Last Two BTO Projects Delayed by Covid-19 Completed

All 92 Build-To-Order (BTO) projects that were delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic have been completed, after construction for the last two developments wrapped up in January.

- Isabelle Liew

In all, more than 75,800 of these pandemic-delayed flats were delivered over the last five years, National Development Minister Desmond Lee said on Jan 20.

The last two projects, phase two of the Punggol Point Cove development and Kempas Residences, were completed in January 2025.

Another 22 housing projects - comprising more than 18,000 flats - were completed in 2024. Of these, 17 had been delayed by the pandemic and one was held up for other reasons, HDB said. The remaining four projects, including two that came with shorter waiting times, did not face delays.

In November 2024, owners of homes in phase two of Punggol Point Cove began collecting the keys to their flats.

Five out of the six blocks at the 1,179-unit project in New Punggol Road were completed in November and December. The last block was completed in January, after a delay of 12 months.

The Housing Board said the progress of the project was disrupted amid the pandemic, as construction work came to a halt during the circuit breaker in 2020.

The services of its original contractor, CKR Contract Services, were terminated in July 2023 owing to unsatisfactory progress and a repeated failure to meet necessary construction targets.