Sizes of HDB Flats
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actually... 50sqm isn't that small.... half the size of a 4rooms flat. or 538sq feet. (nice for a couple or alone)...
Heard the govt is planning even smaller units.....
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HK smallest how many sq feet? HDB would be working towards that.
They are modelling after the HK small apartments. Even the population level targets are geared with an eye to HK.
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But would you actually pay $800k for a shoebox unit at 388 sq feet?
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Sounds like a rigged game. That is why there are class conflicts.
How the rich rig the American economic system
The 80-year old billionaire said: “There’s class warfare, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”The PAP will always use the price of HDBs to control the middle and working class Singaporeans.The system is rigged. -
Originally posted by Dalforce 25:
HK smallest how many sq feet? HDB would be working towards that.
They are modelling after the HK small apartments. Even the population level targets are geared with an eye to HK.
The Unit (Hong Kong) posted by Charlize....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4yJGTPUR_0
is only 344 square feet.... approximately 31.95 sq meters.
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Originally posted by Lumens:
But would you actually pay $800k for a shoebox unit at 388 sq feet?
my 4rms HDB in Bishan is approximately 114sq m.... valued at $500k.
to pay $800k ($300k more) to devalue my area size by 3 times....
It won't happen in my life time..... -
The political economy of social control in Singapore
Singapore's rapid economic growth has attracted much admiration. But can this success be sufficiently explained by canny exploitation of a niche in the global free market?
This book shows that there is a complex relationship between economic strategy, social control and political conflict in Singapore. It does this by looking at the regulatory functions of major state institutions.
Public housing increases state control and forces people into wage labour even while supplying a high standard of accommodation.
Singaporeans are sorted, stratified and fragmented by the education system.
Racism and patriarchal relations, seen in language, population planning and eugenics policies, are integral to education.
Elections and parliament in Singapore are mechanisms for forcing submission, converting submission into consent and confining politics to parliamentary politics.
The legal system functions to criminalise politics and politicise crime.
The findings of all the chapters are drawn together to show how the system of social control has developed in phases in response to the changing nature of political resistance.
- Contents
- Foreword /​ Peter Carey
- 1. Historical Origins
- 2. Singapore's Political Economy
- 3. Public Housing: The Working-class Barracks
- 4. Educating for Submission
- 5. The New Education System
- 6. Parliament, Elections and Parties
- 7. The Law, Coercion and Terror.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7128046?selectedversion=NBD21388974
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Now you know why there are people like Lenin.
Why there are communists. Why there are revolutions.
http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/getTitle.aspx?SBNum=044822
http://s-pores.com/2007/04/subaltern/
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Originally posted by Lumens:
But would you actually pay $800k for a shoebox unit at 388 sq feet?
As long as your quality of living improves ...
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Originally posted by Just_do_it_lah:
actually... 50sqm isn't that small.... half the size of a 4rooms flat. or 538sq feet. (nice for a couple or alone)...
Heard the govt is planning even smaller units.....
O rly?
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Originally posted by Dalforce 25:
The political economy of social control in Singapore
Singapore's rapid economic growth has attracted much admiration. But can this success be sufficiently explained by canny exploitation of a niche in the global free market?
This book shows that there is a complex relationship between economic strategy, social control and political conflict in Singapore. It does this by looking at the regulatory functions of major state institutions.
Public housing increases state control and forces people into wage labour even while supplying a high standard of accommodation.
Singaporeans are sorted, stratified and fragmented by the education system.
Racism and patriarchal relations, seen in language, population planning and eugenics policies, are integral to education.
Elections and parliament in Singapore are mechanisms for forcing submission, converting submission into consent and confining politics to parliamentary politics.
The legal system functions to criminalise politics and politicise crime.
The findings of all the chapters are drawn together to show how the system of social control has developed in phases in response to the changing nature of political resistance.
- Contents
- Foreword /​ Peter Carey
- 1. Historical Origins
- 2. Singapore's Political Economy
- 3. Public Housing: The Working-class Barracks
- 4. Educating for Submission
- 5. The New Education System
- 6. Parliament, Elections and Parties
- 7. The Law, Coercion and Terror.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7128046?selectedversion=NBD21388974
I've read this book cover to cover. Highly recommended!
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Maybe in the near future HDB will come up with smaller units eg. less than 500 sqft 3 rms flats....they already launched studios for the elderly at smaller than that sqft....
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Originally posted by Demon Bane:
Maybe in the near future HDB will come up with smaller units eg. less than 500 sqft 3 rms flats....they already launched studios for the elderly at smaller than that sqft....
I would love to buy a flat of that size .....if it is priced according to its size
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Originally posted by av98m:
I would love to buy a flat of that size .....if it is priced according to its size
It won't be cheap....especially if its not a 99y leasehold flat....maybe in the future, the flats shall be 50y only....and for S$300K @ less than 500 sqft units...
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The smaller the flat size the more expensive it becomes.
Times are bad.
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Originally posted by charlize:
The smaller the flat size the more expensive it becomes.
Times are bad.
Very bad. -
Originally posted by charlize:
The smaller the flat size the more expensive it becomes.
Times are bad.
Agreed....we must plan for our children and grand children....becos by the time they grow up...the HDB flats would have reach insanely high levels....I predict @ S$500K for a 3 bdrm BTO .... in the coming 20y ~ 50y...
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Originally posted by Demon Bane:
Agreed....we must plan for our children and grand children....becos by the time they grow up...the HDB flats would have reach insanely high levels....I predict @ S$500K for a 3 bdrm BTO .... in the coming 20y ~ 50y...
my parents planned for me, I plan for my children, I expect my children to plan for their children. What happen in the coming 10 yrs, hope my children all study well, coming 20 yrs hope my children could find proper jobs and raise family, coming 30 yrs, hope I don't depend on my children too much for medical, coming 40 years, if I am still around, hope I can still walk...coming 50yrs....even hope has its limit. hahahahahaha, I hope I can still laugh...
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I hope you will be smarter.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
I hope you will be smarter.
smarter to do what ?
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Originally posted by sgdiehard:
my parents planned for me, I plan for my children, I expect my children to plan for their children. What happen in the coming 10 yrs, hope my children all study well, coming 20 yrs hope my children could find proper jobs and raise family, coming 30 yrs, hope I don't depend on my children too much for medical, coming 40 years, if I am still around, hope I can still walk...coming 50yrs....even hope has its limit. hahahahahaha, I hope I can still laugh...
Hahaha! Hopefully all will be well....
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Originally posted by Demon Bane:
Hahaha! Hopefully all will be well....
You hope, i hope, we hope.
Who will ensure?
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Originally posted by charlize:
You hope, i hope, we hope.
Who will ensure?
PAP will ensure.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
PAP will ensure.
that is, your hope is in PAP.
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Originally posted by Lumens:
But would you actually pay $800k for a shoebox unit at 388 sq feet?
Why not?
It could go up to 1.6 million in the future.