The local hacker community have selflessly volunteered their time, energy, and money to make this happen.
Tons of people are involved. The following list is not meant to be comprehensive, just representative, so you can get an idea of who's involved.
Patrick Haller lent his experience from organizing Saturday House in Seattle.
The #LinuxNUS guys have been very active.
Kelvin Ng found Hive.
John Young walked around the city photographing "For Rent" signs.
Meng made the website.