Singapore Singles (=>35yo)

thinker SG

Why is it Singapore true-born single citizens (=>35yo) not allowed to buy direct from HDB, and only from resale?

Isn't HDB rules outdated? Every Singapore true-born Citizen should be entitled to same benefits at some stage of their life, agree?

Is this so called 'based on justice and equality', and not discrimination?

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We, the citizens of Singapore,
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to build a democratic society
based on justice and equality
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thinker SG

As citizen of Singapore, why is it singles still have to worry about whether they can afford a basic HDB to stay in (with the inflated re-sale HDB prices)?

skythewood SG

equality means you have equal responsibility to get married and have children.

cApitaland SG

i was thinking abt this and wondering if there are people who get married strictly for business purposes only. to buy and rent out the apartment..

333225520 SG

Not fair! not fair! Then what the difference between Singaporean and PR? Both can't buy new HDB flat and can only buy resale.

Only married Singaporean has privilege to buy new one.

Evangel SG

we easy mah, go register with someone only, its only a name

333225520 SG

For a single Singaporean, even new HDB flat is quite expensive. How to afford resales one?

skythewood SG

sure... if they know what the price will be like in 5 years, minimum period before selling it, and if they have some other place to stay, and they have no plans to get married soon.

333225520 SG

we easy mah, go register with someone only, its only a name

So you pay and she divorce you and get half the property?

Evangel SG

So you pay and she divorce you and get half the property?

there are smarter ways bro, you buy the flat, put the name under your parents or yourself.

on 2nd thoughts, use your parent's name to buy lah.

thinker SG

"equality means you have equal responsibility to get married and have children"

Getting married and having children are individual & couple choices and it also depends on many other complex factors (biological, social, psychology, economic, happiness etc). It cannot be stated as 'RESPONSIBILITY'. We are humans and not MACHINES. From the begin of this world, who stated that it is Human's Responsibility to married & pro-create?

Where equality is concerned, citizens should be given equal benefits at certain stage of their life (by choice or not of them on whether they wanted to get married or have children), agree?

Lancerlot SG

there are smarter ways bro, you buy the flat, put the name under your parents or yourself.

on 2nd thoughts, use your parent's name to buy lah.

parent's name would be already used on their own flat,hence its impossible to get ur own place away from ur parents...

thinker SG

there are smarter ways bro, you buy the flat, put the name under your parents or yourself.

on 2nd thoughts, use your parent's name to buy lah.

I know your way, but there are certain circumstances whereby it will affect the HDB Loan, and most parents have flat of their own....

Back to the topic, why must make it such that loyal single citizens must think of ways to overcome the existing inadequacy that review is long overdue?

youyayu SG

TS, new flat good meh? so small..

Chunseah SG

Wa lau, I married also have to queue for flats, you are not the only one that want to buy flat lah, somemore you still single.

If government want to increase population, are they going to resolved this issue first.

If government going to encourage single to get married, are they going to resolved this.

Are our government plan of this before coming with new policy..?

popikachu SG

Equality...

A family staying in a house...
A person staying in a house...
Equal meh?

Singapore got limited land space and if all singles buy a flat then singapore will have lots of people homeless...

333225520 SG

TS, new flat good meh? so small..

But resales one very very very very very very EXPENSIVE.

eagle SG

But resales one very very very very very very EXPENSIVE.

that's the price of being able to choose a more developed location I guess?

the Bear SG

then, singles pay taxes, contribute to society and all that...

which is more than can be said about a lot of parents who are irresponsible and breed like rabbits... putting more of their own types of crotch-droppings onto the earth, filling it with more maladjusted sociopaths...

some are more "equal" than others...

Beachboy136 SG

Discrimination toward the single and unwanted.. discrimination against the lower social status people.. discrimination against those whom cannot make it.. or trying very hard to make it...