{"id":52328,"date":"2026-05-14T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52328"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:02:59","slug":"singapore-developer-in-limbo-after-timor-lestes-shock-scrapping-of-major-township-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52328","title":{"rendered":"Singapore developer in limbo after Timor-Leste&#8217;s shock scrapping of major township project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>State slams lack of progress; Pelican Paradise rebuts claims, points to lack of water, power supply<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body-container\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[SINGAPORE] A key mixed-use project in Dili, with a US$700 million first phase, has been axed by the Timor-Leste government over what it said was a lack of progress after 18 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">The developer, Singaporean-owned Pelican Paradise Group, disputes the claims, blaming delays in the state\u2019s contractual provision of electricity and water for holding back the project in the capital of Timor-Leste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">The British Virgin Islands-registered company told <em>The Business Times<\/em> in an exclusive interview that it learnt of the Timorese government\u2019s intention to pull the plug on the project via Facebook posts quoting a senior minister\u2019s remarks made on the sidelines of a Mar 23 event.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-btg-newsletter-component\" data-section-name=\"newsletter\" data-section-label=\"decoding asia 2\" class=\"track-impression border-t border-gray-175 py-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-lucida text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal -tracking-5% text-gray-850\">Decoding Asia newsletter: your guide to navigating Asia in a new global order. <span class=\"inline cursor-pointer border-none p-0 font-lucida text-inherit text-xl font-medium italic leading-normal !-tracking-5% text-verticals-btblue !underline outline-none hover:text-blue-500\">Sign up here to get Decoding Asia newsletter.<\/span> Delivered to your inbox. Free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/international\/asean\/singapore-developer-limbo-after-timor-lestes-shock-scrapping-major-township-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State slams lack of progress; Pelican Paradise rebuts claims, points to lack of water, power supply [SINGAPORE] A key mixed-use project in Dili, with a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}