News Flash: COU Approved!
April 20th, 2006
Yesterday Abraham Sim, mvp, called to announce to me that the URA has approved our application for the association premises we are in, to be used for religious purposes for another 3 years! till 2009!
H A L L E L U J A H ! J E S U S I S A L I V E !
Singapore is so small and our government so efficient that the URA actually has a masterplan of how land is to be used throughout the island, whether for residential, institutional, commercial, industrial, entertainment, or religious use. So when you want to use a land or premise for religious use that is already zoned under another category, you have to apply to URA for a change of use (cou). Our property is in an association/residential zone….so we have to apply every three years. If approved, it is property-tax free.
Our premises is strangely a “mixed bag”. The 4th floor has change of use for next three years. The office and deaf service hall on the third is association zone, so we pay property taxes on that. The children’s worship hall on the same floor has permanent religious use! How it got to be like this, Its a looong story you won’t be interested in.(To know about where I serve visit our church website at http://www.wrpf.sg)
Poser: Did we get an approval to our application because it is near the election………
…….or God has answered our prayers
…………. or both of the above?
Whats your take?
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