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lst storey. Car porch, utility, yard, kitchen, guest room, bath 5, dining, living, garden.

2nd storey. Bedroom 2 & 3 with attached bath (bath 2 & 3). Family area.

3rd storey. Bedroom 4 with attached bath (bath 4). Master bedroom with walk -in closet and master bath dual wash basin, bidet, WC and long bath including a whirlpool, balcony.

Showers in the other 4 bathrooms. Bath 5 is a powder room with shower. The utility room is quite small and Caucasians will feel it inhumane to house any domestic worker or maid.
There is a bathroom for the "maid" though, making this a 6-bathroom house.

DUCHESS CREST CONDO APARTMENTS

DUCHESS CREST TOWNHOUSE
as an alternative to bungalows with pool
which command much higher rentals.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
BE KIND TO PETS is supported by Asiahomes Internet.

Yesterday was a rainy October 2, 1999 afternoon. A 10-year old anemic Cross-bred stopped eating for 2 days, withdrew himself to a corner. It was brought to the vet to as it had a strawberry skin tumour on its neck which was almost hairless due to prolonged scratching. It had a foul smell traced to the presence of pus in the ear canals. It had difficulty breathing but no vet had been consulted. It died with a few gasp of breath.

The 20-year old lady owner was in deep grief but the 60-year old father said that he had friends who could give him any number of dogs. The death of a dog with a family for 10 years did not affect some older Singaporean men in the way they express that "life goes on" attitude but in their heart. To the women, it meant a close companion had gone. 

Many cross-bred pet dogs get well fed but seldom are they vaccinated or brought to the vet till they have serious problems.   The dog in the photo had been biting its tail and scratching itself for years. You could see a big skin tumour on its tail, a big lump on the right backside to the right of the tail and skin diseases.

Such is the fate of many cross bred dogs in Singapore but a younger sophisticated educated generation is kinder to pets. Cross-bred dogs are susceptible to diseases as pure bred dogs.  Look after them well and they live to a ripe old age, as long as twenty years.  

Pets are family as the Singaporeans become better educated but it will take time to convert a whole new generation in the next 10 years to take good care of their pets. Asiahomes Internet sponsors this community education article to educate via the internet a new "Be Kind to Pets" generation of Singaporeans in the years 2001 and beyond.

"I have nothing to do with the Owner anymore," was the shocking news from Mr Ng, the PA (power of attorney). He was fed up with the demands and auditing of expenses representing the Owner to look after his townhouse, without any fee.

He represented the Pakistani Owner who was his business associate in the rental of the townhouse without any fee. After one year, the relationship deteriorated. Contributing to this could be that the Pakistani associate tried to press down his product prices saying he could source cheaper ones. In any case, Singapore businessmen usually are unable to provide competitive pricing owing to the high exchange rate of the Sing Dollar and high rent and labour costs.

Mr Ng had the latest rental cheque and wanted to return it to the Tenant. Usually he kept track of rental payments and banked in the cheque.

What would you do?

"DIM?"
This was the acronym for "Don't involve me". It was an attitude of an army logistic officer I met when I was in the National Service Provost Unit.  That was a long time ago.  In that unit, the logistic officer did not want to be burdened with many extra duties outside the scope of duties and responsibilities.  The more he had, the more likely he encountered problems and disciplinary hearings. 

Now, you had got your agency commission and you have your full day. Do you want to practice DIM?

The best solution is to get Mr Koh to bank in the cheque for the last time, write a letter to the Tenant to update him rather than getting the cheque returned.  Mr Koh was unwilling to give me the cheque to bank in but agreed to do it and I guessed he banked it in.

Foreign and absentee landlords understandably want free services for their local friends to manage their properties. It may be better to pay a professional to manage their property.