HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

[Mockngbrd]

HDB hasn't shrunk flat sizes, says Khaw

National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan on Wednesday addressed two questions many had been asking regarding the size and price of Housing Board flats.

No, he said, HDB flat sizes have not shrunk in recent years.

And no, prices will not shoot up in the same way they did in the past.

He gave these assurances at a feedback forum, after participants took the chance to quiz the minister in charge of housing.

 

[wt_know]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

walao ... i'm really surprised

if you compare last 5 years newly built HDB 4A/5A vs last 15 years 4A/5A ... the truth can be revealed easily

 

[davidtch]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

He must be joking.

My block build in 1999. Size 120 sqm to 130 sqm.

Block 3 in Upper Boon Keng Rd build in 2006. Size 110 sqm.

 

[MW]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

15 years ago, a bowl of fishball noodles was $1.50

Now its $3.50

 

[kenntona]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

Who you kidding?

Some smart alec also use SQUARE FEET PER OCCUPANT to say that actually we have more space.......

TIU

 

[totoseow]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

15 yrs ago hitmee was 1.6. he is still 1.6. hv not shrunk.

 

[kelvin]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

I think now one bigger cos use cm than meter knn

 

[sszone]

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讲骗话不眨眼...man they are good at self-delusion

 

[kenntona]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

COE prices same same as 15 years ago, do you believe?

 

[zorro]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

"No, he said, HDB flat sizes have not shrunk in recent years." His recent years is refering to last 2 years....

 

[marklee]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

Don't know what statistics he looking at.

All I know is his daughters are chio bus

 

[Mockngbrd]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

"No, he said, HDB flat sizes have not shrunk in recent years." His recent years is refering to last 2 years....

Yesterday's article:

HDB flat sizes not shrinking: Khaw Boon Wan

SINGAPORE - National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan said on Wednesday night that HDB flats have been the same size for the past 15 years, and are not shrinking, contrary to popular belief.

Mr Khaw was responding to a National University of Singapore (NUS) student's question on HDB flat sizes at the annual REACH Contributors' Forum.

He added that they will not be reduced to the size of Hong Kong flats, which are far smaller, reported The Straits Times.


He told the audience that he would "consider that a deterioration of our quality of life and we should avoid that".

But homes by private developers are another matter, he noted, citing the increase in "shoebox" units on the market.

He said the Government may have to step in if the proportion of such units becomes too high.

Mr Khaw also assured Singaporeans the the high property prices now is a "temporary imbalance" of demand and supply.

"In the past five years, the population was growing rapidly that infrastructure could not keep up so because of the temporary imbalance, prices shot up. HDB has been aggressively pumping units into the market and although Singapore is not in the steady stage yet... there is some stabilisation," he said.

"We are seeking their understanding and patience... we are getting there. We will continue to work hard at it. In the next five-year term, I'm committed to build at least 100,000 HDB flats if necessary," he said.

National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has assured Singaporeans that HDB flats are not shrinking, contrary to popular belief.

In fact, sizes of HDB flats have been the same for the past 15 years.

He was speaking at the annual REACH Contributors' Forum on Wednesday night, when a student from the National University of Singapore raised concerns about shrinking flat sizes.

Mr Khaw said Singapore will not go the way of Hong Kong, where flats are far smaller.

'I would consider that a deterioration of our quality of life and we should avoid that,' he told the audience.

But he said that homes built by private developers are getting smaller, citing the increase of 'shoebox' units on the market.

The Government is keeping an eye on this trend, and if the proportion of such units becomes too high in the market, 'we may have to step in,' he said.

Mr Khaw also acknowledged that Singaporeans were concerned about expensive property prices but assured them that this was a 'temporary imbalance' of demand and supply.

'In the past five years, the population was growing rapidly that infrastructure could not keep up so because of the temporary imbalance, prices shot up. HDB has been aggressively pumping units into the market and although Singapore is not in the steady stage yet... there is some stabilisation,' he said.

'We are seeking their understanding and patience... we are getting there. We will continue to work hard at it. In the next five-year term, I'm committed to build at least 100,000 HDB flats if necessary,' he said.

He was fielding questions, along with Acting Minister Chan Chun Sing, at the REACH dialogue held at Scape that attracted about 200 participants that raised issues ranging from social equality, ethnic enclaves and building communities

Today one never put "15 years"... kelong

 

[pengful]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

I am surprised at the level of blatant ignorance to real life and common sense.

My 5-room HDB bought in 1995 was 131 sqm, most 5-room HDB are now

 

[Oilman]

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From Facebook

Jessica Cheam of Straits Times has clarified on the discrepancy between the 2 news reports:

"So, more accurately - The size of a four-room flat, for example, has been 90 sq m since the mid-90s. It was 100 sq m prior to that, and 105 sq m in the 1980s, according to HDB figures.
The table given to us by HDB in the Nov report used a more generic timeframe (1980s, 1990s, 2000s) to show the sizes over the decades.
So yes, HDB flat sizes have shrunk in the past 3 decades - but it has not shrunk over the past 15 years."

 

[Centurion9990]

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Mr Khaw, pls do not be like another Mr Marbodok

 

[kenntona]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

Our politicians love the use of semantics.

 

[newbie88]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

I am sure someone will come up with some statistics to confirm what he has represented..... maybe one unit built in one block in one estate has larger size than the remaining units built by HDB.....

插边球

 

[wt_know]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

this is a simple sentence but i cannot understand
whose england is good can someone enlighten me
is it 30 years vs 15 years vs today?



So yes, HDB flat sizes have shrunk in the past 3 decades - but it has not shrunk over the past 15 years."

 

[XXX]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

this is a simple sentence but i cannot understand
whose england is good can someone enlighten me
is it 30 years vs 15 years vs today?



So yes, HDB flat sizes have shrunk in the past 3 decades - but it has not shrunk over the past 15 years."

Singapore is 47 this year, 3 decades is 30 years, so I think he is trying to say the first 32 years flats shrunk, the last 15 years did not.

 

[Dinosaur hunter]

Re: HDB flat sizes same same as 15years ago... Do you believe?

Singapore Boleh!