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Coffeeshop Chit Chat - HDB: Sinha ok to own&sublet public flat</TD><TD id=msgunetc noWrap align=right> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=msgtable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="96%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=msg vAlign=top><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgbfr1 width="1%"> </TD><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=msghead vAlign=top><TD class=msgF width="1%" noWrap align=right>From: </TD><TD class=msgFname width="68%" noWrap>kojakbt_89 <NOBR></NOBR> </TD><TD class=msgDate width="30%" noWrap align=right>Jun-25 8:47 pm </TD></TR><TR class=msghead><TD class=msgT height=20 width="1%" noWrap align=right>To: </TD><TD class=msgTname width="68%" noWrap>ALL <NOBR></NOBR></TD><TD class=msgNum noWrap align=right> (21 of 32) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgleft rowSpan=4 width="1%"> </TD><TD class=wintiny noWrap align=right>35173.21 in reply to 35173.19 </TD></TR><TR><TD height=8></TD></TR><TR><TD class=msgtxt>___________Activist's comments draw flak online[/SIZE]
Young PAP member said that he rents out his HDB flat, lives in a private property
by Alicia Wong
05:55 AM Jun 26, 2010
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100626-0000092/Activists-comments-draw-flak-online
SINGAPORE - For the second time in less than six months, a Young People's Action Party (YPAP) activist has angered some netizens when he posted on the Reach Facebook page last week that he rents out his HDB flat and lives in a private property.
Earlier this year, Mr Shekar Sinha, 41, was accused of calling PAP critics "dogs" after he posted a message on Facebook.
He said he had been misunderstood then.
Realising that he could have been "insensitive" over his latest remarks on the government feedback agency's Facebook, Mr Sinha removed the property comments not long after he had posted it.
However, speculation continued in various online forums on whether he had illegally sublet his flat.
A Facebook group and an online petition have been created to demand that the Housing Development Board (HDB) repossess the flat.
Mr Sinha, a healthcare worker who became a Singapore citizen in 1994, told MediaCorp he had the HDB's approval. He bought the flat in 1997 and lived in it for almost nine years. He wanted to sell the flat after buying his condominium, but prices at the time were too low, he added.
After keeping the flat empty for two years, he and his wife decided to rent it out.
The HDB confirmed that it had checked Mr Sinha's case "and found it to be in order".
"He has met the minimum occupation period for the subletting of the flat and approval has been given," said the HDB, noting it may impose a financial penalty or take compulsory acquisition action against those who flout the rules.
On why he removed his comments, Mr Sinha, who was writing in his personal capacity, said: "I thought it's kind of insensitive of me, it's like I'm trying to show off I own (two properties). ... It's not that I'm scared or hiding something."
Mr Sinha said he will be putting up a clarification early next week.
The episode has "upset" him and distracted him from work. But Mr Sinha, a Reach Outstanding Contributors Award winner, said: "I am more determined to contribute online. I stand by truth, discipline and professionalism. But I'll be more careful with what I say. I can be blunt ... some may not understand."
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Young PAP member said that he rents out his HDB flat, lives in a private property
by Alicia Wong
05:55 AM Jun 26, 2010
http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100626-0000092/Activists-comments-draw-flak-online
SINGAPORE - For the second time in less than six months, a Young People's Action Party (YPAP) activist has angered some netizens when he posted on the Reach Facebook page last week that he rents out his HDB flat and lives in a private property.
Earlier this year, Mr Shekar Sinha, 41, was accused of calling PAP critics "dogs" after he posted a message on Facebook.
He said he had been misunderstood then.
Realising that he could have been "insensitive" over his latest remarks on the government feedback agency's Facebook, Mr Sinha removed the property comments not long after he had posted it.
However, speculation continued in various online forums on whether he had illegally sublet his flat.
A Facebook group and an online petition have been created to demand that the Housing Development Board (HDB) repossess the flat.
Mr Sinha, a healthcare worker who became a Singapore citizen in 1994, told MediaCorp he had the HDB's approval. He bought the flat in 1997 and lived in it for almost nine years. He wanted to sell the flat after buying his condominium, but prices at the time were too low, he added.
After keeping the flat empty for two years, he and his wife decided to rent it out.
The HDB confirmed that it had checked Mr Sinha's case "and found it to be in order".
"He has met the minimum occupation period for the subletting of the flat and approval has been given," said the HDB, noting it may impose a financial penalty or take compulsory acquisition action against those who flout the rules.
On why he removed his comments, Mr Sinha, who was writing in his personal capacity, said: "I thought it's kind of insensitive of me, it's like I'm trying to show off I own (two properties). ... It's not that I'm scared or hiding something."
Mr Sinha said he will be putting up a clarification early next week.
The episode has "upset" him and distracted him from work. But Mr Sinha, a Reach Outstanding Contributors Award winner, said: "I am more determined to contribute online. I stand by truth, discipline and professionalism. But I'll be more careful with what I say. I can be blunt ... some may not understand."
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