MINISTER of National Development Mah Bow Tan once declared: “Only 10 of 100 upgrading HDB (public housing) projects have been affected by contractors going bust.”
To Singaporeans who were used to expect efficiency, 10% bankruptcy seemed like an awful lot and the minister’s use of the word “only” was to talk down the problem.
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