Enbloc Blues, Finally!

Finally the newspapers is adopting some balance in its reporting of the Enbloc craze that has been sweeping over our island country.

Yesterday (16 June 2007), there was a Special Report section in The Straits Times which devoted 6 FULL pages about the downside of the Enbloc fever. FINALLY! There were articles on:

1. how the "windfall" from the collective sales might not be a windfall after all for those who were pro-enbloc;
2. how the enbloc dissenters are gaining a voice and fighting back against enblocs through blogs and such;
3. how many are forced to downgrade after going enbloc;
4. how social values such as sense of belonging, sense of identity, sense of rootedness are sacrificed for monetary gains;...

If the current enbloc fever is not checked, it is going, if it is not already so, to cause a lot of social problems and erosion of social values that the government has spent so much time building up, namely the sense of identity and belonging towards our island country.

Money isn't everything. There are more important things in life. If no time is a good time to sell, then DON'T sell. At least, you will still have a roof over your head and a place to call HOME.

PS. Must have been too tired, saved it instead of publishing it when I was finished with it...