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Bishan maisonette sold for record $980K, bought by new citizen and her PRC father

A Housing and Development Board (HDB) executive maisonette in Bishan has been sold at a whopping price of S$980,000 or S$550 psf, a new record for the costliest HDB resale flat. Sold by a Singaporean woman, the unit was bought by a Singaporean and her China national father, reported The Straits Times. The sale price of S$980,000...

60 yr old Ah Mah: Govt is talking rubbish if they think Gen Ys can start families with present incomes

This lady speaks the truth. $6K a month to support 2 sets of grandparents, plus two kids — it is a hard struggle. I believe her when she says they have hardly any savings. I am 60 year old grandmother and I have raised a family of three when things were a lot cheaper. We lived modestly.We did not have to support our parents,...

Where have our reserves gone?

“Let me tell you the truth, as spending increases significantly sooner or later taxes must go up too.” Thus spake the PM in his National Day Rally Speech. Apart from that so-called truism, the NDR speech was totally without interest being the usual PAP message of austerity for Singaporeans ( what the PM calls being tough...