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Archive for the ‘Opinions’ Category

Liberalise CPF to buy HDB flats

The liberalisation of CPF to enable elderly people to buy older flats that was recently announced in Parliament by Lawrence Wong. In my opinion, this is a most irresponsible and despicable policy. It is suicidal to say the least. To begin with, old people do not have many more economically productive years left in them. When...

The story of Mr. Lim Kee Khoon

My wife and I were shocked when we heard of Mr Lim Kee Khoon’s story from a friend. I just spent the morning with him at Henderson Hawker Centre, where he has been sleeping rough for over 2 months, to get his story first hand and sharing a tasty pork rib soup, which he very much appreciated, and I am now sharing his story...

When a Cabinet Minister has to play with words, you know that ‘HDB flat owners’ are in trouble.

I refer to Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat’s claims that lease decaying does not mean that HDB flats will have zero value even when the owner is 85 years of age. When a Senior Cabinet Minister has to play with words to reassure unthinking Singaporeans, you know that "HDB flat owners" are in trouble. With lease decay speeding...

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