Daily Briefing: Record number of flats in HDB launch; New player in Singapore’s public transport

And here’s the deal on Singapore’s 3D printing pen.

In its biggest sales exercise ever, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched 12,411 flats for sale under its November 2015 Build-To-Order (BTO) cum Sale of Balance Flats (SBF) exercise. The HDB revealed that the bumper crop includes 7,061 BTO flats and 5,350 balance flats. The BTO flats are spread across seven projects in the non-mature towns of Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Batok, Punggol, Hougang and Sengkang, and three projects in Toa Payohs Bidadari estate. Read more here.

For those of you old enough to remember when Singtel was the only telecommunication company in Singapore, do you remember how you felt when M1 came into the picture? And do you remember when StarHub entered the fray and was the first to offer free incoming calls? Talk about a move that spoiled the market. Find out more here.

Singapore’s 3D pen maker CreoPop announced a new round of funding today from Russia-headquartered venture capital firm Emery Capital. The amount raised, much like the hardware startup’s previous rounds, is undisclosed. The company says it has so far raised a total of US$2.75 million, in addition to over US$300,000 from crowdfunding and pre-orders for the pen. It’s not clear whether this includes the latest fundraising, however. Read more here.