Someone wrote to ST to say high cost of living is good

[Leepotism]

[h=1]High cost of living comes with good quality of life[/h]
<STYLE>.storyRight { WIDTH: 520px}</STYLE><!-- content area start -->MANY Singaporeans lament the high cost of living here.
I find this rather puzzling.
At almost every condominium launch, there would be hundreds of Singaporeans thronging the showflats. This is so even after the recent round of property cooling measures.
And at travel fairs, there are thousands of Singaporeans thronging the booths and snapping up travel deals, with some bookings sold out months ahead.
It seems that Singaporeans often complain about the high cost of an HDB flat.
And yet, when they sell their flats and pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars in gains and cash over valuation, they do not mind the high prices.
Would Singaporeans prefer to buy HDB flats at a low cost, and subsequently sell them at low prices?
Many seem to fail to recognise that the high cost of living comes with living in a First World country with a good quality of life.
Visitors to a country with a low cost of living will find that it comes with poorly made dirt roads, poor housing standards and low-quality amenities.
I urge my fellow Singaporeans to see things in their entirety.
The Government has made the effort to listen and to accommodate the wants of Singaporeans.
Singaporeans should not see the Government as existing to fulfil our every whim and desire.
Tan Lin Neo (Miss)

 

[po2wq]

... recognise that the high cost of living comes with living in a First World country with a good quality of life ...

ya, miss! ...

let all prices shoot up! ... let ze cost of living increase! ... 4 a world crass, world bestest! world lumpar 1! quality of life in sinkielan! ...

 

[winnipegjets]

Miss Tan doesn't understand what is subsidy. Where in the world does a subsidized flat cost half a million? Even Hong Kong's subsidized flat is cheaper than sinkapore.

Miss Tan is just another dimwit sinkee who just apes the PAP. Please use your brains, Miss Tan.

 

[watchman8]

Most sinkies already know that high selling price of their only home just means an even higher price for the replacement home.

New condos are more expensive on psf basis as compared to 2nd hand market.

The only people happy are the top ten percent who can afford investment properties.

 

[Glaringly]

Many seem to fail to recognise that the high cost of living comes with living in a First World country with a good quality of life.

Tan Lin Neo (Miss)

If she doesn't open her mouth, nobody would know she is a frog in the well and an idiot.

Has she ever lived in a first world country before?

 

[glockman]

We should be glad that Ms Tan Lin Neo and the likes of her comprise the shrinking 60.1%.

 

[BuiKia]

But they expected us to fullfil theirs with their absurd high salary.

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Singaporeans should not see the Government as existing to fulfil our every whim and desire.
Tan Lin Neo (Miss)

 

[Spock]

MANY Singaporeans lament the high cost of living here.
I find this rather puzzling.
At almost every condominium launch, there would be hundreds of Singaporeans thronging the showflats. This is so even after the recent round of property cooling measures.
And at travel fairs, there are thousands of Singaporeans thronging the booths and snapping up travel deals, with some bookings sold out months ahead.

Astounding logic, can't believe she is the first to point this out. Someone nominate her for a Nobel prize.

10% of SG's residents are very wealthy, assuming just 10% of this group go to a showhome at least once in a year. That means that on average, you will get 1000 people thronging showhomes every weekend of the year. Add in those wannabe rich who are there for a look and you will get an MRT train situation at peak hours.

 

[johnny333]

Is this person related to that mole faced girl Wee Shu-Min? The one who wrote her now famous blog about "... one of many wretched, undermotivated, overassuming leeches in our country, and in this world"

 

[Travellor]

[h=1]High cost of living comes with good quality of life[/h]

Tan Lin Neo (Miss)

KINANA is that your pwa cheebye name???

 

[laksaboy]

Surprise, surprise. She is the same bitch who penned this:

http://www.straitstimes.com/premium...ed-red-seats-change-mindsets-instead-20121113

Reserved red seats: Change mindsets instead

Published on Nov 13, 2012

RESERVED seats on the new Downtown Line trains will be coloured red to remind commuters of their intended use for the elderly, pregnant women and the disabled ("'Reserved' red seats and 'perch' seats for Downtown Line trains"; last Saturday).

I have my doubts on the effectiveness of this initiative.

Ride any MRT train today and it is not uncommon to see able-bodied young people occupying the reserved seats without any qualms. Going by these attitudes, I doubt that colouring the reserved seats red would make any difference.

What is needed is a change in the mindsets of commuters, especially the young. They need to show more empathy and be less self-centred.

Parents can do their part by reminding their children to give up their seats to those who need them, and being role models by doing so themselves.

Hopefully, with everyone doing their part, there will be no need for the red seats.

Tan Lin Neo (Ms)