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In the recent Budget debate in parliament, some points were raised by MPs with regards to those who face financial difficulties due to various reasons, how would HDB helps them through this difficult time. On the aspect of "poor“ who cannot pay their mortgage, the Minister of State of Ministry of National Development said... 

Singaporeans, by and large, are a meek, kiasi, kiasu, don't want to lose face and a lacking of street wisdom lot and if it were not for the MOS for Sustainability and the Environment, Desmond Tan's parliamentary disclosure that >150,000 or 10% of our households are in arrears of their water bills and >12,000 of them owing... 

I am writing to counter Mr Tan Kin Lian’s suggestion in his opinion piece - “Buy or rent a house?” on TR Emeritus. We have to tackle the root cause of the problem and not simply tell Singaporeans to bite the bullet and go for an alternative. So instead of suggesting that Singaporeans should rent a place to live in, Mr...