HDB Flats

[ssssshh]

Not too long ago, it was decided by the powers that be, that the Housing & Development would cease to build 3-room flats. This was in part to the apparent rising affluences of Singaporeans. Then there was an economic recession, and many people were forced to downgrade. 3-room flats like mine became a scarce commodity, and people started speculating

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[hotshotss]

Lets just say, there's the spin, and then there's THE spin..
Truth to tell, it is looking up, just not that up?

[ssssshh]

Up for who, may I ask? I think the recovery is but half-hearted, and very skewed towards certain sectors.

[hotshotss]

You're not wrong in saying that, it is skewed towards certain sectors, like the hardcore engineering fields.

(I might be wrong, I don't have the numbers at the back of my head)

[ssssshh]

Hardcore engineering? I thought it was in banking and finance?

[hotshotss]

Rephrase - more like, hardcore engineering jobs coming in the near future, with all the upstream multipliers coming.

Banking and finance is picking up faster though, like you said

[ssssshh]

I didn't realize that your hardcore engineering jobs pertain only to the Electrical/Electronics Engineering variety. Aren't Chemical, Mechanical and Civil Engineers also hardcore engineers?

[hotshotss]

No, there's also softcore (no porn association) engineering i.e. Operations Research & Industrial Engineering. Otherwise known as "Oh Really, It's Engineering?"

lol!

[ssssshh]

Or Industrial Design and Ergonomics?

[ss444]

I think it also includes the Oil & Gas sectors, and associated service providers to this sector.

The oil traders, like a friend of mine, is making heaps of $$$$$$!

[ssssshh]

Come to think of it, my oil trader friend in the UK should be making heaps too! :S

[ss444]

Ooooooo....and in Sterlings :-O