Dr Vivian Balakrishnan on why he rented the 31 Ridout Road bungalow | Full speech
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- Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Monday (Jul 3) told parliament he rented the state property at 31 Ridout Road because he and his wife wanted to bring their extended family together under one roof while their grandchildren were still young.
This is Dr Balakrishnan's full statement in which he explained why and how he came to rent the Ridout Road bungalow.
Read the highlights of the parliament debate in full: cna.asia/3PEsBva
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Such a touching story, Sir. I am sure many of us citizens will remember this heartwarming story again before the next General Election.
Grammy award winner
@@alipromo53 oscar. grammy is for singers.
Could be Oscar Winner for such a Sad Pathetic Facial Expression.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
If an Opposition MP had gone on such a long explanation to justify his actions, would the Speaker of Parliament have brought an abrupt and premature end to his speech, or allow him to continue on his long-winded rhetoric?
Yes, because in this instance, VB isn't guilty of wrongdoing. He is giving a summary account of his actions from why they rented and what took place in order to rent it.
If the same thing happened to an opposition party, he/she would be given that same chance to present before Parliament, because this isn't a case of cross-examination of actual or alleged misconduct
Actions should speak much louder than mere justifications
Wow he has been speaking so long and not once the SOP interrupted or reminded him to cut his BS story short.
well, it depends who the speaker reports to... ah yes, the same as CPIB and not GOD.
Build more jumbo HDB flats so that multi generational families can stay together. We need this badly in Singapore. Having more than 2 kids per family is very hard already in a shoebox flat, let alone having grandma around
2 child Policy in 1980s did not affect some high level people at that time but this affected me very badly. I could not have more than 2 children bec I am not eligible for the Special perks.
Doubt he knows what u are talking about as he watches down on us from his Ivory Tower
Ownself check ownself 👍
Why bother to explain? We are not interested on why you rented the place. The issue here are to ensure there is no conflict of interest, and preferential treatment, besides other criminal investigations. We, Singaporeans are more interested whether any breach of Code of Conduct.
Interested to know if you would still want to spent so much enjoying while people maybe suffering?
Some questions:
1. Why he still wanting to rent the house given that it was in such a state of disrepair, leaking roof, infested with termites and snakes? Hearing it already scaring people off but they didn't mind paying $200k to renovate it, this is very puzzling.....
2. Any people with common sense would check the surrounding rents and previous rental amounts for the property before renting, it's rather shocking that they didn't do this check
Coz he's a liar and a hypocrite and thinks too highly of himself. He thinks his bs story will be believed
Ummm... Because the goal is to get his Kampong live together and bond together under one roof.
Make up for lost time during covid. Grandkids grow up quickly. Allow him to see all of them without making him or his families tied by trying to arrange meet ups when he is so busy as as MP
Wow never seen this minister being so humble, almost driving me to tears
hands kleenex tissues...
He should head for Bollywood but too bad they will not accept chupcheng.
Lols!! The sacarsm is dripping!! 🤣😂🤣😂
Yep, cld have fooled me
Well reheased Grandfather stories...
Papa dont preach
Mama drama
Alibaba.
these are problems only rich and powerful people face regularly, something we cant relate lol
He had lectured those under social welfare on the difference between needs and wants. 3 meals in hawker ctr is a need but meals at a restaurant is a want. So his wanting to keep his growing family together is WANT not a need. Why should he use public resources to satisfy his bottomless wants? Even if he needed it...go rent one at market value la
Correct.
Yes, so tone deaf.
Yes, now he really reaping karma
Talk cock like sing song
It's a need to have the whole kampong together. Especially after Covid happened. Make up for lost time.
Got good deal don't take? If he go rent an expensive one, he is an idiot. And then people will say he being extravagant and insensitive of other poor Singaporeans
Curious to know about the following: 1. How many B&W bunglows have undergone renovation works at the request of an incoming tenant - if this was not standard practice, it may explain why the property was vacant since 2013; 2. Why was the rental agreement signed under his wife's name - typically a landlord would want to ensure that a tenant has the financial means to pay the rental - VB has the means but does his wife? If she did not have the means, then was this a relaxation of leasing underwriting standards?
