By Nur Dianah Suhaimi

One and a half to two years - that is the current waiting time for an HDB rental flat.

But with new eligibility rules kicking in, the Housing Board hopes to halve that time and shorten the

Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan said yesterday that the more stringent rules - which he had announced in Parliament last Friday - will allow the truly deserving cases to be allocated flats earlier.

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