ST Electronics to transform STARS
ConvergenceAsia staff
03/08/2009

ST Engineering has announced that its electronics arm, ST Electronics, has been awarded an S$8.2m contract by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to transform its Singapore Titles Automated Registration System (STARS) into an integrated land titles registration system for both private and HDB properties.
 
The new system, or STARS 21, will make title search, lodgement and registration more efficient and convenient. This system is ST Electronics’ first such project. The contract is awarded to ST Electronics’ wholly-owned subsidiary, ST Electronics (Info-Software Systems).

STARS, the computerised land registration system for private property was launched in 1995 and all title searches, lodgements and registrations of private properties are carried out electronically.

With STARS 21, 800,000 HDB titles and 3,300,000 HDB documents, which form about 80 per cent of the Registry’s records, will be progressively computerised. Work on the project has begun and is expected to be completed by end of 2013.
 
STARS 21 will allow title and document searches to be carried out around the clock. Lawyers will be able to lodge HDB documents and conduct searches on HDB titles from their offices, similar to the current processes for private properties. Lawyers will also be informed via email or fax when the documents have been registered and the certificates of title are ready for collection. Data interface with other government agencies such as the update of address and verification of stamp duty payments will also be handled by the system.

“This integrated system will enable the Registry to provide a higher standard of service to our customers, while at the same time, reduce our storage requirements. This is a system that will be flexible and responsive to policy and operational changes to cater to new types of property transactions as well as to meet future business needs,” said Vincent Hoong, Chief Executive and Registrar of Titles, SLA.

STARS 21 is designed based on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) framework. The system, consisting of software services and infrastructure, enables business agility and fosters re-use. It offers SLA greater flexibility in leveraging information and services within the existing systems and to further collaborate with the government-wide system.

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