PAP is tight with money and shrewd in their investment portfolio. They always believe these bungalows are a sore reminder of our colonial legacy and wish to demolish them as the land is worth more than the value of these homes with no modern plumbing and sanitation.
Leaving it unoccupied can result in rot ie termites infestation as these buildings have a timber roof and floors . An errant landlord and trustee is our SLA and u can see in their early attempts in HDB flats ie small narrow corridors and floors with no lifts as well as squatting toilets and exposed sewage drainpipes.
I am ashamed of my government and their plans to create a dual class of citizens .
Singaporeans expect the highest standard of conduct for cabinet and senior ministers.
CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MINISTERS
(3) Financial interests
3.1 A Minister must scrupulously avoid any actual or "apparent conflict of interest"
between his office and his private financial interests. Such a conflict, or a perception of
conflict, can arise
(a) from the exercise of powers or influence in a way that benefits or may be seen to
benefit private interests held; or
(b) from using special knowledge acquired in the course of his activities as Minister
to bring benefit or avoid loss (or could arouse reasonable suspicion of this) in
relation to his private financial interests.
3.2 A Minister therefore must never enter into any transactions whereby his private
financial interest might, even conceivably, come into conflict with his public duty.
try come to malaysia top to the most bottom are you know i know
Apparently they made it clear that there were no Conflict of interest
@@brackpersian doesn't matter, can still be conceived to be conflict of interest
@@tjm2218 perceived, not conceived
Wasn't this ppty bought by the wife?
Sorry ah minister coz you public servant.. So the right thing you should have done was.. Your whole kampong stay together. But you visit them only on weekends.
That way all of SG will Salute you.
We all know very well that politicians are often criticised for extravagant lifestyles, Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Minister K Shanmugam should be more sensitive about this. Whether or not legal procedure was followed is not the issue. Living in a colossal excessive property when ordinary Singaporeans are struggling is the issue. Lastly, whether you are PAP supporter or not, I think Singaporeans should outright and fundamentally reject the proposition of having a "Review" conducted by Shanmugam's own colleagues.
True. Singapore is very corrupt
Please move out of SG.. Go USA, go France or China or somewhere else where you can find moral ministers plus low salary... Where the country is considered at least a developed or developing country with at least 4G network coverage for all houses.
Let me guess, the ppl who replied to this comment are above 50 years old..
@suzukigsx1807 @evangelinelim7174
just more aware of how politicians are like in other countries.
As for getting other ppl to conduct the review. Lol. Wad give external countries, PI companies or do you mean the opposition party access to conduct and investigation with access to system. Lol must be dreaming. If they allow this one time, there will be other times ppl crying for blood and similar access to investigate.
@@suzukigsx1807 Why?
Just be frank! I was so loaded with money and power I can get anything I need in Singapore!
Wah ....spend so much to eliminate the snakes.....only for new snakes to occupy the refurbished premises ! Real Jokers.
SNAKES you say ooh😮 my god should call the exterminator near you
The most interesting part is that he made the house sound so inhabitable, broken floors, lousy toilets, snakes, etc. But yet, fork out 200k to do up the place and seemingly 'save' the place.. wow...
Will anyone in their right mind rent such a place?
@@musico3415Honestly nobody would want to live in that creepy eerie collonial house surroundings cos its been vacated for years and was built pre war era
Yup kind of agree with you
Must be reliving the Sahibs days
Indeed, i wonder why he still die die must rent it. The status of living in a luxury coloniel house is too irresistible for him i guess.
As usual....the comments are what i am here for.
The real stuff.
Yup the comments here speak volume
Correct. I ask questions and do not defame or insult.
@@franciscody9622 What questions ?
@@bobafett5757 Is he renting out his GCB? If yes, what is the monthly rent and how long is the rental period? Why not built an extension to his GCB to have a larger place instead of renting Rideout property? How many people will be staying in the property? What is the rental period? How many properties does he own in Singapore and overseas? How many are rented out and what is the rental income?
