The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law of the Government of Singapore. SLA optimises land resources for Singapore's social and economic development.

History

The SLA was formed on 1 June 2001 when the Land Office, Singapore Land Registry, Survey Department and Land Systems Support Unit were merged.

Role

With the vision of 'Limited Land, Unlimited Space', SLA is responsible for maximising Singapore's land resources, by: * Optimising land and space utilisation, * Safeguarding property ownership, and * Promoting the use of land-space data through geospatial. SLA has two functional roles: developmental and regulatory. * Developmental: SLA oversees the management of 11,000 hectares of state land and 2,700 state properties. SLA is also responsible for land sales, leasing,

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and allocation, developing and marketing land-related information and maintaining the national land information database. * Regulatory: SLA is the national land registration authority, and is responsible for the management and maintenance of the national land survey system, to define the boundaries and legal limits of properties in Singapore. SLA also operates GeoWorks, Southeast Asia's first

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industry centre. As a

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, GeoWorks aims to nurture and strengthen the geospatial ecosystem in Singapore and beyond, bringing together MNCs, scale-ups and government agencies through partnership, collaboration and innovation. The GeoWorks GeoInnovation Programme is home to more than 20 startups and scale-ups in geospatial and related domains, including

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, satellite imagery and route optimisation. GeoWorks is located at mTower.

State-managed Properties

Notable properties managed by SLA include: *

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*Dempsey Hill (former Tanglin Village) * Kallang Airport * Tanjong Pagar Railway Station *Old Bukit Timah Fire Station * Changi Hospital *Temasek Shophouse *Turf City *5 Kadayanallur Street (former St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital) *45 Sultan Gate at Kampong Glam *Close to 500 Black and White Bungalows across Singapore, including Scotts Road, Goodwood Hill, Bukit Timah, Alexandra Park, Sembawang, Malcolm Park, Changi and Seletar * St. John’s Island, Lazarus Island and

Kusu Island Kusu Island is one of the Southern Islands in Singapore, located about to the south of the main island of Singapore and below the Singapore Straits. "Kusu" means " Tortoise Island" or " Turtle Island" in Hokkien; the island is also known ...

References

External links

Singapore Land Authority Official WebsiteGeoWorks - Singapore's Geospatial Industry CentreOneMap - authoritative national map of SingaporeState Property Information Online
Statutory boards of the Singapore Government 2001 establishments in Singapore Government agencies established in 2001 Regulation in Singapore {{singapore-org-stub

History

Role

State-managed Properties

See also

References

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