As Hong Kong was holding its breath hoping that Sunday’s 1.7 million-strong demonstration would not turn violent again (and thankfully it didn’t), Singapore’s PM Lee Hsien Loong was giving his National Day Rally speech, announcing (among other measures) lower tuition fees for higher education and, you guessed it, more housing supply.
The planned Greater Southern Waterfront development, dubbed by PM Lee as « Punggol by the Bay », will indeed include the supply of 9,000 new housing units, including affordable HDB.
Lower tuition fees and more affordable housing… Isn’t that precisely what is missing in Hong Kong and what is fueling violent demonstrations there ?
One city is charting its own course. The other is looking North for its mission orders… Investors will decide which is more attractive.
Picture credits: Jason Quah / The Straits Times
In 2007, China began implementing the strategy encapsulating the new world reality that “data is…
This article was originally printed in EURObiz - Journal of the European Union Chamber of…
Correct interpretation of signals and intentions is paramount in state covert operations. The inability of…
This article, co-authored with Daniel Poveda and Christian Heinze, is part of the report "Understanding…
This article was written in collaboration with Amadeus QUIAOIT and Rhon Ethelbert DUCOS. Amadeus is…
This article was originally published by the Policy Center for the New South, on November…