Until one day CNA turn off the comment section
If you can get landed Good Class GCB for 11 cents/psf/month then the HDB should be priced at 11 cents/psf/month divided by 100 to take account for multi-floors, multi-units, Non-prime area and lesser privacy Or at 0.11 / 100 * 1000 sqft * 12 mths * 99 years = no more than $1, 306.80 for a 5 rooms HDB lease-hold apartment.
Spot on
I concur but 😂😂😂
Wow. PAP like to use the market to justify things that looks odd.
And @ttkoh123 when you put it into such numbers somehow it does make sense. Haha. But why 100 man? Later people say you ask for too much.
Even if divide by like 10 also win. Which means a 5 room should be at about $13,068.00.
Double that amount we also happy. HAHAHAHAHA.
Btw I am already very generous, because many blocks are like 12 stories and the newer estates are about 16 floors. And there are many that are higher.
Plus they make you pay more when you stay higher right?
And 99 years should give some discount like how the market does things right? Because bulk purchase..
Come on HBD, time to adjust our 99 years rental rate for our living space.
Youd make a good minister one day
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Peasants just pay more so their neo colonial masters PAP can live like royalty. Remember even now, many societies still tell their poor people that they deserve it not that the rich exploited them using government and officials.
7:08 In 2022, they began paying the B&W bungalow for a price of $20k/mth, by a contract of '3+2 years'??? One *condo* now can go up to $9999 (as of 3 July 2023), and they can secure a '3+2' period for $20k/ mth??? Woah...so shiok ah Bala!
Who has the crystal ball to predict the future rental go up
Or down in 2025?
"I no Longer Listen to what people say, I just watch what they Do.
Behavior never lies. " Winston Churchill.
And we have seen what they have done and we certainly can predict what they will do. How and most notably when.
My dear minister Bala, you say you want to stay ToGEther with all your extended family... so do I. I have 5 children & 3 of them are married with kids. But my 4 room HDB flat does not have enough rooms, so how? The married children have to stay in their own HDB lo, what to do right? This is the life of common Singaporeans. 😢
* The above scenerio is only hypothetical... I do not hv 5 children la...
You and your 5 children rent out the 5 flats lah , combine rent income enough to rent B&W Liao.
They truly serenade us....Vivian since young when he was in school debate. Both of them can charm the birds to come down from the tree..... Our Minister!!! Lol
Snake charmers
So either Dr V is an extremly astute property investor coupled with precise timing landing him an extremely good deal, or SLA is the worst landlord in entire Singapore. Dr V definitely has seen better days as a champion debater.
For their 3+3+2 contract , Every 3 years landlords can revise the rent to market rate, why worry.
The renter has the right to habitability and that is the responsibility of the landlord.
In this case, the renter went against the norm.
I will like tenants like him, who help landlords to upkeep and renovate the place. Tenants don’t benefit if it’s out of their own pocket , landlords will benefit. But are there tenants like them? yes , a lot. Since they can afford $20k a month. But most will want to negotiate for longer tenancy, so that the renovation cost can be well amortised over the rental period.
I would like to go singapore i cant get salary and i cant bought even one phone .will u pleased help me bring there .
A lie if rehearsed over becomes a truth
Thank you minister
im crying already...😢
There is a ruler in everyone heart, that is why a CEO in Kidney Foundation fixing a 18k gold tap, a monk owning a horse, etc are not acceptable. Likewise, be it through right channel or not, renting a status and luxury coloniel house by a minister is not agreeable especially by tax payers. If most PAP members including PM cannot see the problems in this case, their rulers in their heart are misaligned.
I don't see a problem in that. Ministers are not slaves to the public. Just like its not a problem if you drive a better car than your boss, no?
@@xxxcool2565 Pls tell me whats your understanding on the meaning of Conflict of Interest ?
@@bobafett5757 please tell us where is the conflict of interest?
@xxxcool2565 your boss decides your salary no? Who decides the pm and the cabinets salary?
