New Marina Bay complex part of S'pore's wider transformation: PM

Las Vegas Sands' new facility will include a hotel tower and an entertainment arena

- Anjali Raguraman

Singapore's skyline will get a soaring new addition come 2030 when Las Vegas Sands' US$8 billion (S$10.3 billion) new hotel tower is completed.

Speaking at the development's ground-breaking ceremony on July 15, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said the plans for Marina Bay are just one part of the Republic's broader, more ambitious transformation of its entire southern waterfront.

A 30km stretch of coastline from Gardens by the Bay East to Pasir Panjang that is six times the size of Marina Bay, it will have more commercial, recreational and entertainment options, alongside new residential precincts that include public housing for Singaporeans, he added.

The authorities said in May that the first of these homes - around 1,000 Housing Board Build-To-Order flats to be built on the site of the former Keppel Club - will be launched for sale in October.

PM Wong said: "That's what we mean when we say we are never done building Singapore. We will always keep on improving, keep renewing and keep on moving forward."

The Greater Southern Waterfront project was first announced by then Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the 2013 National Day Rally, where he outlined a vision to consolidate container port activities in Tanjong Pagar, Keppel, Brani and Pasir Panjang at a unified port in Tuas, freeing up prime waterfront land for redevelopment.