Reflecting on “Reflections” – A review of Mah Bow Tan’s book (Part 7 of 9)
In Part Six (“Housing for the Lower Income”), the Minister for National Development wrote: “Take the case of Mdm P. She was only 35 when…
Reflecting on “Reflections” – A review of Mah Bow Tan’s book (Part 6 of 9)
In Part Six (“Are HDB flats affordable?”), the Minister for National Development wrote: “Another widely-accepted measure is the debt-service-ratio (DSR), which looks at the proportion…
Reflecting on “Reflections” – A review of Mah Bow Tan’s book (Part 5 of 9)
In Part Five (“Pricing Flats According to their Value”), the Minister for National Development wrote: “Today, we have built a unique public housing system that…
Reflecting on “Reflections” – A review of Mah Bow Tan’s book (Part 4 of 9)
In Part Four (“Buying a flat? Choose wisely”), the Minister for National Development wrote: “Average household incomes have also increased almost four times over the…
Reflecting on “Reflections” – A review of Mah Bow Tan’s book (Part 3 of 9)
In Part Three (“Housing Supply: Allocating Scarce Resources”), the Minister for National Development wrote: “HDB had to come up with all sorts of ways to…
Reflecting on “Reflections” – A review of Mah Bow Tan’s book (Part 2 of 9)
In Part Two (Housing Supply: Maintaining a Fine Balance), the Minister for National Development writes: “ In response to the sharp recovery, HDB rapidly increased the…
Security guards’ stats – something for Desmond Choo to ponder over
I refer to the article “’I understand how the poor feel‘” (Today, Mar 22). It states that: “his (MP-hopeful Desmond Choo) father is working as…
Reflecting on “Reflections” – A review of Mah Bow Tan’s book (Part 1 of 9)
This is a review from a statistical perspective, wherever possible, of the book “Reflections on housing a nation”, launched on 22 March. (You can read…
NTUC- a union to help community or workers?
I refer to the report “Labour movement shows it cares for community“ (Channel News Asia, Mar 19). It states that: “The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)…
All quiet on the labour front?
I refer to the report “More than 115,000 jobs created last year“ (Channel News Asia, Mar 15). It states that there were “a total of 115,900…