Tengah woes: Legitimate concerns or normal teething problems?

Deep Dive

Some of the first batch of residents who moved into Singapore's newest HDB town have complained of lack of shops, poor internet connection, condensation issues with the centralized cooling system - the first of its kind in a residential estate. Are teething problems to be expected when building a new town or have buyers' expectations changed? Woo Jun Jie from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and Nicholas Mak, a real estate analyst, discuss with Steven Chia.

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1. Tengah woes: Legitimate concerns or normal teething problems? (00:00:00)

2. What goes into the planning of a new town (00:01:30)

3. The challenge of a multi-agency effort (00:04:30)

4. Issues with the central cooling system (00:07:29)

5. Will waiving costs make a difference? (00:11:40)

6. Lessons from Tengah for other new estates (00:14:21)