I have watched the Talking Point of Mr. Mah's effort to defend his HDB policies. After watching it, I feel very worried about the future of Singapore.



It has confirmed my initial guess of what this PAP government is up to, although I have heard about it from a professor whom might have helped to mold such policy direction.



MBT started off with three main points:



1) HDB flats are for Home Ownership, for Singaporeans to "own" their flats. This "asset" you could "sell it and you can keep everything that you made"



2) Extensive Coverage. Over 80% Singaporeans are within this scheme.



3) HDB is also acting as a form of retirement income. Singaporeans can "monetize" their flats, downgrade, rent out... etc. just for retirement financing.



Mr. Mah responded to my constant ranting on the ground that with a 30 years mortgage, our children will not be able to have sufficient money i[...]

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Cat Power – Sea of love

Come with me

My love

To the sea

The sea of love

I want to tell you

how much

I love you

Do you remember

When we met

That’s the day

I knew you were my pet

I wanna tell you

how much

I love you

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I like to show Stardust paintings and photographs, just to see what his reaction is to them.  He particularly enjoys Van Gogh paintings, probably because the colours are always so bright and vibrant.  I just let him talk to me about what he sees.  His mind often takes us to strange places, so I have the most surreal conversations with him. TSCD: This is a painting of Van Gogh's bedroom in Arles.