment at the right time, you had
a highly paid job and you work hard, or wish you were born with
golden spoon.
Look at it the other way, you can stay in your rented home as
long as you pay rent, otherwise buy the place. Istana is where the
president work and stay at the same time, where he has to entertain
foreign visitors, like around 9000 during
deepavali, whether he likes it or not, and he stays there only
as long as he is the president.
You have your choice, the president will have to depend on the
votes of the people.