@@gabrielsoo2939 simple. The people. And with 61% votes for ruling party its clear the majority of people has no issues with minister or PM pay. Only a dissenting but loud minority that has issues with PM salary.
why is he giving a site report instead? nowadays to rent a 3-room HDB (67 sqm) can go up to $3,500 so renting a B&W at $20,000 is about only 7 units 3-room HDB (about 500 sqm only).
what a heartbreaking story..touching
I do not doubt the minister's explanation of using the property, to bring his extended family together. However there could be another unsaid reason: arbitrage. He can rent low, and rent his other property at even higher price. Also he and his family can then invest and flip other properties without being hit by ABSD. Smart! Question is whether he would have had access to Ridout at this rental price and same T&Cs, and thus be able to do this, if he was just a "commoner" ? 🤔
There will be lot of hidden cost such let fixing a roof that may easily cost $60k and above, quarterly pest controller at $700…. With such bad conditions to stay in B&W colonial, to live a life with so much uncertainty when things can breakdown easily …. I will not consider to pay for it. Being private house tenants, they are responsible to pay up to $200 per item and the balance by the landlords. I will not want to pay to upgrade for my landlord asset.
You don't need a bungalow for an extended family , what nonsense is this ? But as usual they will be protected and this is why the country's downfall will be a huge explosion , cause there is no transparency
@@leonenarwani7258 you sound like some people who say you don’t need toilet paper to clean your backside just use water will do.
Can’t we respect that Everyone has their own preferences, if they can afford it why cannot? If they can afford first class air ticket why must you force people to fly budget just Becos some people cannot afford economy. We are not living in a communist country . My goodness
You can also do that , if you have parents owning their own flat then you have 3 other siblings have their own properties, all 5 families rent a black and white living together. Then you rent out your properties and collect rent. Anyone stopping you?
@@evangelinelim7174
1. The short answer is there is someone stopping you.
2. What you say is very easy for a minister to do but very difficult if not impossible for a HDB flat owner to do because of income requirements for renting such properties.
2. The tenant's average monthly income must be at least three times the offered rent.
3. So if the rental is 26k/mth, the tenant's income must be at least 78k/mth.
4. The average or even the top end HDB flat owner is not likely to be earning 78k/mth income, and therefore they cannot qualify to rent.
5. And please don't make ridiculous suggestions about pooling income of 10 people from 5 families, if this has to be proposed it simply says they cannot afford it, and the govt officials are not fools, they will not approve it.
Wah! SG ministers so rich...
Pay still not enough ok. Someone said this before
Hmmm, 😮 why did he spend almost $200000 on repairs, knowingly that this sum cannot be recovered?
Strange! Nobody in right mind would do this unless there is a catch. Hmmmmmm
Well if they really decided to have his big extended family to live together in one roof.
No matter what cost also don’t really matter you save up and then commit to pay.
Its the same logic as 99-year lease and you still want to fully renovate your house knowingly you cannot recover the funds and at some point the building will get demolished.
Wow....justification and explanation from ministers. I clearly remember the reason given for ministers' high salaries is to prevent "corruption". I hope the exorbitant, obnoxious pay packet is attractive enough for no PAP minister to be caught in any wrong doing. I only implore with the sitting government for the good things you are doing, be magnanimous with the opposition and do not hound the opposition voraciously as an immature horde for the slightest mistake or any action that they genuinely overlook . Do not be harshly judgemental and viciously critical over the mistake/s of others and put yourselves on a high pedestal of great morals. Remember you are human capable of making mistakes too. Be forgiving rather than hunting hounds so that when you step out of boundary we can "empathise" with you. As citizens we can see the game play, as a human we have empathy too and we do not proclaim it like a minister justifying his action with self proclamation. It would be great if members of the majority party can be humane, kind and forgiving in words and actions and not to be so arrogant and proud to think that you are above others who oppose your policies. Be generous and inclusive. Stop the horde-hounding of the opposition. Surely you can be worth the salaries you are drawing by showing your empathy without proclamation. Let the citizens and common folks like us to be the judge, though we are no tink tanks like the ministers but we are empathetic too. Transparency, non biasness and absence of double standards should be the rule of the day when your members step out of boundary just as you loudly call for those opposing your party to upkeep.
It’s in the gene la.
Most smart people all over the world are selfish ,arrogant and clueless about their own weaknesses and ignorance
Singapore is no exception.
