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Ensure the low-income group can live in 'choice' public estates
Inequity crops up when owners of subsidised flats sell at a huge profit, shutting out the less well-off and creating enclaves for the rich
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Sixteen years ago, I covered the sales launch of Singapore's poshest public housing project.
It was like covering a rock concert. The fans were 20-somethings, clutching glossy brochures. The star was The Pinnacle@Duxton, the Housing Board's new skyscraper project along Cantonment Road.
