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人民协会于昨日举办国庆群众大会,总理李显龙在之后的闭门对话会,再度强调99年屋契是公平安排。 他强调,当民众付出一定价钱,向政府(建屋发展局)购买公共组屋时,是买了 99年的屋契。99年期间,这间组屋是你的,你可以用满这屋契99年,这期间你“拥有”这间屋子。 “间中你可以选择转卖出去、或者租给人。但是,到了99年,再归还给政府。 总理还举例,就好像把20年契约卖给小贩一样(we sold the stall to the hawker for 20 year lease),这期间小贩可以使用空间经营或租给人,但最后还是归还给政府。 在对话会上,李总理针对一名惹兰加由基层领袖的询问,指组屋到了99年就没有价值,表达了上述看法。 ”这公平吗?我认为是公平的!你买产业,我们开价给你,这产业值很多钱,但我们卖给您的是获津贴价钱。你可以自己住,也可以租出去,或者参与政府的屋契回购计划(lease buyback programme)。“ ”总得还租金吧?“ 他补充,假设一名青年30岁结婚时买了99年屋契单位,40年后退休时70岁,房子还剩下59年屋契,仍足够让他度过余生。除非能活到129岁,或许将来可以,但是现在很少。 ”所以我们是让您在退休时,已经有付清的房子,有足够的屋契期限让你安享退休生活。再者,假设您活到90岁,屋契还剩30年。 所以他是有价值的!这个价值可以转赠给孩子,如果孩子不要可以卖掉,或还给建屋局。你可以用满99年,但是99年后回归政府,政府循环土地再使用重新发展。我想这是公平的。 我想要明白的关键一点,如果是99年后,你把房子还给政府,我们把钱退给你,但是,你住房子的这些年呢?总得还租金吧?“ 他说,99年屋契期间,政府会透过家居改进计划来为组屋报纸,或者住户可以参与自愿提早重建计划(VERS),让屋契到70年的组屋住户,可以决定是否套现组屋价值。 《联合早报》视频附有中文字幕,各位看官可对照总理谈话原意:...
Defending Southeast Asian Games marathon champion Soh Rui Yong has challenged the version of events which surrounded his team-mate Ashley Liew’s account which led to the...
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Amid increasing numbers of reports on social enterprise hawker centres charging high prices and seemingly more motivated by profit than the “social” element of the scheme,...