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SINGAPORE \u2013 Ms Ng C.C., 52, and her family, who live in a Housing Board flat in Jurong West, have four cars registered to their name. <\/p>\n
The regional finance director lives with her boyfriend, a dental surgeon, and they each have a car, due to their different work schedules.<\/p>\n
Living with them are her younger brother, who has two cars, and his secondary school-going son. <\/p>\n
Theirs is among the 2,000 HDB households who owned at least three cars as at Sept 30.<\/p>\n
As of that date, 274,000 HDB households and 207,000 non-HDB households own at least one car, while 20,000 HDB households and 46,000 non-HDB households own at least two cars, the figures provided by Mr Siow showed. <\/p>\n
The figures were released by Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow on Nov 4 in response to a question from Pioneer MP Patrick Tay, who had requested a breakdown of car ownership by household type. <\/p>\n
In comparison, 9,000 non-HDB households owned at least three cars as at Sept 30, said Mr Siow. <\/p>\n
Mr Tay had asked for a breakdown of the number of HDB and non-HDB households \u2013 such as landed properties and condominiums \u2013 that own at least one, two and three cars.<\/p>\n
Ms Ng, who drives an Audi A4, said: \u201cHaving my own car is convenient, as I don\u2019t have to plan my activities around when others in the family can give me a ride.\u201d<\/p>\n