Govt 'can't be hands off about the property cycle'
National Development Minister Lawrence Wong, speaking at Redas dinner, tells why the government had to impose the measures to cool the property market in July
Singapore
THE government cannot take a hands-off approach to the property cycle and allow bubbles to develop, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong as he went into the rationale behind July's cooling measures.
Speaking at the anniversary dinner of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas) on Thursday, he said that had the authorities not intervened, private home prices this year were very likely to have gone up by more than 10 per cent, or even by 15 per cent.
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