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Daily Briefing: Angry owners reveal defects of brand-new flats; Breaking the poverty cycle in Singapore

And police arrest unscrupulous Sim Lim retailer.

  • Popping tiles, shoddy skirting, shattered glass shower walls – these are some of the public housing woes that have gotten Singaporeans red-faced and sputtering after moving into their brand new BTO or DBSS flats in the past year. Find out more here.

  • The poverty situation in Singapore is real; it isn’t something that can be ignored just because the country does not have a poverty line. The challenges that these people may face are daunting, as do the challenges faced by the government and independent welfare bodies to resolve them. Learn more here.

  • Mobile Air owner Jover Chew may have moved out of Sim Lim Square long ago — last December, in fact — but the long arm of the law has finally caught up with him. Yesterday, Chew and four other men, all aged between 31 and 38 years old, were reportedly arrested for their dishonest sales practices at Sim Lim Square. Read about it here.




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