Before we criticize the government the Ministers firsr let us examine what we really as a people are
How we treat our subordinates
How we treat our maids
How we trest the helpless next to us
How we stress our own children
The government and its attitudes are basically the consequence of what we the peoples really are. Period
If the only way to ensure that our politicians are not tempted to steal millions is to pay them millions, how can they claim to be honest? I hope someone can explain this to the people.
Please move out of SG.. Go USA, go France or China or somewhere else where you can find moral ministers plus low salary... Where the country is considered at least a developed or developing country with at least 4G network coverage for all houses.
Unable to discuss or rebut, losers always resort to the "move out of my hole " song 😅
Just wondering if our ministers have any housing subsidies?
Subsidies like Chas card ?
subsidies only for petty cash payments that we peasants pay for
I think there is!
😢
Foreign workers are given $200 for housing subsidies. If ministers do not own their houses, they don't get housing subsidies?
@@yingyang2405 So they get or not ?
Waah! Sweet talk till like dat. 1st say got termites ah got snakes all...end up rent only 20k/mth for 9000sqm at central area...hdb rental for 5-room now also 3k alrdy at neighbourhood estate...
People, this is our minister. Have a round of applause 👏👏👏
A minister yes. A servant of the public, yes. Only when the pay and privileges is right.
It obvious you as a 1st class minister want to rent a worn down house infested with termite and serpent .. worn out roof and big holes on the floor and not have say it is haunted too
😏🤔🤔🤔? Woo it is amazing !
Just resign and save PAP reputation la.
Pay so good you think they will resign? Wait long long
Obviously , this will become an issue and might tarnish the government's reputation. No other places ? No other national issues to settle ?Why going through all the trouble ?Just get another place !!
*Am just wondering is there any MP out there living in subsidised HDB flat ?*
Those are meant for foolish slaves who keep participating in the same outcome of elections just to make PAP look democratic.
After these 2,more ministers will be doing the same
So how much is he getting renting out his GCB. This is the only thing that will clarify this saga. Spending to fix Rideout properties is a one-off expense while any profit from renting out GCB and renting from SLA is recurrent.
Congratulations ❤
No need to resign, just wait for the next GE, mark my words and don’t forget to vote them out.
Actually, does SLA published that the B&W is for rent? What's the rental price like? If the Ministers can afford and pay for the rental price that is published, I don't really find it a problem.
Some people stay own jumbo house. Why rent Ridout bungalow?
rental was lower in 2018 but skyrocketed come 2021, has the current rents reflect such a market move?
Mr Singh considered Mr Balakrishnan’s lease less contentious. As the SLA doesn’t fall under his ministerial portfolio, Mr Singh suggested it was highly unlikely for his duties to overlap with the SLA’s functions and responsibilities.
Mr Singh went on to assert that there was no evidence that could “arouse suspicion” under clause 3.1(b) of the Code that the minister used special knowledge acquired in his role to benefit himself. “There is no evidence presently available of this, and it would be impermissible to come to this conclusion,” he declared, concluding that the lease at 31 Ridout Road didn’t appear to violate the Code.
eh martin-sama did you just agree that there is no wrong doing of PAP? wow such growth!
The next you know is GST Hike again in 2024.
Do you know how much they and the mayors are paid?
Sg GST is alr very low compare to other country and please do equivalent comparison. And everytime many of you like to pull out the how much are they paid. U look at the ministers in many country seemingly low official salary but living very high life.
@@levan4647 humor me with the specifics. GST in which country? which minister in which country?
Just soo soo coincident it happens that 2 of our beloved Indian ministers decide to rent them so close to each other. What a bromance, muaks muakzz
LKY was the worst taker of his own advice in his later years when he decided or probably conned into giving such type major positions in parliament and even got them to be involved in his family matters. In his early years, he derided them several times as being insincere and loquacious talkers and made no effort to show his great dislike for them.
Stop being racist bro this has nothing to do with race. Have some class.
@@tangt4860look at your own corrupted kind first
If the opposition said this drama story they'll be flamed to no end. Yet we have this
He didnt answer the question? He just stated out how much he is paying the rent and how long he renewed the tenancy agreement. I am not too sure of the laws, but can a tenant rent out a property also? or just a landlord?
Doesn't matter if it is ethical, justified or legal when these public servants seem to be serving themselves instead of the public.
