A woman told the Sengkang MP that housing prices are “becoming unbearably high,” with some having moved to Malaysia to live
SINGAPORE: In a social media post on Wednesday , Workers’ Party MP Jamus Lim recounted how, in the course of conversations with residents, while several ask questions about the next elections, a number of them have talked about how high the cost of living has gotten in Singapore.
However, the woman told him she feels this is now “happening even for regular Singaporeans, who simply cannot make the sums work,” particularly when it comes to reasonably-priced housing.The MP wrote that despite how widespread, or otherwise, this may be happening, it is nevertheless “extremely costly” for those who do it, particularly when it comes to time since crossing the causeway daily eats away at the hours of one’s day.
“Is this hallmark of national identity being exchanged for a transactional one, with the ownership of a flat becoming a means of extracting government grants or reaping rent?” he then asked.
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