Chris J “Mohawk” Reed who claims to be the “world’s number 1 LinkedIn Marketing and Personal Branding expert” recently made a LinkedIn post praising HDBs. He says that it is “truly the model” and “Singapore cracked it”.
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This comes from a new Singapore citizen.
Chris J Reed is the founder and CEO of Black Marketing, a marketing consultancy company specialized in building brands on LinkedIn. Apparently he loves Singapore so much that he renounced his UK citizenship. He is now a Singapore citizen.
No wonder our government likes to bring in new citizens who will praise them.
Netters disagree with him for many reasons
And rightfully so. HDB is basically a real estate business for the government. They maintain the flats and rent it out. They can take it back at anytime.
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HDB flats are also getting ridiculously expensive, especially resale flats. Probably due to the lack of regulations around this.
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Children of homeowners will have to start from ground zero, because after 99 years the government will take your houses back.
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HDBs worked very well in the past to ensure that Singaporeans have a roof over their heads. However, it is no longer as effective today. Many Singaporeans are unable to get BTO, and yet unable to afford a resale flat.
Old solutions do not work with new problems.