Wheres the good in en bloc sales?
Kenneth Yeung isay Today Online 2 Feb 07 Taking over private turf for public’s good The State is right to acquire land if it is clear the purpose is to benefit the majority Ngiam Tong Dow In my 40 years of service, I conclude that what works is what counts. The embedded rhetorical question is–works for whom and counts for whom? Looking back, one of the most satisfying pieces of work that I did for Dr Goh Keng Swee, my first Minister for Finance, was helping to draft the Cabinet paper setting out the economic and social rationale for the introduction of the Land Acquisition Act. A news item titled, “In China, land seizures fuel unrest in rural areas”, in The Wall Street Journal (Asia) of Nov 10-12, 2006, reported that hundreds of enraged farmers in Guangdong province’s Sanzhou village surrounded a granary during its inauguration ceremony, and for almost 24 hours refused to allow the departure of dozens of officials and investors inside the encircled building. The farmers complained tha
