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Those statements made by Puthucheary simply proved he was disconnected, naïve and childish – either that or he was just lying! [Go to 1:30:] "I think there is a little bit of disconnect between a very vocal small groups online and what I see on the ground... two examples you gave - housing and foreigners... you know, the... 

We have one of the most liberal property ownership policies for foreigners despite our very limited land resources. Examining the supply chain from the top, the government releases land as and when it chooses to based on a reserve price it sets for itself. Developers are then invited to tender for the land and it gets sold to... 

So, here’s the thing. The Senior Minister of State for Education, Lawrence Wong, is speaking the same language Dr Vivian Balakrishnan did 10 years ago. Mr Wong is even using the exact same terms Dr Balakrishnan, who chaired the Remaking Singapore committee in 2002, did. “There will be no sacred cows…there will have...