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.

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