tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post70822605880080180..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: The housing predicament - What we do not knowChua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-27814535816356242552011-04-12T10:54:06.015+08:002011-04-12T10:54:06.015+08:00I think you guys are truly wonderful. I was fortun...I think you guys are truly wonderful. I was fortunate enough to stumble across your site and will most certainly use it again in the future. Your replies were frequent and informative. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.yoursingaporepropertyagent.com" rel="nofollow">Property Agent In Singapore</a>dancilhoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13841803841744674045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-91638980805502657352010-10-22T08:45:06.034+08:002010-10-22T08:45:06.034+08:00Some also say that life is just a game. Some enjoy...Some also say that life is just a game. Some enjoy playing it, some don't. Eventually it will come to nought. And if there is afterlife....Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-78413244287220565202010-10-21T18:08:23.981+08:002010-10-21T18:08:23.981+08:00Is it lunatic people make lunatic govt or lunatic ...<i> Is it lunatic people make lunatic govt or lunatic govt makes lunatic people? < </i><br /><br />To get a clearer understanding of how humans -- the social animal -- quickly morphs into humans -- the political animals, you have to study the behaviour of apes.<br /><br />We are primates, aka apes but with big brains, well-developed symbolic language which allows us greater complexity in Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-33348228384728112892010-10-21T15:26:22.910+08:002010-10-21T15:26:22.910+08:00Unfortunately in red dot, the people voted, with t...Unfortunately in red dot, the people voted, with the mentality that help must always come from the Government (the PAP), that is why they fear to change their voting patterns all these years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-36808575203434724202010-10-21T15:25:55.087+08:002010-10-21T15:25:55.087+08:00I am just wondering. Is it lunatic people make lun...I am just wondering. Is it lunatic people make lunatic govt or lunatic govt makes lunatic people?Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-41324283924807169002010-10-21T14:08:21.048+08:002010-10-21T14:08:21.048+08:00No sane man wishes someone else to rule over him/h...No sane man wishes someone else to rule over him/her.<br />Yes, the world should be borderless, colourless and dumb.<br />That should be the ideal.<br />Leave this man-made world if one dislikes it.<br />Somewhere there is heaven.<br />Heard only, hearsay la !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-17704716426706930842010-10-21T11:30:53.119+08:002010-10-21T11:30:53.119+08:00redbean, what you've just illustrated is the c...redbean, what you've just illustrated is the conundrum of the state -- the govt.<br /><br /><i>Everyone</i> needs help -- that is a given...no one except for the most robust can survive let alone prevail "alone". But whether the "help" we all need at some time or another should <b>come from the state</b> (i.e. the people who run the state -- the government) is NOT a given.Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-16548766188524672012010-10-21T10:26:22.243+08:002010-10-21T10:26:22.243+08:00Matilah, your mindset is one for minimal govt inte...Matilah, your mindset is one for minimal govt intervention and the people fend for themselves.<br /><br />Unfortunately, we have a pain in the arse govt that wants to intervene in everything to justify their huge pay packet. They did some good and some atrocious things.<br /><br />You can't blame the people for making demands on a govt that wants to mess around with everything do you?<br /><Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-15678806201143065232010-10-21T10:02:29.153+08:002010-10-21T10:02:29.153+08:00rookielim: of course you are confused -- you give ...rookielim: of course you are confused -- you give too much credence to what comes out of the govt's mouth. <br /><br />How are you supposed to "look after" yourself?<br /><br />The same way everyone else does: you use your noodle to figure it out.<br /><br />The People get the government they deserve. The People also get the government "help" they deserve, when they badgerⓂatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-8810419373760703352010-10-20T16:41:44.274+08:002010-10-20T16:41:44.274+08:00Red bean,
One day we are being told by the govern...Red bean,<br /><br />One day we are being told by the government that HDB is our nest egg. The next day the government tell us that HDB is only strictly meant for owner-occupied purpose. <br /><br />One day we are being told that the rising HDB price is good for us. The next day, sorry... U-turn on the government policy. <br /><br />I am very confused... How are we suppose to take care of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-27664756456479856182010-10-20T15:47:19.398+08:002010-10-20T15:47:19.398+08:00Yes, we heard them shout 'we have plenty of la...Yes, we heard them shout 'we have plenty of land'.<br /><br />But, who is shouting? Who owns almost all the land? When your HDB's 99 year lease is up, it goes back to the Government, to be sold again, at higher and higher prices to be borned by your children and grandchildren. The Government, in fact, already owns you, your children and grandchildren as well. Yes, you! And that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-24949646340494065192010-10-20T15:08:51.083+08:002010-10-20T15:08:51.083+08:00I remember someone shouting that we have plenty of...I remember someone shouting that we have plenty of land. And I believe him. It all depends. You put one person in a football field, he will run around gasping for air. Too much land.<br /><br />You squeeze 300 people in the football field, they will start to stare at one another in the face wherever they turn. Too little land.<br /><br /><br />Trying to squeeze 5m people here, and this would not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-10188975011850356092010-10-20T12:55:02.026+08:002010-10-20T12:55:02.026+08:00I have to agree with Matilah about Property Madnes...I have to agree with Matilah about Property Madness Syndrome in Red Dot.<br /><br />Not only are children exposed to the mania through their parents, but the whole preoccupation of the people of this country is anchored in property acquiring culture, widely promoted by the rulers and frenzy feeding by foreigners. <br /><br />In the process, we have citizens working their guts out right to a ripe Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-88735882574809836312010-10-20T12:43:15.303+08:002010-10-20T12:43:15.303+08:00They knew but pretend not to know.
We knew, but t...They knew but pretend not to know.<br /><br />We knew, but there is nothing we can do.<br /><br />80% + another about 15% would want their properties to go up higher. 95% can sell their Sin properties and move to London, Oz, N Zealand, Toronto, Ottawa, some can become maharajahs in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Some, emperors in Mongolia, Xinjiang and Lijiang. <br /><br />Only 5% are left in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-38003577048780156602010-10-20T11:30:45.578+08:002010-10-20T11:30:45.578+08:00Sorry hor, I was fast asleep all this while.
Now ...Sorry hor, I was fast asleep all this while.<br /><br />Now that I've been a fan and avid reader of your blog, I suddenly realised what you say has a sliver, nay a hell of a lot of truth in it so I've gotten my team to put on their thinking caps and see what we can do to soften the landing when the day of reckoning comes and all our useless, opportunistic foreign trash exit in droves fromWally Buffethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310530661689310446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-42877526977925704772010-10-20T10:13:52.501+08:002010-10-20T10:13:52.501+08:00Tut tut redeban. You shouldn't forget to take ...Tut tut redeban. You shouldn't forget to take your meds -- it'll keep the psychosis in check.<br /><br />The <i>Housing Game</i> will always be a hot, contentious, angry, hostile play. Booming population. Booming economy. Many people making lots of money which means they have to spen it <i>somewhere</i> -- and <b>culturally</b> real estate has been "the game" to play in Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠️https://www.blogger.com/profile/02652498247201967379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-31048091164961285842010-10-20T10:04:46.873+08:002010-10-20T10:04:46.873+08:00"EVERY EVENT IS A NEW LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR..."EVERY EVENT IS A NEW LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US. This rainfall was totally unexpected, I can be very honest about it. If you look at rainfall patterns, we've never seen such a pattern," -Dr Yaacob of the A TeamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com