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Prime HDB flats: Accept the lottery effect
Plans to build public housing at the Greater Southern Waterfront has thrown up thorny questions
Published Mon, Sep 20, 2021 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
THE Singapore government does not want housing in prime locations to be restricted only to the affluent. It seeks to avoid having racially and socioeconomically segregated neighbourhoods, which would weaken social cohesion and community bonds.
At the Greater Southern Waterfront, the government plans to build public housing. This laudable initiative has thrown up thorny questions.
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