24-02-2023, 07:27 PM
https://fb.watch/iUm5KmBFYA/
Quote:WP Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC, Leon Perera confronts Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong over his supposedly mischaracterization of Workers' Party Housing Policy Paper in 2019.
Quote:Mr Wong said in his sum-up speech that WP had proposed in 2019 to cut back the annual (Bulit-To-Order) supply to just 9000 flats and that if the Government had followed its proposal and cut back the building of new flats and the subsequent proposal to allow singles aged below 35 to buy new flats, Singapore would be facing a much bigger supply demand imbalance today.
Quote:In his reply, Mr Wong repeatedly refers to an impression that he had back in his days at the Ministry of National Development as a basis for his comments and did not address the points highlighted by the WP MP.
Quote:Mr Perera lashed out at Mr Wong's repeated allegations against WP,
Quote:"I would remind the DPM again that the whole context of the argument and focus on this paper is longer term housing dynamic trends. And more importantly, I would remind the DPM again that this first paragraph does not amount to a call to action to a proposal, to a suggestion. We go on to say better projects should continue If we are meant to see better projects should be cut back, we would have said that."
Quote:"So I really hope the People's Action Party will stop propagating this falsehood that our 2019 paper called for a cut back to BTO supply in 2019. And if it does not do that, I would really question if the People's Action Party has become a party that propagates falsehoods to gain political mileage. "
Quote:The WP Housing Policy Paper can be found on WP's website: https://www.wp.sg/perspectives/