PAP minishits are truly talented. Vivian the Chindian started out as an eye doctor (when he went to parliament, he was still an AYE doctor), than became such a talented sportsman (park chiew cheng?) so much so that he was made sports minister. But his greatest talent to date was taking a $103 million YOG budget and ballooning it to $387 million. But wait, that is not all, he is now a property and real estate expert. He was the keynote speaker at the KPMG Global Real Estate and Construction conference. Wah, his talents know no bounds. How did he qualify to speak at this conference, and become a real estate expert? He must own many properties. Lets ask him to tell us the secret to his property investment success. Did he acquire his real estate thru shady insider deals ala HPL condos? Or is he just going there to collect a speaker's honourarium from KPMG? never mind taxpayer paying him millions $ to do a not very good job, but he has the time in his jiak liao bee day to go to this conference to speak on a subject that he has no expertise in, and in his capacity as Minister of a Ministry that has no relationship to real estate. At least KPMG should have gotten Wong Cunt Stink to speak. he is not doing much now adays and a case can be made for him being the former HDB Minister and therefore should know something about real estate.
SINGAPORE: Real estate players in the Republic can actively grow and export their expertise and technology to cities around the world, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said on Monday (Sep 29).
Speaking at the KPMG Global Real Estate and Construction Conference, Dr Balakrishnan drew the analogy of the water industry, which within a decade managed to generate 55 per cent of Singapore's water needs through desalination and recycling water.
He said: “We took technology, we prototyped it, we upscaled it and we made it a national project. In one decade, we have converted an existential vulnerability into a global opportunity for our water companies. In the same way, we need our building companies and our real estate industry to convert global strategic threats posed by demographic, climate change and resource depletion issues.”
In his keynote address, Dr Balakrishnan also outlined the impact of mega-trends globally, including ageing population, urbanisation and digital technology. He said the future lies with the development of green sustainable smart cities, and that this presents "enormous opportunities".
Dr Balakrishnan called on the public and private sectors - as well as individuals - to push for the development of green buildings and to pursue wider collaboration within the industry. He added that building owners can also become the stewards of public spaces around their properties, and make them more walkable through the use of public art or greenery.
SINGAPORE: Real estate players in the Republic can actively grow and export their expertise and technology to cities around the world, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Dr Vivian Balakrishnan said on Monday (Sep 29).
Speaking at the KPMG Global Real Estate and Construction Conference, Dr Balakrishnan drew the analogy of the water industry, which within a decade managed to generate 55 per cent of Singapore's water needs through desalination and recycling water.
He said: “We took technology, we prototyped it, we upscaled it and we made it a national project. In one decade, we have converted an existential vulnerability into a global opportunity for our water companies. In the same way, we need our building companies and our real estate industry to convert global strategic threats posed by demographic, climate change and resource depletion issues.”
In his keynote address, Dr Balakrishnan also outlined the impact of mega-trends globally, including ageing population, urbanisation and digital technology. He said the future lies with the development of green sustainable smart cities, and that this presents "enormous opportunities".
Dr Balakrishnan called on the public and private sectors - as well as individuals - to push for the development of green buildings and to pursue wider collaboration within the industry. He added that building owners can also become the stewards of public spaces around their properties, and make them more walkable through the use of public art or greenery.
