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Watch out Singaporeans! If National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has his way, HDB officers and contractors will soon be able to enter your...
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Singaporeans have been fooled by the PAP for five decades. We have mistakenly thought a blank cheque given to the PAP was to govern;...
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Once upon a time, when HDB was first started in the 1960s, flats were really sold at close to cost and followed the model...
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S$300,000 in Hong Kong for Flats 3 Times Smaller than a 3-Room HDB Flat. Still Think You Got it Bad?
Would you pay upwards of S$270,000 for a flat that’s 180 square feet big? That’s about 17 square metres, or 3 times smaller than...
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The Chinese media reported recently that an upgrading project at Bras Basah Complex has stalled and the business owners there are frustrated with the...
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The Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) concessionary loan is designed to assist the lower-income group afford a HDB flat. Its interest rate is expected...
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WILFRED LING: I want to tell a story of how a person lost his entire HDB flat due to poor financial planning. No, it...
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AARON CHIA: I noticed that HDB resale buyers are required to pay for stamp duty, not based on purchase price but “on purchase price...
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On 03 Sep 2014, the government announced four enhancements to the HDB Lease Buyback Scheme (LBS) as follows: 1) The scheme will be extended...
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PHILLIP ANG: In 2011, PM Lee Hsien Loong said that Ministers should be paid “properly so that Singapore will have capable and committed leadership...
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FRANCIS CHENG: WHAT elderly flat buyers need is a waiver of the resale levy on their new flats. Currently, if flat owners wish to...
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The HDB has announced that those buying a two- or three-room flat in a non-mature estate can opt to pay half the required down...
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CHUA CHIN LENG: Khaw Boon Wan was gazing at this crystal ball and foresaw that car ownership would no longer be fashionable to the...
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54-year-old Yiap Hang Boon has gotten his patent for a clothes drying rack revoked by the Singapore Court, after he took the HDB to...