It's getting more obvious so
Why public servants cannot serve themselves? I won't vote for a person that can't even take care of his own family.
@@Wilson24678
Do you then mean to say that no Singaporeans are able to take care of his own family in an HDB, condo, landed, and that he/she must only stay in a GCB to "serve themselves" and adequately take care of his own family?
From your statement and the knowledge that there is only about 2000+ GCB in Singapore, I infer that you are saying that the PAP has not only served themselves extravagantly, but also failed to allow Singaporeans to take care of their own family.
That is even more worrying.
@@stickymoney HDB, condo, or GCB, if they can afford it, why can't they? What's your point?
@@Wilson24678 I see you are unable to understand the discussion. No point in this engagement then.
I have a question regarding the government's responsibility to provide the best possible lifestyle and care for its citizens. Why is it that the majority of Singaporeans are living in low socioeconomic status (SES) while politicians enjoy a high SES lifestyle? Can you explain the reasons behind this disparity? Also 90 vs 10 seats, how can opposition fight?
Rent B&W better than buy GCB, GCB need 100 millions for a small plot of land and still need to include renovation.
I think it’s not to be too detail , But been a good country and good people , It always good to fit in for all peoples, After all , That what I call the greatness of this little island , That the greatness of all peoples who live there , Thank to love of the peoples in this island ,
U seleleh or something?
Most of us upon the first look will not even bother a second glance at that bungalow if it is for the families.
Does the $12k and $5k bids comes with attached conditions asking the the landlord to put in the renovation (which subsequently we know costed $500k)?
Its repair costing $500k not renovation cost. Only repairing original fixtures, no upgrades/ renovations. Of course repair will be the same, but after vacant for 5 years, it will be worse and building cost has inflated after covid. Repairs are basic so that it’s liveable , that’s why they need to meet the guide rent so that they can recover the repairs cost over 2-3years. They will not cover renovations or upgrades, tenants will bear the cost. That’s the norm in the market. They will check the financial background of prospective tenants to make sure they can afford the rent for minimum lease of 3 years or if they exit early they can afford to pay the penalty fee, which may be a percentage of the remaining lease. Lease contract will contain clauses that the tenants remove upgrades and make good all fixtures at tenants cost upon termination.
You rent a house with walls, roof , toilets , windows , lights , electricity, water supply , water heaters, air con , ceiling fan , marble Flooring , parquet flooring , who should fix if these are damaged before you begin your lease ? Or course landlord should fix.
Then tenant say , he need a build In wardrobe or walk in wardrobe, he don’t like the old squatting toilet but sitting 🚽 toilet . He don’t like the kitchen stove , he like induction stove. He want black walls instead of white walls. Who should pay for such “renovations/ upgrades “? Of course tenants pay.
The next tenants may not like what the previous tenants have upgraded, so need to add a clauses asking tenant to re-instate back original condition when they end their lease.
He was speaking the truth and nothing but the truth. I pray for our leaders to stay in line,be transparent and be accountable. Cheers Singapore. Ownself check Ownself. Not bad indeed
You are a good and humble minister. Just terminate the lease and free yourself of any gossip.
15 PAP town councils to increase S&CC rates from July.
Can the WP Party teach the PAP how not to hike?
You rather all the town council charge the S&CC as it is. You know what they are doing, you keep it low by collecting money and grant from the government, it's their way of controlling you.
Good point. Debate that instead. Why are oppies so fixated about issues like rideout and lky house that has no bearing to ordinary Singaporeans? Oppies wake up!
@@xxxcool2565 In essence, Shamugam paid $500 more than his neighbor. The difference is that he is renting a plot of land slightly smaller than Paya Lebar Square, that is what so wrong. What are the SLA people doing. This is not your 14sqm bedroom, this is one mid size condo landplot.
@@MrBoliao98 does it affect the lives of ordinary Singaporeans? If not, let the authorities deal with it. We want to hear bread and butter issues debated. Not gutter politics and smear campaign
@@xxxcool2565 how does it not affect our lives. You know how much rental we are collecting from various state properties. This is ah gong money, you and my money, of course it matters.
