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Build dual-key flats for pioneer parents to live with their children

With reference to the letter “Give one-off housing allocation benefit to pioneers too” (Feb 13), I propose an alternative.

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Yap Chian Heng

With reference to the letter “Give one-off housing allocation benefit to pioneers too” (Feb 13), I propose an alternative.

The Housing and Development Board should build dual-key flats consisting of a two-room section (one bedroom, one hall) and a four-room section (three bedrooms, one hall) for pioneer parents to live with their children.

Such families would have to sell their existing flats and/or private property within six months of receiving their keys. This would allow children to look after their pioneer parents who could, in turn, help to care for their grandchildren while maintaining privacy between both families.

Such a scheme could even be self-financing, from the sale of the buyers’ existing flats, with a likely surplus the parents could use for better living and their medical expenses.

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