TODAYonline | Commentary & Analysis | Commentary | Not too small for comfort: CapitaLand Holdings chief executive Liew Mun Leong is not one to shy from controversy. In fact he appears to love being drawn into one. Sometimes he is right and once in a while he gets it wrong.
So it is no surprise that he recently roused the ire of shoebox apartment developers and buyers with his remarks on what he thought of such residences. And although I admire Mr Liew for his frankness and his views, I think he got it wrong on this one.
He told wire services agency Bloomberg that such units were "almost inhuman". Well, they may not be the kind of residences that CapitaLand, South-east Asia's largest developer, builds but at between 400 sq ft (37 sq m) and 500 sq ft (46 sq m) they can hardly be thought of as hell-holes.
So it is no surprise that he recently roused the ire of shoebox apartment developers and buyers with his remarks on what he thought of such residences. And although I admire Mr Liew for his frankness and his views, I think he got it wrong on this one.
He told wire services agency Bloomberg that such units were "almost inhuman". Well, they may not be the kind of residences that CapitaLand, South-east Asia's largest developer, builds but at between 400 sq ft (37 sq m) and 500 sq ft (46 sq m) they can hardly be thought of as hell-holes.
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