Budget 2021 debate: Melvin Yong on building bigger HDB flats again

With more Singaporeans working and learning from home, perhaps it is time to return to building bigger HDB flats. An extra 15 square metres can provide Singaporeans with a study room that can also double up as a home office, suggested MP Melvin Yong in Parliament on Wednesday (Feb 24). He noted that COVID-19 has caused a fundamental shift in workplace culture, with many companies allowing their employees to telecommute. Moreover, local banks, such as DBS and UOB, have already committed to make flexi-work arrangements a permanent policy post-pandemic.