Section 12

to prepare and execute proposals, plans and projects for —

the erection, conversion, improvement and extension of any building for sale, lease, rental or other purpose;

the clearance and redevelopment of slum and urban areas;

the development or redevelopment of areas designated by the Minister;

the development of rural or agricultural areas for the resettlement of persons displaced by operations of the Board or other resettlement projects approved by the Minister;

to manage all lands, houses and buildings or other property vested in or belonging to the Board;

to carry out all investigations and the surveys necessary for the performance of the functions and duties of the Board;

to provide loans, with the Minister’s approval, to enable persons to purchase —

any developed land or any housing accommodation sold under Part 4B; or

any other land belonging to the Board for which planning permission to develop has been obtained under the Planning Act 1998,or any part thereof upon a mortgage of that land;

to provide technical and consultancy services within or outside Singapore, in respect of matters within its expertise acquired in the exercise of its functions under this Act, and to act as an agent for the Government or, with the Minister’s approval, as an agent for another public authority in the provision of such services;

to exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be conferred on or delegated to the Board by or under the provisions of any written law; and

to do all such other matters and things as are necessary for the exercise or performance of all or any of the functions and duties of the Board.[13