In a move to protect consumer house buyers from rogue developers, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government has decided to publish the "report cards" of 538 "rogue housing developers" on its website.

The problem is that it is so very difficult to access the website and one wonders whether the ministry should first get its act in order to maintain its website properly so that it could be accessed by the public easily.

For the benefit of those who do not use computer, why doesn't the ministry disclose the offences of these developers to the national media for publication?

What is the difference between the disclosure on the Internet and in print through the media (which has more reach in terms of buyers not familiar with using computers)?

Regular disclosure and updates of the errant doings of licensed developers will have a negative impact on their sales and hence serve an effective deterrent against abuses perpetrated by developers within the industry.

So why not go all the way (if the ministry is sincere) instead of a half-way compromise of limiting the information on the ministry's website, which more often than not is difficult to access due to "technical difficulties"?