Shrinking flat sizes a worry

• Clivebenss

  1 Jun 11, 07:12

  Jun 1, 2011 - ST Forum

  LAST Saturday's report ("More HDB flats - and at a faster rate") quoted National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan as saying that the announced increase in supply of new HDB flats was intended to help young couples own their homes as soon as possible so they could start a family, which is a national priority.

  However, the floor area of each type of HDB flat has become smaller over the years and increasingly unsuitable for large families.

  Is it really necessary to shrink the floor area when we are building our flats ever higher and the blocks ever closer together? More spacious flats would encourage people to have more children.

  Steven Ooi

• likeyou

  1 Jun 11, 08:46

  Nowadays, couples dont have want to have children or unable to have children, a small flat is a better option for them espeically out birth rate is taking a skydive downwards.

• Almond Cookies

  1 Jun 11, 10:28

  Soon we will have 50th storey flats and smaller in size.

• elindra

  1 Jun 11, 13:16

  Bigger flat also don’t mean the couple will have children

• βέτά

  1 Jun 11, 13:25

   

   

  We need to spike the drinking water with spanish fly.

   

   

   

• charlize

  1 Jun 11, 13:46

  If flat sizes don't shrink, how to accomodate 6 over million people?

   

  How?

• goodheart

  1 Jun 11, 18:54

  Prices increase but size shrinks?

• Clivebenss

  1 Jun 11, 19:46

  Originally posted by goodheart:

  Prices increase but size shrinks?

  economy of scale.

  

• Almond Cookies

  1 Jun 11, 19:50

  Yah lor nowadays really small the flat.

  so expensive and the size so small.

  My parents buy a few K so big !!! Cheap and big !!!

• Mr Milo

  1 Jun 11, 20:43

   

  live in a boat

  u know, Boat People

• Clivebenss

  2 Jun 11, 00:48

  they're built for dwarfs...

  like mbt that is a palace..

  

• Almond Cookies

  2 Jun 11, 09:12

  Flats getting smaller but taller.

  Becoming more expensive but small.

• Disman

  2 Jun 11, 09:14

  that's how they earn $

• Shorter ninja

  2 Jun 11, 09:18

  Oii! ERECTION over but still want to complain about size izzit?

• lemon1974

  2 Jun 11, 09:45

  in the past, the 3room flats is only 65sq m2 and 4room flats are only 82sq m2 and we all grow up in these flats also..... now HDB is building 85-90 sq m2 for 4 room which should be ok.... bigger size mean higher price also....

• dragg

  2 Jun 11, 10:05

  did the price drop with the shrink in size?  thats the key question!!!

• charlize

  2 Jun 11, 18:29

  Originally posted by dragg:

  did the price drop with the shrink in size?  thats the key question!!!

  Is this a trick question?

• Clivebenss

  2 Jun 11, 21:54

  

• Almond Cookies

  2 Jun 11, 22:06

  Originally posted by dragg:

  did the price drop with the shrink in size?  thats the key question!!!

  
  100 percent agree.

• Clivebenss

  5 Jun 11, 01:24

  

• Birdy birdy

  6 Jun 11, 18:39

  Agree with Charlize....

  Not really a choice and unless I win Toto ahaha shud not complain too much I noe am a lucky one...

  But really wanna ask; why iz small no good? I know the so-called shoebox places are really expensive, but soooo nice design! I am asking myself why not?

   

   

• Almond Cookies

  6 Jun 11, 19:43

  I heard the rich rent storeroom to keep their clothes cos their house too small.

  Saw in shin ming r i bao.

• Almond Cookies

  6 Jun 11, 19:45

  My parents' era best. Cheap and big.

  Now small and expensive.

• Clivebenss

  10 Jun 11, 15:28

  shrinking $$.

  

• Almond Cookies

  10 Jun 11, 15:32

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  shrinking $$.

  

  
  haha lol.

  Singaporeans get expensive and smaller flats.

  My parents get cheap and big flats.