My letter to MediaCorp’s TODAY Newspaper appears today,
Tuesday 11th April 2017.
I refer to
the report “HDB leases: Buyers’ short-term focus may lead to future woes”
(March 28).
Since there
are residents who feel that the Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme is a way
to make money, the National Development Minister is right to set the record
straight on this scheme, lest speculation continues.
I also agree
with the letter “Odds stacked against getting windfall from Sers” (April 5).
A home,
whether it is public housing or private property, must be a sanctuary for any
family — a place of peace and rest after a day’s work or studying at school. A
family should be happy to call it home.
With the
Home Improvement Programme, which is heavily subsidised and includes several
elderly-friendly features, flat owners, the elderly in particular, can be
assured of a safer environment.
Some who
have benefited from the programme, however, are seizing the opportunity to sell
their flat in the hope of making a profit.
It does not
help when property agents are stuffing flyers through gates and into the
letterboxes of renovated homes in an attempt to lure owners to sell their
flats.
House-hopping
for monetary gain should be discouraged. Public housing, in particular, with
all the government grants, must not be a money-making business, or else we
would indirectly be creating a culture in which money becomes the be-all and
end-all.
I cannot
understand why people think nothing of packing and unpacking each time they
move house. Moreover, the noise generated after new owners buy a flat can
inconvenience the neighbours in the block and the opposite block.
This is
happening in my neighbourhood practically every month.
RAYMOND ANGHONY FERNANDO
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