Opposition politician Chee Soon Juan issued Pofma order over comments on

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Opposition politician Chee Soon Juan issued Pofma order over comments on HDB policies�

SINGAPORE - Minister for National Development Desmond Lee has instructed the fake news office here to issue a correction direction to Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) secretary-general Chee Soon Juan over his social media statements on public housing policies.

In a video that was put up on his Facebook, Instagram and TikTok accounts on Feb 17, Dr Chee claimed that the Government has rejected the idea of building flats that can accommodate multi-generational living.

"This claim is false," said the government fact-checking website Factually, noting that HDB builds and offers five-room and 3Gen flats to cater to the housing needs of larger families and multi-generation families who wish to live together.

In particular, 3Gen flats have been introduced since 2013 to allow multi-generation families to live together. Such flats are generally larger at about 115 sq m, with an extra bedroom compared with the typical five-room BTO flat.

The statement said that five-room flats were offered in all Build-To-Order (BTO) launches in 2023, and 3Gen flats were offered in two of the four launches.

The Ministry of National Development (MND) said in a statement on Feb 22 that Dr Chee will be required to carry correction notices on his Instagram and Facebook accounts, and to create a new TikTok post containing a correction notice.



Under the correction direction by the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) office, the notices will have to state that the video posted on Feb 17 contains a false statement of fact, and provide a link to the Government's clarification to allow viewers to consider both versions and draw their own conclusions.

Mr Lee also issued a targeted correction direction to TikTok about these posts. TikTok will be required to communicate a correction notice to all end-users in Singapore who had accessed the TikTok post.

According to Factually, Dr Chee referred to a reply by the Housing Board to a forum letter published in The Straits Times from a member of the public to support his claim.

Contrary to Dr Chee's claim, the Government did not reject the suggestion from the forum letter writer to have bigger flats available for multi-generational living, said Factually.

"In planning the supply of new BTO flats, HDB adopts a comprehensive approach, considering factors such as the prevailing economic and housing market conditions, and long-term demographic and socio-economic trends," it said.

It added that HDB offers a wide range of different flat types in various locations to meet demand, including from larger families and multi-generational families. The agency also calibrates BTO supply and flat types to cater to the housing needs and budgets of households in Singapore.

Factually said Dr Chee had quoted from HDB's forum reply dated Jan 2, 2023, in his video, but he did not include the board's reply on the larger flat types offered to accommodate multi-generational living.

The forum reply from HDB said it offered a wide range of flats, from two-room flexi flats to three-generation flats, in various locations to cater to the different housing needs and budgets of first-timer families, second-timer families, the elderly and singles.

"Nevertheless, HDB continues to build five-room and three-generation flats to meet the needs of larger families and multi-generation families who wish to live together," said HDB.

The Factually article can be found at https://www.gov.sg/article/factually220224.

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What do you think of this? I feel this POFMA shit is really very xiao qi.

people are entitled to opinion. ok fine u say he is influencer or politician but still want him to post "sorry"

this is like communist country like that


who actually feels that current price of housing is cheap and ok?

within a span of 20 yrs or less the price of resale went up by close to 2.5x

how is this considered affordable?

[氰化钾 KCN]

Please abolish this pofma shit. It's getting out of hand.

[Bardiel]

i think GE is coming and they are worried about what oppy said.

as ppl are more educated , ppl will really listen and look into it.

i hope the lightning logo lose more vote and area during this GE.

[ABCDFinanceGuy]

What do you think of this? I feel this POFMA shit is really very xiao qi.

people are entitled to opinion. ok fine u say he is influencer or politician but still want him to post "sorry"

this is like communist country like that


who actually feels that current price of housing is cheap and ok?

within a span of 20 yrs or less the price of resale went up by close to 2.5x

how is this considered affordable?

POFMA is just MIW abusing power and for glasshearts like Shanmugam to protect his feelings, nothing new.

Don't think most of the annoying PAP ministers will be voted out in the next GE though, since Singaporeans generally are still daft and stupid.

[Philipkee]

What do you think of this? I feel this POFMA shit is really very xiao qi.

people are entitled to opinion. ok fine u say he is influencer or politician but still want him to post "sorry"

this is like communist country like that


who actually feels that current price of housing is cheap and ok?

within a span of 20 yrs or less the price of resale went up by close to 2.5x

how is this considered affordable?

Think POFMA has a place but it's like being abused.  But it does have a place in an era of fake news

[ace]

Meanwhile ...
POFMA-ed = HARDTRUTH
and everybody has to read it

[Keeptrucking]

Pap needs to lose another couple of GRCs. Too complacent.

Pinky said sorry a couple of GEs ago when people were really pissed off with the amount of foreigners. He realised that on the ground sentiment was poor.

He did tighten the gates for a while before reopening it again.

He and pap need to be taught another lesson.

[daryl76]

pinky and pap grew ever more arrogant after botak pineapple win if anyone realise

sipeh xialan, even openly challenge ppl buay song to bring up the topic during GE

[ABCDFinanceGuy]

Pap needs to lose another couple of GRCs. Too complacent.

Pinky said sorry a couple of GEs ago when people were really pissed off with the amount of foreigners. He realised that on the ground sentiment was poor.

He did tighten the gates for a while before reopening it again.

He and pap need to be taught another lesson.

Hopefully they lose East Coast, Marine Parade and West Coast haha.