For multigenerational families to live together certainly requires more space. Mr VB earns a very high income and should upsize to a bigger home, especially when the rent is so affordable.
Mr KS lamented that his income changed after becoming minister. As he is planning on retiring, renting a big house with an even bigger land area is implausible.
The two ministers should swap houses. Problem solved.
I thought Jo said the opposite? You dont need a big space to start a family?
@@flygal380 young generation pocket not so deep start small first lah .
KS must have informed Vivan about the lobang of such colonial bungalows and how he got one himself. Probably invited Vivan to join him to be his neighbour. 😂😢😅
Most probably... I am sure those Indian ministers have their own chat group.
@@joekerr2879like the ching chong ministers dont have?
If house needed renovations then tenant should pay lay ! Why make tax payers pay??!!!
His house hor I read through I have no questions. Shamugam one ah I have a lot of questions.
Sweet Propaganda 🐃💩
Did he Cry ?
Don’t these ministers have better and more important and relevant topics to discuss in Parliament affecting the citizens and the future of this country?
The opposition and their supporters asked for this. So now they have to waste time explaining their private lives. No corruption involved, maybe a bit of conflict of interest on Shanmugam’s part but then people still don’t believe and want to make a big hooha out of it. Just see the amount of sarcasm in this comments section.
but none more important than the integrity of the ministers. without integrity we are finished. LKY said so at least 50x. u should know.
@@swaser112 so u admit there's a bit of a conflict of interest on Shanmugam’s part? that means he breach the code of conduct in the constitution which he swore to uphold as a LAW MINISTER. so how? I don't see LHL dishing out any penalty, reprimand, or anything. so, let's just move on? pretend nothing happen? wow.
@@michael8372 I agree. VTO! Lim Tean for Prime Minister! LFGGGGGGGG
@@michael8372 talking about integrity? Opposition supporters sure have short memory about the integrity of PS and him keeping secret about the lies RK confessed
He has the cheek to mention that the unit was left vacant for years. Why was nothing done to such units to raise to its market value?
Last offer was 5k and 12 k , will you spend to upgrade with couple 100k to fetch this kind of rental prospect?
@@evangelinelim7174I won't because I have no incentive or benefit to rent a dilapidated old bungalow.
Vivan Balakrishnan did. What is his rationale to do it? He spent almost $200000 as claimed to do up the place.
If I were the landlord, I would renovate and hype up the unit to fetch market rate. The rental will cover the cost of renovation
@@yingyang2405 no, you don’t have the mentality of a landlord,
@@evangelinelim7174 What is the right mentality of a landlord?
Don't need to explain, you are clear by ethic committee and anti corruption officials of any wrong doing. You are just exercising your 'Ministerial Privilege' as provided to every Cabinet Minister. 🧐
Nobody is interested in his grandma stories.. he wants his extended family but regular sgporeans cant afford to live with extended families and have to deal with sky high HDB prices...😤 ownself check ownself..
Resign is the only option to retain the little remaining integrity. Ownself may cleared Ownself, it would not cleared people n international perception. Not forgetting future historians assessment of you n Singapore government. It would not be good
He didn't once mentioned why he never extend his own existing house or whether its was rented out for income
Because it’s none of anyone‘s business
If its not anybody's business then why speak of it in Parliament?
To extend the homes need minimum 3 yrs for approval and building and very expensive need a few millions, and still need to rent a place while the place is being built. Why not just rent , renovate with half a million and move in quickly.
And their current homes may not have enough land area.
Luckily they did extend current home Becos the construction would have stalled for 2 years due to covid.
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Now you talk soft . Wrong say so
"How big do you want! Do you want your wife, children, and extended family to stay in a condominium, semi-D or GCB?”
I miss so much singapore❤❤❤
As a foreigner, let me ask you singaporeans why this guy's name is Vivan? Is that a common name for a guy?😂
I don’t think I saw any discussion on the issues that we Singaporean are facing are longer than this small matter.
Self praise.
No need to tell long story, but to resign and go,Xiao sui !
To be faced with this issue only shows that the two millionaire ministers suffered a lapse of good judgement.
In a way yes but you must also consider had he not gone into politics and had embarked upon his medical career and with his ability he would be earning way more in his pte medical profession.
