The SLA was formed on 1 June 2001 when the Land Office, Singapore Land Registry, Survey Department and Land Systems Support Unit were merged.[3]
Role
With the vision of 'Limited Land, Unlimited Space', SLA is responsible for maximising Singapore's land resources, by:[4]
Optimising land and space utilisation,
Safeguarding property ownership, and
Promoting the use of land-space data through geospatial.
SLA has two functional roles: developmental and regulatory.
Developmental: SLA oversees the management of 11,000 hectares of state land and 2,700 state properties.[5] SLA is also responsible for land sales, leasing, land acquisitions and allocation, developing and marketing land-related information and maintaining the national land information database.
Regulatory: SLA is the national land registration authority, and is responsible for the management and maintenance of the national land survey system, to define the boundaries and legal limits of properties in Singapore.
Close to 500 Black and White Bungalows across Singapore, including Scotts Road, Goodwood Hill, Bukit Timah, Alexandra Park, Sembawang, Malcolm Park, Changi and Seletar[7]
