85% of Singaporeans are not allowed to keep cats as pets

Check this out (lifted from HDB website):

"Flat owners are not allowed to keep cats in HDB flats, as it is generally difficult to confine cats within the flat premises. Nuisance caused by cats such as shedding of their fur, defecating/ urinating in public areas or even the caterwauling sounds that they make can cause a lot of disturbance, which affects the environment and disrupts neighbourliness in our housing estates."

As if the 62 breeds of dogs in the HDB approved list exhibit none of the above.

Wait... There is more...

Besides dogs, HDB allows flat owners to keep other pet animals such as fish, hamsters, rabbits, and birds. These pets generally do not cause nuisance to neighbours and do not disturb the environment.

Fish, hamsters and rabbits are relatively quiet and contained. But I'm not too sure about birds... not disturbing the environment or causing nuisance to neighbours.

In any case, human beings too are difficult to confine within the flat premises, shed hair, defecate and urinate in public areas, and caterwaul during late night soccer matches/ mahjong sessions/ at the playground and more. Perhaps we should disallow keeping of human beings in HDB too?

Why single out felines when you can't even figure out how to keep the humans in line? Coz felines have no bark (pun totally intended)?

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Remember the suicide case due to neighbour's incessant mahjong-playing? Is that enough to 'raise alarm bells'? What has been done? The suggestion for a demerit points system for HDB flat dwellers? Whatever happened to that great idea?

The 50 year old HDB needs to work on the rationale behind its policies and the attendant PR efforts.