RECENTLY, a resident complained in The Straits Times: “For two-and-a-half years, my wife and I have had to put up with dust, filth, debris, diversions, noise, stench, crippled lifts, mosquitoes and rats.”
It was a strong and unaccustomed attack on Singapore’s blue-chip institution – the Housing and Development Board (HDB) – that has gained global recognition for building cheap public flats for 90% of Singaporeans.
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