Sg govt admits: We could have planned better
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AFP – 1 hour 33 minutes ago
DPM Teo Chee Hean admits that population growth in recent years has outpaced Singapore's infrastructure plans.
Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Minister Teo said the government has since ramped up infrastructure development in the areas of transport, housing and healthcare and these are "coming on stream progressively".
But he admitted that going forward, Singapore needs to "better manage infrastructure provision with population needs".
DPM Teo was responding to Workers' Party MP Pritam Singh, who had asked how Singapore plans to accommodate 6 million people in the future, a target previously quoted by PM Lee as the total number of people Singapore could afford to accommodate.
Singh had also asked how the new 690,000 arrivals would affect housing prices and how many would comprise of new citizens, permanent residents and non-residents.
Hougang SMC MP Png Eng Huat also asked whether existing infrastructures are adequately designed to support Singapore's current population size, as well as what the target population densities in five, 10 and 15 years' time is.
Singapore's population currently stands at 5.31 million.
Addressing the questions, DPM Teo said the government would be careful to ensure that the country's living environment and economic viability would be key considerations in "determining the sustainable population we want for Singapore in the future."
DPM Teo did not address Png’s questions on population density and whether quality of life would be affected as a result.
In response to WP’s Singh on whether population studies have been carried out to examine Singapore’s ability to support a population of six million, DPM Teo would only say that a White Paper would soon be released from the country’s National Population and Talent Division.
The Paper, which comes after public consultation, will address issues of societal cohesion and Singapore’s population make-up in depth. -
will it be cheaper and faster too?
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Branded and expensive but no quality.
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so 2016 population wll be 6 - 8 million?
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maybe, one day be become....
UN-pore???
(UN=United Nations)
Centre of the world government?
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fm always right to back to the future? Does our leaders stay in singapore or sentosa? I thought every single leaders of singapore r very highly educated. Therefore the math no. 1 or 2 in the world. Very deep math question got correct answer, y cannot c the effects of extra ppl in this little red dot. Not a single leader spot these issues? Wow. Or the working style, any issue that come out fm extra ppl, just increase $. Road jam, increase erp. Not enough houses, increase property price. Go wee wee, need to pay or not?
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uhhh... white paper.. whatever paper... i think toilet paper more useful
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Originally posted by Tcsaaa:
fm always right to back to the future? Does our leaders stay in singapore or sentosa? I thought every single leaders of singapore r very highly educated. Therefore the math no. 1 or 2 in the world. Very deep math question got correct answer, y cannot c the effects of extra ppl in this little red dot. Not a single leader spot these issues? Wow.
Or the working style, any issue that come out fm extra ppl, just increase $.
Road jam, increase erp.
Not enough houses, increase property price.
Go wee wee, need to pay or not?You never go public toilets before where you have to pay 20 cents to enter?
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settle the drainage first lah...
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Exactly who is in-charge of Singapore today ???
Why so many contradictions between the ministers ?
Is our government divided ? What or Who is the cause ?
Can we please remove the deadwood so that we can all move on .
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Originally posted by charlize:
You never go public toilets before where you have to pay 20 cents to enter?
I not willing to pay 20cents. Maybe 1st world standard need to pay. I still at 3rd world. -
this won;t save them guys from my vote in GE 2016.
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yr 1 vote not enough leh. Got many blind ppl, mad ppl, rich ppl, old ppl n new ppl..
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they plan any better they would be called a communist or facist state already.
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
this won;t save them guys from my vote in GE 2016.
votes???how u know is not a kelong thing?there is no mechanism to check if the voting system is kelong or not during voting.only the peasants or gullible will believe. -
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Originally posted by charlize:
You never go public toilets before where you have to pay 20 cents to enter?
some pay 30 cent -
Originally posted by Summer hill:
some pay 30 centinflation.
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
this won;t save them guys from my vote in GE 2016.
Thats why they have to get more FTs in and give them citizenship, so that when 2016 come, they hope they can maintain the number of votes through this FTs......
Singaporeans got no talents? Singaporeans shun jobs? Singaporeans don't want to reproduce? House expensive, transport expensive, food expensive and $$ no enough, how to have children???
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
inflation.
times are bad.
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So...?
Election time also cried and later also no changes...
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Originally posted by eurocab:
Thats why they have to get more FTs in and give them citizenship, so that when 2016 come, they hope they can maintain the number of votes through this FTs......
Singaporeans got no talents? Singaporeans shun jobs? Singaporeans don't want to reproduce? House expensive, transport expensive, food expensive and $$ no enough, how to have children???
that's why on the ground all sgreans have to make life for those FTs and cheap labor diffiuclt to reduct this number. -
Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
So...?
Election time also cried and later also no changes...
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Originally posted by charlize:
times are bad.
time will get worse if continue to propagate.