Source : Sunday Times - 24 Aug 2008
Singapore officials will go to Hong Kong next month to study the territory’s rental flat system.
Senior Minister of State (National Development and Education) Grace Fu will lead the delegation, accompanied by MPs on the Government Parliamentary Committee for National Development.
The visit comes amid a review of the eligibility criteria for HDB rental flats.
The Hong Kong Housing Authority handles 670,000 rental flats for two million people, about one-third of its population.
National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan told reporters yesterday that some who rent flats here own cars, have maids and money to install air conditioning.
Another group is those eyeing a flat, blaming their children for kicking them out. But when contacted, the children will deny it, saying: ‘My mother doesn’t want to stay with me. She wants her own place. She wants more freedom.’
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