We all do not have a crystal ball based on monetary value or should we based it on that.
I would put it for all Viv sacrifice for doing this job solely for the country till retirement, if I had been PM and he had asked me for such permission to occupy such bungalow for his remaining years of service to the state.
I would also have granted him this favor.
@@kengleetan63
How would you know this ?
Future rewards are not predated by past successes.
Rather, they' were exposed by Kenneth Jeyaratnam.
刚刚细心听這位老实的外交部长在國会用英语敘说为何要租可容纳好幾家黑白大洋房少见一位喜欢拥有一個兒女孙子..'同住在一個屋詹下的长辈过程不容易，未入住之前，有蛇，有蚂蚁，大树倒，楼上破洞，收不回的二十萬装修费，等等他是一位值得我们学习好父亲。赞
I am surprise he didn’t know until now . He must be unaware these colonial bungalows have a timber frame and can become infested with termites from being unoccupied and neglected for 5 yrs . Surprise the incumbent government has no regard and respect for our colonial legacy . HDB is no better with their squatting toilets and narrow corridors . Low rise with no lifts . Can u imagine living in FWD ? This government believes it has done a good job
With the snakes, the rotting, the decay and multiple repairs and 200k costs - the$19k/20K p.mth rent is way way lower than GCBs of similar stats - mmm…
Got snakes but did he spend on a quality ghost buster to bless the house from pontianak ?
Haha
rent now, own in the future👏👏👏
The Oscars, anyone?
Win liao lor😤
Body language and tone seems overly defensive.
shameful! it's another ownself check ownself episode! so many questions remained unanswered!
Foreign minister must have offended some country's leader who now dedicate an army of bots to denounce him back after his war got denounced by our foreign minister😂
With all the comments in here, I wonder if any of the government people read this and to inform the Big Boss of the unhappiness of most of the people in this channel comments🤔
Unhappiness of foreign bots/agents? You very sure these accounts are unique Singaporean-owned accounts? Welcome to the internet. First day?
@@noproblematallmateLOL
@@noproblematallmate yeah First day 😩
Did they sell or rent there GCB out before renting B&W?
if they there rented the GCB out for how much ?
Who sign the cheque? Wife or husband?
5:31 .. this is a big house, a huge house in fact .. and it requires only $200k to repair it ? the roof, the see through hole in the floor, the rotting staircases, the toilets ? amazingly cheap contractor, should recommend to everyone .. because i often see people renovating their 5 room hdb flats needs almost the same amount already
500k to repair by landlord , 200k renovations/ upgrades by tenants, its a huge property, so expected
@@evangelinelim7174 didnt see the 500k part.. Just watch till the part where he said asked the agent to repair, they refuse, and he has to pay for the repair which is $200k, which is very cheap, and stopped watching, too boring to watch.. but if you said there is another $500k then it figures..
can ya'll hear that tiny violin playing with angels are crying in the background ?
He pays more in rental per month than I earn the whole year. Such income disparity between a public servant and the common citizen
Ohhh yesss i remember the drama Under One Roof, very good drama,all sporean watch the drama, very funny show
He should just get to the point. What is the process of securing a lease for a good class bungalow and did he follow it in acccordance. The long grandmother mother story just makes it sounds like he's trying to blur the truth.
gcb??
So what he said about the house condition is indirectly saying SLA is sleeping on the job?
So you want them to use taxpayers money to maintain the empty black n White House ? ok or not?
*Not really making sense here cos if he intends to be futuristically thinking about his family nucleus expansion then he should consider a GCB which is highly modernised and not that historical run down Collonial House that was built pre war era also its surroundings so very kampong and eerie so the reasonings are so lame*
Full of BS.
@@richardwong1965 Yup its hard to rationalise that
His reasoning need not make sense. He just need a reason and case closed and say let us moved on. PAP style.
a very heart wrenching story . thanks for being humble and magnanimous sir
I also want my children and grandchildren in one roof but you told me what 3 meals I want? 3 meals at hawker centre or restaurant.
Fruit for thought: Would u trust a person who throws insults for instance calling another person illiterate and critising the school he studied in.