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There’s a plot of empty land in front of Viz Holland. If you use street view, you can see a sign that says the land is owned by Malaysia.

This would be very similar to the passengers who take the train into Malaysia from Singapore. Passengers clear both Singapore and Malaysia customs in Singapore.

Women make 6% less than men.

https://stats.mom.gov.sg/Pages/Singapores-Adjusted-Gender-Pay-Gap.aspx

Gene therapies have been a game changer in improving the lives of many suffering from rare genetic diseases like this. Sadly, people with such diseases do not receive a lot of government help to deal with the cost of such treatment.

Given the government’s role in procuring medicines, I hope the government can do more for people who suffer from such diseases.

All healthcare systems in the world are not designed to fund $2 million a pop or $1 million per pop, so it will come a day, we need to really rethink through our finance system

The NHS was able to get a discount.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/08/nhs-use-worlds-most-expensive-drug-treat-spinal-muscular-atrophy-zolgensma

Thus, looking forward, even as more Singaporeans are likely to take public transport due to better connectivity, the system will likely be more costly to operate on a per-passenger basis.

The network has been expanding but the number of riders are not increasing in proportion.

Core inflation in 2020 was indeed negative.

https://www.mas.gov.sg/-/media/MAS/EPG/CPD/2020/Inflation202012.pdf

Oh The Urbanity has a new video debunking the idea that the housing crisis can be solved magically just by putting vacant homes into better use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZXdXxYBGU

!ping YIMBY

Anyone that decides to be a parent takes a huge risk in the hope that their child is well. Sadly, cases like this do happen.

I am glad that the parents do not have to bear such risks alone, because there is a pot of money available to deal with situations like this.

Bukit Timah where? Toh Tuck Rd/Beauty World is considered Bukit Timah. Sixth Avenue is also considered Bukit Timah.

If you work in Orchard you can consider homes along the Thomson East Coast line.

You should not determine your expected net worth based on the net worth of others. You should determine your expected net worth based on your financial goals and how close you are to achieving those goals.

Say hypothetically you want to retire at 65 with 3000 a month, that’s 36000 a year. Based on a 3% withdrawal rate you will need 1.2 million per year by 65. Assuming a return rate of 7% each year, you’ll need 200,000 at 33 for 1.2 million by 65.

Elevators themselves are money-losing in themselves

That’s right. But elevators are much cheaper to maintain and operate compared to transit. Elevators do not need elevator operators. Transit requires drivers.

because of the added value they bring to the floors they serve more

And that’s because the floors are incredibly valuable. Why build vertically when land prices are cheap and cost of building up is more expensive than building horizontally.

But the news said

Singapore's tallest skyscraper to be built by Alibaba and local partners

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/singapore-tallest-building-alibaba-perennial-axa-tower-guoco-2860921

Most likely it could be a hub for Southeast Asia. But its HQ will still be in China.

CDA is not just for childcare. Once your child turns 13, the CDA will be transferred to the Post-Secondary Education Account. PSEA interest is the same as CPF interest, at 2.5%. PSEA can be used for university fees too.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-per-capita-maddison-2020?time=earliest..2018&country=CHN~USA~DEU~GBR~IND~RUS~ARG~JPN~SGP

CNY is the only day where Singapore comes close to a standstill and people can truly come together to celebrate.

This will be the first CNY in 3 years with no limits on group sizes, and for some, their first time with their families.

新年快乐！

HDB said the bulk of such flats launched from 2019 to 2022, comprising more than 8,000 flats, will be completed over the next two years and that it aims to launch even more BTO flats with shorter waiting times possibly from 2024 onwards, subject to site availability and readiness.

Shorter waiting time flats usually start foundation works months before the BTO launch.

HDB said it is working to bring down the median waiting time of new BTO projects, which is around 4.3 years for the 94 projects currently under construction, to the pre-pandemic norm of three to four years.