Give one-off housing allocation benefit to pioneers too
I refer to the letters “Pioneer package: Say no to tiers” (Feb 11) and “Criteria for pioneer package too lax?” (Feb 11, online).
I refer to the letters “Pioneer package: Say no to tiers” (Feb 11) and “Criteria for pioneer package too lax?” (Feb 11, online).
The eligibility criterion for the Pioneer Generation Package is good; that is, regardless of race, language or religion.
That it will reach out to 450,000 pioneers is amazing.
Their aims were to build Singapore, as well as a home for themselves and their children.
The less-well-off pioneers would especially want to have their children living nearby, if not beside them.
As a goodwill gesture, there should be a one-off housing allocation benefit for these pioneers, such that they or their children can choose to stay near each other in the same estate, mature or otherwise.
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