A screengrab from Google Maps Street View depicting the GCB at 1 K Tanglin Hill in Singapore
A screen grab from Google Maps Street View depicting a Good Class Bungalow belonging to former oil tycoon Lim Oon Kuin, better known as OK Lim, in Tanglin Hill, Singapore. In land-scarce Singapore, Good Class Bungalows, or GCBs, are rare and incredibly expensive.
  • An oil tycoon convicted of cheating and instigating forgery is selling his mansion in Singapore for $32 million.
  • In land-scarce Singapore, Good Class Bungalows ā€” mansions on private land ā€” are a trophy among the ultrawealthy.
  • TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and billionaire James Dyson are among the elite who own GCBs in Singapore.

A former oil tycoon convicted of cheating and instigating forgery is selling his mansion in Singapore for $43 million Singapore dollars, or $32 million.