Remember Ridout Road? In 2023, Ridout Road became the topic du jour when online critics raised allegations about cabinet ministers renting black-and-white colonial houses. Netizens questioned how the ministers were able to afford the rent for such properties, with terms like 'Good Class Bungalow (GCB)', 'black-and-white colonial house' and 'heritage properties' being thrown around interchangeably. It was then we realised.