
New BTO flats – shrinking flats, rising prices
HDB flats The Housing Board is building more flats to meet the housing demand in Singapore, but the units are becoming smaller and smaller ("HDB to bump up supply of smaller flats next year"; Tuesday). Not only that, these flats come with higher price per square foot. For example, new five-room flats are now the size of older...

Is annual leave a privilege?
Dear Sir/madam, I got this piece of information from my friend working in one of the centre of innovation in a polytechnic. He applied for 3 days of annual leave two weeks in advance but received no reply from the approving officer till the last day before the actual date. Despite several reminders, no reply was heard. He had...

Consider those inconvenienced by riot
I refer to Mr Jolovan Wham’s letter, “Costs of protracted judicial process not reason for denying access to justice” (Dec 19). While his position in and commitment to Workfair Singapore mandated his stance, would he also make a personal stand for Singaporeans who were traumatised or inconvenienced by the riot? Would he...
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