By Jessica Cheam

ALMOST a year ago, the Government pledged to ramp up the supply of smaller flats to meet demand from downgraders amid Singapore's deepest recession.

But 12 months on, new Housing Board figures obtained by The Straits Times show that the take-up rate of these smaller flats has not been as strong as expected.

Smaller flats are defined as studio apartments, two-room and three-room units.

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