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    Entries in HDB (6)

    Tuesday
    09Mar2010

    Wrong answers from the wrong questions, continued

    DateTuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:23PM

    Joshua Chiang's article on TOC again highlights the hollow arguments the PAP government has taken on, portraying homelessness as individual irresponsibility instead of a genuine social problem.

    Imran sold his flat for a profit. With the money, he rented a bungalow in Johor Bahru and even bought a car. Two years later, his money was spent, and he was back in Singapore, homeless.

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    Tuesday
    09Mar2010

    Wrong answers from the wrong questions

    DateTuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1:54PM

    Updated on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 9:56PM by Registered CommenterCallan Tham

    The Straits Times, true to its form of operating as a government mouthpiece, publishes this gem of an opinion piece disguised as "Prime News":

    MR I.B. YUSOF, a father of four young children, sold three Housing Board flats in nine years, netting $90,000 in profits.

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    Friday
    05Mar2010

    More conflict of interest at play

    DateFriday, March 5, 2010 at 2:22PM

    AsiaOne published a piece written by Tu Yong and Yu Shi Ming, from the Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore, declaring that housing in Singapore is still affordable.

    HOUSING is a perennial hot topic of discussion, especially in Singapore where it touches almost every segment of society - from the low to middle income in public housing to the middle and higher income aspiring to upgrade to private property.

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    Tuesday
    06Oct2009

    HDB, Town Councils are partisan bodies

    DateTuesday, October 6, 2009 at 10:28AM

    Gerald Giam calls for the Housing Development Board to be an independent statutory board and not be a political tool for the PAP:

    TODAY newspaper reported that the PAP’s losing candidate Sitoh had received an email from HDB informing him of this news. He lost no time in breaking the good news to residents through a news release. Mr Eric Low plans to announce the news today at a grassroots event. In addition, Mr Sitoh said he will be sending out a circular to residents in the selected blocks soon, presumably with his own letterhead proclaiming himself as the “adviser to the Potong Pasir grassroots organisations”.

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    Friday
    02Oct2009

    Mr Mah, is that all you've got?

    DateFriday, October 2, 2009 at 3:31PM

    Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development, has again rubbished talk of HDB flat prices being unaffordable, dismissing the concerns of Singaporeans with dodgy numbers and empty words.

    “We’ll keep the prices such that they are pegged to the income, so this is how we manage affordability. We make sure that the prices do not exceed the 30 per cent benchmark.”

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    Thursday
    01Oct2009

    Rising HDB flat prices due to "unrealistic expectations"?

    DateThursday, October 1, 2009 at 10:16AM

    After the recent barrage of discussion about rising HDB prices, Miss Mabel Tan has decided to write to the government mouthpiece and declare the problem to be one caused by "unrealistic expectations".

    My family is an example of how HDB policies have helped us improve our standard of living and how gradual price increases have helped my family upgrade our housing status.

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