tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post113689402134988871..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: hdb pushing out 400 units unsold flats to property agentsChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139727455875743332006-02-12T14:57:00.000+08:002006-02-12T14:57:00.000+08:00Cash rich...? No. NKF is the most cash rich. You b...Cash rich...? No. NKF is the most cash rich. You build houses, you need buy materials outside Singapore. NKF's operating cost mostly to where? GLC such as media corp lah, the fundraisers who end up could be grassroots people, and they still have subsidies from government just in case. Most critically so, is as long as they are fools, they will have the income. This is much like operating Toto. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1139727192372914682006-02-12T14:53:00.000+08:002006-02-12T14:53:00.000+08:00You see...事不关己高高挂起...Cos those brilliant where got...You see...事不关己高高挂起...<BR/><BR/>Cos those brilliant where got bother about HDB? All they want would be figures... and then condos, bungalows and so on. You mean HDB build terrace for <I>poor</I> people to <B>squeeze</B> in?<BR/><BR/>No wonder the PAP leadership is irreplaceable... cos the opposition is even worse.<BR/><BR/>Why cannot afford? People as myself <B>are enjoying</B> GDP per capita Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1137634704900321362006-01-19T09:38:00.000+08:002006-01-19T09:38:00.000+08:00elfred,there are two issues here. the first was in...elfred,<BR/><BR/>there are two issues here. the first was insufficient housing after gaining independence. singaporeans were all squeezing into small cubicles, 10 or 12 people into one room. ok, the rich still had their bungalows.<BR/><BR/>the massive housing programme took care of this. and hdb flats were cheap then. $7,500 for a 3 room flats! <BR/><BR/>then the brilliant minds got brilliant Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1137582079817151232006-01-18T19:01:00.000+08:002006-01-18T19:01:00.000+08:00Hahahaha... Why had the price structured changed w...Hahahaha... Why had the price structured changed when the poor people's income structure over thousands of years haven't? Hahahaa...<BR/><BR/>Isn't this a public effort? What is 居者有其屋if only those who can pay can have homes... rich and affordable needs no such grand policy and they'd still get homes.<BR/><BR/>So how now? Problem solved? Where in the f... would I sleep if I left home to live on myAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1137458963668317222006-01-17T08:49:00.000+08:002006-01-17T08:49:00.000+08:00sure elfred, when everyone who needs a roof over h...sure elfred, <BR/><BR/>when everyone who needs a roof over his head will get one, and at a reasonable price. but later the price structure was changed.<BR/><BR/>i think it is a case of people seeing so much money in the cpf and think it is easy money to be had. and the cpf fortress was broken and the rest is history.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1137414669164774712006-01-16T20:31:00.000+08:002006-01-16T20:31:00.000+08:00Are you sure the housing problem was solved?Or you...Are you sure the housing problem <I>was</I> solved?<BR/><BR/>Or you mean the department's problem was solved? Or you mean intended-to-buy-homes-Singaporeans' problem was solved...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1137405101274085002006-01-16T17:51:00.000+08:002006-01-16T17:51:00.000+08:00the housing problem was solved several years back....the housing problem was solved several years back. but it will return as a housing problem in years to come. but what had happened to the housing policies over the last decade could shorten the honeymoon phase and people may be so burden by the housing problem that it will become a public issue sooner than later.<BR/><BR/>things come full circle.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1137402368050313682006-01-16T17:06:00.000+08:002006-01-16T17:06:00.000+08:00居者有其屋,到处都有屋就是居者买不起。。。处处有其屋,处处有居者。。。无其屋。国家如此良策,果真治国...居者有其屋,到处都有屋就是居者买不起。。。处处有其屋,处处有居者。。。无其屋。<BR/><BR/>国家如此良策,果真治国有方,万民之幸哉!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1137209467007491172006-01-14T11:31:00.000+08:002006-01-14T11:31:00.000+08:00in several ways i agree. but one point, in the hdb...in several ways i agree. but one point, in the hdb case, the hdb thinks it can determine the price and not the market. but again, yes, the market is more powerful than hdb. finally the market stands up to show who is the boss.<BR/><BR/>hdb is a powerful tool for many years to help pap. it will be the tool that will destroy pap one day. give it another 20 years when most of the hdb resale prices Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1137169963181372292006-01-14T00:32:00.000+08:002006-01-14T00:32:00.000+08:00This is the smartest thing the govt has done: to s...This is the smartest thing the govt has done: to surrender to market forces and not "protect" the HDB.<BR/><BR/>The fact that these properties is coming down in price is a good sign. Over-supply means lower prices, and "better" value to the buyer.<BR/><BR/>HDB's are already "sunken money". The tax-funded subsidies used to build these units is already "spilt milk" and no one can wind back time. Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1136938994934302432006-01-11T08:23:00.000+08:002006-01-11T08:23:00.000+08:00it may not be that easy. they have created so many...it may not be that easy. they have created so many rules and now the rules are going to tie them as tightly as they tied the hdb dwellers.<BR/><BR/>and if i can remember correctly, hdb had asked and given a grant or subsidy in the tune of a few hundred millions to tie them over these difficulties. hdb is no longer cash rich. the hdb centre cost quite a bomb too. and with the golden handshakes Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1136900362147916832006-01-10T21:39:00.000+08:002006-01-10T21:39:00.000+08:00Just returned from a drive to Jurong Point. Along ...Just returned from a drive to Jurong Point. Along the way I could see many HDB apartments are still empty. There are not new build but have been there for quite some time.<BR/><BR/>However, I understand the HDB as a very cash rich organisation. Therefore half a billion SGD should be considered a small inconvenience. To dispose of these quickly I have been informed that they are now allowing Speedwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827682557075362199noreply@blogger.com