Mr Mah, is that all you've got?

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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Dr Thio Li-ann not teaching at NYU after all

I was alerted to this news when our (sadly) former NMP Siew Kum Hong sent this tweet, which was picked up quickly by friends on Twitter. This article from Above The Law broke the news, and also has the official NYU statement on the decision, made by Dr Thio and not the NYU administration. The New York Times has also picked up the news here.

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