Minor Issues

How my HDB flat has given my family a sense of home

The writer’s flat and neighbourhood community have been an emotional anchor as his jobs took him and his family to Europe and the US.

SINGAPORE – Years ago, I wrote an article about being a CEO who lived in a Housing Board flat.

At the time, I was running a Temasek-portfolio company called Advanced MedTech, which today has more than $500 million in sales and over 1,000 employees globally.