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Op-Ed Contributor
2 January 2023
(57) Comments
“Asset enhancement” of public housing is a sick joke on the people
by Foong Swee Fong To keep Build-To-Order (BTO) flats offered by the Housing Development Board (HDB) “affordable”, the government takes…
Housing
Correspondent
15 December 2022
(16) Comments
Sim Ann says BTO flats affordable but they are “seriously unaffordable” by international standard
SINGAPORE — Senior Minister of State for National Development Sim Ann posted on her Facebook page on Sunday (11 Dec)…
Opinion
Op-Ed Contributor
14 December 2022
(20) Comments
Market price for land to build public housing but is it fair for citizens?
by Foong Swee Fong Mdm Ho Ching is right in saying that “Singapore is a small island” and that “land…
Housing
user
13 December 2022
(43) Comments
Ho Ching asks Singaporeans paying for HDB flats that cost hundred of thousands to think as paying for rental fees upfront
SINGAPORE — Mdm Ho Ching has suggested that Singaporeans paying for their 99-year leased HDB flats that are priced at…
Politics
The Online Citizen
8 November 2022
(0) Comment
Pritam Singh asks if HDB will provide breakdown of development costs for its flats, Indranee says it is not meaningful
SINGAPORE — “It won’t be helpful or meaningful to” provide the breakdown of the development cost for flats built by…
Opinion
Op-Ed Contributor
5 November 2022
(1) Comment
Contrary to Straits Times’ opinion piece, Price-to-Income Ratio puts HDB flats in category of unaffordable
by Foong Swee Fong Ms Chua Mui Hoong, Associate Editor of the Straits Times, insists in her opinion piece on 4 November that…
Politics
The Online Citizen
4 November 2022
(1) Comment
Pritam Singh asks if HDB will provide clear breakdown of development costs of new flats and “generous subsidies” in light of POFMA CDs issued
The Singapore Parliament will be sitting next Monday (7 Nov) at 12 pm and Members of Parliament have filed their…
Editorial
The Online Citizen
15 October 2022
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No net increase in Singapore’s Past Reserves, even if land sold at market value, was bought at 30 cents per square ft in 1979?
SINGAPORE — Former GIC Chief-economist Yeoh Lam Keong and The Online Citizen Asia (TOC) were served with POFMA Correction Directions notice on…
Opinion
The Online Citizen
8 October 2022
(0) Comment
Foreign purchases in private property market will still push HDB resale prices up
by Foong Swee Fong When foreigners snap up property here, prices are bound to go up, given the scarcity of land.…
Editorial
Terry Xu
30 September 2022
(0) Comment
Temporary piecemeal measures cannot control the escalating prices of public housing in Singapore
Just yesterday (29 Sep), the Singapore government announced measures introduced to promote sustainable conditions in the property market by ensuring prudent borrowing…
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