SINGAPORE: Three plots of land in Lim Chu Kang with longer leases of 20 years were put up for public tender on Tuesday (Oct 31).
The lots are located at Neo Tiew Crescent and are intended for fish farming, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said in a press release.
They range in size from 15,574.9 sq m to 23,961.2 sq m and are part of the 60 hectares of land set aside by AVA earlier this year for food farming in Lim Chu Kang and Sungei Tengah.
The first tranche of 36 plots was put up for tender in August earlier this year.
In the second quarter of next year, seven plots for vegetables, quails’ eggs and general food farming will be open for tender. The remaining 14 plots, for leafy vegetables, beansprouts and general agriculture farming will be available from 2019.
In June last year AVA had announced new 20-year leases for new agriculture land instead of the previously announced 10-year blocks.
The policy change was a result of engagement and consultation with farms, said AVA, and is meant to give farms more certainty and let them invest in more productive technologies.
The tender for the three fish farming land parcels will close at 12 noon on Jan 9, 2018.
More details are available at www.ava.gov.sg/landsales.
