Lee Hsien Yang puts up another FB post despite already receiving POFMA correction direction, says he stands by his post

The POFMA Workplace mentioned:

1. The Ministry of Regulation wish to level out that the Fb put up printed on 23 July 2023 by Mr Lee Hsien Yang accommodates false statements of truth.False statements of truth
2. First, the put up makes the assertion that the State paid for the renovations to 26 Ridout Highway and 31 Ridout Highway as a result of the properties had been leased by Ministers Shanmugam and Balakrishnan. That is unfaithful. The id of the tenants had no bearing on the choice on the works to be carried out on the properties. The put up omits necessary info that the works accomplished had been consistent with Singapore Land Authority’s (SLA) observe, and had been assessed to be needed within the circumstances, as defined by the Second Minister for Regulation Edwin Tong in Parliament on 3 July 2023.
3. SLA invests a major quantity in sustaining conserved properties, which embody 26 Ridout Highway and 31 Ridout Highway. SLA has spent comparable, and even bigger, quantities on different Black and White bungalows, in step with conservation necessities (see Annex A). A lot of the prices incurred for 26 Ridout Highway and 31 Ridout Highway had been for works that exterior consultants had decided to be needed, in gentle of the situation of the properties and to adjust to the related conservation necessities. The remaining prices had been incurred as a part of the same old works accomplished earlier than the graduation of a tenancy to make sure that the property is liveable.
4. Second, the put up makes the assertion that timber at 26 Ridout Highway and 31 Ridout Highway had been allowed to be felled as a result of the properties had been leased by Ministers Shanmugam and Balakrishnan. That is unfaithful. The id of the tenants had no bearing on the felling of the timber on the properties. All choices to fell timber with a girth measurement of a couple of metre had been made following inspections by impartial arborists, and issues of safety had been recognized. The place approval was required for any timber to be felled, such approval was obtained from the Nationwide Parks Board (NParks). The explanations for the felling of the timber at each properties have been defined by the Second Minister for Regulation Edwin Tong in Parliament on 3 July 2023.
5. Third, the put up makes the assertion that SPH Media Belief (SMT) fraudulently inflated its circulation numbers. That is unfaithful. The overstatement of circulation numbers occurred when the media enterprise was beneath SPH Restricted – a listed firm. This was earlier than SMT was included. When SMT took over SPH Restricted’s media enterprise, it found, reported, and investigated the circulation challenge. The Authorities’s funding settlement to construct up public service media capabilities was signed with SMT, and never SPH Restricted. The funding quantum was primarily based on SMT’s transformation wants, and never the circulation numbers. 
6. Second Minister for Regulation Edwin Tong has instructed the Safety from On-line Falsehoods and Manipulation Act Workplace to challenge a Correction Course[1] to Mr Lee Hsien Yang in respect of his Fb put up.Conclusion
7. The Ministerial Statements by Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean and Second Minister for Regulation Edwin Tong offered a complete account of the info and background context of the leases of 26 Ridout Highway and 31 Ridout Highway. Parliament spent about six hours on a reasoned and thorough dialogue of the problem, masking issues associated to the impartial investigation and evaluate by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean respectively, and in addition issues raised within the public area.
8. Extra info on the info regarding the rental of 26 Ridout Highway and 31 Ridout Highway might be discovered within the Official Report (Hansard) for the Parliament sitting on 3 July 2023.