TG MASTER PTE. LTD. v TUNG KEE DEVELOPMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD & Anor

[2024] SGHC(A) 13 High Court (Appellate Division) 2 May 2024 AD/CA 53/2023 77 min read

14 cases cited Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Appeal allowed

we allowed the appeal and set aside the Judgment to the following extent: (a) Mr Yung’s counterclaim for the Further Sums in the amount of $4,000,000 was dismissed.

Source: [2024] SGHC(A) 13, High Court (Appellate Division), decided 2 May 2024. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (Appellate Division)
Decided	2 May 2024
Judges	Audrey Lim, Debbie Ong Siew Ling, Woo Bih Li
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure, Contract, Land
Outcome	Appeal allowed
Sentence / award	$4,000,000
Counsel	Eldan Law LLP, Withers KhattarWong LLP, Amanda Koh Jia Yi, Lee Peng Khoon Edwin, Lin Hui Yin Sharon, Mirza Akmal Bin Mohamad Shahri, Oh Zhen Hao Thaddeus (Hu Zhenhao), Phng Boon Yew Gideon

Source: [2024] SGHC(A) 13, High Court (Appellate Division), decided 2 May 2024 — eLitigation. Updated 25 June 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Pleadings Contract — Remedies — Deposits Civil Procedure — Appeals — New points Land — Sale of land — Contract — Options to purchase Contract — Remedies — Liquidated damages — Penalties Civil Procedure — Payments into and out of court — Interest

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Contract Land

Judges (3)

Audrey Lim Coram Debbie Ong Siew Ling Coram Woo Bih Li Delivered

Counsel (8)

Eldan Law LLP Firm Withers KhattarWong LLP Firm Amanda Koh Jia Yi Counsel Appellant Lee Peng Khoon Edwin Counsel Appellant Lin Hui Yin Sharon Counsel Respondent Mirza Akmal Bin Mohamad Shahri Counsel Appellant Oh Zhen Hao Thaddeus (Hu Zhenhao) Counsel Respondent Phng Boon Yew Gideon Counsel Respondent

Parties (3)

TG Master Pte Ltd Appellant Tung Kee Development (Singapore) Pte Ltd Respondent Yung, Man Tung Respondent

Case Significance

TG Master Pte Ltd v Tung Kee Development (Singapore) Pte Ltd and another [2024] SGHC(A) 13 was decided by the Appellate Division of the High Court of Singapore in Civil Appeal No 53 of 2023, with Woo Bih Li JAD delivering the grounds of decision of the court on 2 May 2024, sitting with Debbie Ong Siew Ling JAD and Audrey Lim J, following the hearing on 27 November 2023. The appellant was TG Master Pte Ltd, and the respondents were Tung Kee Development (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Mr Yung Man Tung. TG Master granted Mr Yung eight options to purchase eight properties situated at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 Miltonia Close, collectively referred to as the OTPs. The OTPs were each dated 3 January 2018 and had some unusual features: the option period for each was unusually long, remaining valid for exercise for 24 months; the true option fee was in fact payable in two tranches; and each OTP came bundled with further features. The appeal traversed issues including civil procedure on pleadings and new points on appeal, the sale of land and options to purchase, contractual remedies including deposits and liquidated damages and penalties, and interest on payments into and out of court. The appellant was represented by Eldan Law LLP, including Lee Peng Khoon Edwin, and the respondents by Withers KhattarWong LLP.

[2024] SGHC(A) 13 explained

TG MASTER PTE. LTD. v TUNG KEE DEVELOPMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD & Anor ([2024] SGHC(A) 13) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (Appellate Division) on 2 May 2024. It is categorised under Civil Procedure, Contract, and Land. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2024] SGHC(A) 13 about?

TG MASTER PTE. LTD. v TUNG KEE DEVELOPMENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD & Anor ([2024] SGHC(A) 13) is a High Court (Appellate Division) decision from 2024. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Pleadings”, “Contract — Remedies — Deposits”, “Civil Procedure — Appeals — New points”, and “Land — Sale of land — Contract — Options to purchase”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

How influential is [2024] SGHC(A) 13?

Within this corpus, [2024] SGHC(A) 13 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

What was TG Master Pte Ltd v Tung Kee Development (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC(A) 13 about?

[2024] SGHC(A) 13 was an Appellate Division appeal concerning eight options to purchase properties at Miltonia Close granted by TG Master to Mr Yung Man Tung, addressing pleadings, deposits, liquidated damages and penalties. Woo Bih Li JAD delivered the grounds of decision on 2 May 2024.

What were the unusual features of the options to purchase in TG Master v Tung Kee Development ([2024] SGHC(A) 13)?

The eight options to purchase, each dated 3 January 2018 for properties at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 Miltonia Close, had unusually long option periods valid for 24 months, option fees payable in two tranches, and additional bundled features, as noted in [2024] SGHC(A) 13.