Whoever named HDB flats 组屋 is either very clever or very lucky, because I think it helps to increase the desirability of the flats and lulls many Chinese into a false sense of security.
Many people bought 组屋 (grouped or organised blocks of houses) but actually what they really wanted was a 祖屋 (ancestral home or a house which can be passed down for generations)
Friday, 6 May 2011
Thursday, 5 May 2011
TVB Drama on How Singaporeans Suffer Just to Lease a Flat
From the Hong Kong TVB drama "At The Threshold Of An Era" 创世纪。
These classic lines were by the character in the show called Xu Wenbiao 许文彪，who I believe is not related to Khaw Boon Wan 许文远.
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我不是没有尝试过，我尝试安分守己，拼命干活, 挣那么一点点钱！
我试过！但是外面那些人，外面那些人！
他们懂建筑懂盖楼吗？他们只是拿一点点钱出来，花一 点点时间，把房价炒高不断的赚大钱！这叫做公平吗？
你去问问他们！随便问一个人！
问问他们需要些什么！
他们的答案很简单，只想要一间很普通很普通的房子！
为什么他们要用一辈子的时间去供一间房子呢？
因为是那些有钱人在耍他们！
越有钱的就越玩的起！
这个世界公平吗？这个世界公平吗？
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我们为什么要用一辈子做牛做马来"买"（租)一间不能传给后代但却必须还给政府的房子,而害我们陷入如此困境的那些人的薪水竟然可以让他们一个月买一间组屋?
It's not as if I didn't try. I've tried to be contented and I worked like a dog, only to earn peanuts!
I've tried! But those people outside, those people outside!
Do they know anything about architecture and constructing buildings? They only had to spend a little bit of money and time to push the property prices sky high and keep on earning big bucks!
You go and ask them! Just ask anyone out there!
Ask them what they need!
Their answer is very simple. They only need a very very ordinary house.
Why do they have to slog a whole lifetime to pay for a house!
Because those rich people are toying with them!
The richer they are, the more they can afford to play!
Is this world fair? Is this world fair?
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Why do we have to slog a whole damned lifetime to "buy"(lease/rent) a house which has to be returned to the government and cannot be passed on to the next or next-next generation while those people who condemned us to ths fate can buy a new flat every month with their salaries?
Note: I used LEASE / RENT instead of BUY because our HDB flats are leasehold and most have leases which will expire before we or our children expire, which means we will have to return to the government or re-buy or pay another round of rent to continue staying there. The worst thing about this types of rental is that we have to pay upfront or borrow money and incur interest to rent.
Which is Bigger - SDP's $60 Billion or PAP's $60 Billion?
In his proposal "Creating Jobs and Enterprise in a New Singapore Economy - Ideas for Change" Mr Tan Jee Say wrote
How Long Does It Take To Accumulate $60 Billion?
How come $60 billion for economic regeneration is tantamount to raiding and is astronomical but $60 billion just to double the MRT network alone is reasonable and understandable?
The above 6 Regeneration Funds will cost a total of $60 billion to be spread out over 5 years.
http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/04/tan-jee-says-paper-on-new-economy-reproduced-here-in-full/
and in an interview on tv, Mr Tan says that $60 billion is small change to our government which has a few hundred billion in its reserves.
Some members of the PAP reacted strongly.
Small Change
and in an interview on tv, Mr Tan says that $60 billion is small change to our government which has a few hundred billion in its reserves.
Some members of the PAP reacted strongly.
Small Change
“To them, 60 billion dollars is small change,” said the DPM before rhetorically asking the audience, “Do you know how many zeros there are in 60 billion? That to the government, is not small change.”
"Tell us how you overspend the YOG budget by over S$300 million? That to us is not small change. We are waiting for your accounts."
http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC110429-0000353/PAP-minister-on-SDP-manifesto-,,,
The statements betray what the speakers value. Is $300 million overspent on things that no Singaporean commoner benefited from bigger than $60 billion reinvested into Singapore to help Singapore grow.
The statements betray what the speakers value. Is $300 million overspent on things that no Singaporean commoner benefited from bigger than $60 billion reinvested into Singapore to help Singapore grow.
How Long Does It Take To Accumulate $60 Billion?
Tan also took issue with a remark by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, that it takes at least a decade to accumulate S$60 billion.
The former civil service high-flier, who spent six years in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) , claims that from 2006 to 2008, the general government finance had recorded a surplus of S$75 billion.
"That is $15 billion more than my proposed S$60 billion fund and that took place in three years, not ten years as you thought wrongly," said Tan.
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC110429-0000353/PAP-minister-on-SDP-manifesto-,,,
I don't know, maybe accumulating $60 billion for economic regeneration is different from accumulating $60 billion for other purposes?
I don't know, maybe accumulating $60 billion for economic regeneration is different from accumulating $60 billion for other purposes?
I like to eat potato chips. If you take more than just one or two chips from my packet, I will be very upset because I will not have enough for myself to eat.
If I finish eating it myself, I will buy another packet.
$60 Billion vs $60 Billion - Which is Bigger?
After all the hooha about Mr Tan's $60 Billion, page 8 of PAP's manifesto jumped out at me when I was reading it.
If I finish eating it myself, I will buy another packet.
$60 Billion vs $60 Billion - Which is Bigger?
After all the hooha about Mr Tan's $60 Billion, page 8 of PAP's manifesto jumped out at me when I was reading it.
Invest $60 billion to double our MRT network, so as
to shorten commuting times and reduce crowding while
keeping fares affordable
How come $60 billion for economic regeneration is tantamount to raiding and is astronomical but $60 billion just to double the MRT network alone is reasonable and understandable?
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