A review will be carried out on the Ridout Road properties by Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean. This must be done to ensure that the Government maintains the highest standards of integrity, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in...
The statutory board had issued the statement in response to media queries on social media posts about both properties, that were published by opposition politician and Reform Party chief Kenneth Jeyaretnam.
In its statement, SLA gave details of how the properties came to be rented by the ministers. It did not say how many bids were received, or how much the properties were rented out for. More details on the matter will be provided when Parliament next sits in July, it added. Three PAP MPs who have filed parliamentary questions since May 16 on the matter, are Mr Murali Pillai , Mr Sitoh Yih Pin and Mr Zhulkarnain Abdul Rahim .on May 18 that he had asked, among others, whether Mr Shanmugam was “involved in his official capacity” in any decisions relating to the rental of these properties; and what measures have been put in place to ensure that the bid process is fair, transparent and competitive.
Mr Zhulkarnain asked about the circumstances under which the properties came to be rented out to the two Ministers, and how had SLA had marketed the two properties to be leased.