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Nearly 1 in 3 HDB blocks has reached ethnic quota limits: Minister
The EIP, introduced in 1989, sets racial quotas on flat ownership within each HDB block and neighbourhood. TNP FILE PHOTO
Limits persistently reached in certain neighbourhoods, says Desmond Lee, underscoring importance of EIP
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Nearly one in three Housing Board (HDB) blocks and 14 per cent of neighbourhoods have reached ethnic quota limits, underscoring the importance of having the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) in place to ensure social mixing, said National Development Minister Desmond Lee.
The maxing out of racial quotas for flat ownership happens across all ethnic groups and in both mature and non-mature estates, he told the House yesterday, adding that the limits have persistently been reached in areas such as Bukit Merah, Pasir Ris and Woodlands.
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Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh said yesterday that his Workers Party aims to remove the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) one day, but not before Singapore reaches a state of being race-neutral, when such initiatives will no longer be needed.
He was speaking towards the end of a 30-minute debate with National Development Minister Desmond Lee on the policy, which sets quotas for flats owned by each racial group in a block or precinct.
Their exchange, which saw question time in Parliament extended by more than an hour, also drew comments from Leader of the House Indranee Rajah and later, Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean.
National Development Minister Desmond Lee explained and defended the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) in housing in Parliament on July 5, citing it as one of Singapore s key policy to foster interaction between people of different ethnicities and promote racial harmony.
Answering questions on the EIP submitted by PAP Members of Parliament Chong Kee Hiong and Cheryl Chan, Lee started with a history lesson of how the EIP came to be.
The British segregated communities by race when they were in power.
Upon independence, the government did not want segregation, nor a melting-pot ideal where the different races were forced to blend or conform to a new culture.
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