These sellers could have asked to waive the policy or for more time to sell their flats, for instance. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Almost a third of households who appealed for help with a ethnic quota policy on selling their Housing Board flats in 2022 were successful. These sellers could have asked to waive the policy or for more time to sell their flats, for instance.
Speaking at the Institute of Policy Studies’ 35th Anniversary Conference held at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Mr Shanmugam said: “Our approach – rather than do away with the entire policy, which keeps Singapore cohesive, we exercise flexibility in a targeted way, to deal with the effects directly, for the small number who are affected.”
The EIP is one of the policies the Government uses to promote racial harmony even as it acknowledges that racism exists in Singapore, Mr Shanmugam told an audience of 950 on a panel titled Revisiting Pluralism. The panel was moderated by Professor Chan Heng Chee from the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, while the panellists were the executive managing editor of the media outlet South China Morning Post, Ms Zuraidah Ibrahim, and the executive director of the Association of Women for Action and Research , Ms Corinna Lim, who each spoke on political and social pluralism.
Mr Shanmugam also noted that the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority has 200 races listed for families to choose from when recording a Singaporean’s race.On political plurality, Ms Zuraidah argued that Singaporeans’ desire for political pluralism was apparent at the 2011 Presidential Election where the Government-endorsed candidate and eventual president, Dr Tony Tan, did not secure a majority, but about 35 per cent of the vote in the four-way election.
“Since independence, the PAP has had no experience in governing anything other than the supermajority as well as their total domination of all social and political institutions, so it’s not surprising that the prospect of greater political pluralism is not attractive,” she added.
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