The not so ‘black and white’ of the black and white colonial houses. It is not as clear cut as you see and feel, maybe until July.

 

The not so ‘black and white’ of the black and white colonial houses.

It is not as clear cut as you see and feel, maybe until July.

So far, the black and white in print includes ‘full compliance’, above ‘guide rent’, ‘left vacant’, bid  through agents ‘not disclosed to ministers’, …

Do you really understand the meaning of the black and white in print? Black and white is supposed to be clear cut, right or wrong, good or bad, clearly defined in only two colours: black and white.

Unfortunately, what you see in black and white and what you feel in black and white can be very different, especially in a period of high rental, high cost of living.

In Chinese saying, everyone has his or her own ruler to measure right or wrong, good or bad, and affordable or unaffordable. 

Seeing in black and white can be very different from feeling from the printed black and white.

In Singapore politics, the black and white colonial houses saga may happen in a very bad time when everyone is concerned about affordability.  And the Presidential Election is expected to be called?

HOUSING affordability, MINISTERS’ SALARY affordability, MEDICAL affordability, CPF affordability, CECA affordability, COE affordability,...

All these affordabilities have a number.  The same number in black and white will produce different meanings, with the government always projecting a good, right, positive, and caring Forward Singapore.