Are you ready for 7 million people on tiny Singapore?

[Pin Head]

Obviously we are not ready. In the trains we are already packed like sardines. Anymore we will have people sitting on top.

[Pin Head]

sunflower:

It’s not whether we can squeeze in 7 million, 10 or even 12 million people in this small island, with proper planning, or course we can. If there’s a will, there’s a way. We can reclaim land, dig up graves and use up every inch of land or even build water city!


We can build more flats, extending up to the sky, expand transport networks, build more amenities, and even carve out areas where only the rich can afford to pay for the much needed spacious living, the likes of the Sentosa Cove.

However, is this type of environment conducive for living? People crowding everywhere, in parks, gardens, recreational facilities, where you can hardly find enough “space” to think, reflect and relax. Even our homes are built so small that people will feel rather catastrophic, especially when more children (this is encouraged, right?) come along. With everything planned and built, we would feel everything is so artificial, with no or very few nature surrounding us.

I anticipate such high density living would surely have some ill-effects on people’s mental and physical health. So yes, I do hope there IS a reasonable limit so that ordinary people like us can live in a more conducive environment. Stressful living environment created by space crunch CAN be avoided if we have a more holistic view when crafting policies, which do not just focus on numbers only. Or do we want an environment where only the elitists have the luxury of space? Frankly, I feel even the dead need some “breathing” space!

i know what you mean

[raysusan]

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/8m-population-2030


http://news.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/original_images/Nov2013/20131130_sgpopulation.jpg?itok=hIP2t0nM\">

so how pack can we be in 2040 when we are old?
enough beds in hospitals ??

[concern2]

raysusan:

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/8m-population-2030


http://news.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/original_images/Nov2013/20131130_sgpopulation.jpg?itok=hIP2t0nM\">

so how pack can we be in 2040 when we are old?
enough beds in hospitals ??

Of course Singapore can accommodate more - provided people do not move around and those who suggest it do no live here :razz: .

Maybe like the barn owl, we can also flock to the Istana to seek refuge. There's a big piece of land there.

[kangshao]

Haha. We are definitely not prepared for it but the government is trying to adapt to that standard by improving our amenities and infrastructure!

[Sun_2010]

concern2:

Maybe like the barn owl, we can also flock to the Istana to seek refuge. There's a big piece of land there.

But I dunno how to fly

[concern2]

Sun_2010:

concern2:

Maybe like the barn owl, we can also flock to the Istana to seek refuge. There's a big piece of land there.

But I dunno how to fly

Ya hor…cannot fly then cannot have means to get past the guards into Istana... :slapshead:

Better don't get caught…if released back into the 'wild' still good, better don't get put into the 'zoo'. :evil:

[mum_sugoku]

raysusan:

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/8m-population-2030


http://news.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/original_images/Nov2013/20131130_sgpopulation.jpg?itok=hIP2t0nM\">

so how pack can we be in 2040 when we are old?
enough beds in hospitals ??

I find his comment kinda irresponsible: He being a foreigner (I understand he's an Indian American) would not need to be stuck with '8 million' people in this little island forever, but we the locals and our children (and later, grandchildren, etc etc) will just have to live with that..

[imwithchild]

actually, back in 2008, the then MM wasn't keen on having 5.5 million people in SG already...


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MM Lee 'not sold' on 6.5 million population

Li Xueying

Fri, Feb 01, 2008
AsiaOne

MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew 'has not quite been sold' on the idea of a 6.5 million population size in Singapore.

Instead, he projects for Singapore an optimum population size of five to 5.5 million for Singapore.

He said on Friday: 'I have not quite been sold on the idea that we should have 6.5 million.'

'I think there's an optimum size for the land that we have, to preserve the open spaces and the sense of comfort.'

MM Lee was speaking at think-tank Institute of Policy Studies's conference 'Scenerios for the Next Generation', which seeks to gaze into the crystal ball and discuss what Singapore will look like come 2030.

Speakers, including Cabinet ministers, academics and journalists, held forth on subjects such as how the economy should evolve, cultural trends, and the Singapore identity.

Over an hour-long dialogue with some 900 participants, MM Lee touched on issues ranging from whether Singapore has the talent pool to sustain a two-party political system, to the widening income divide.

One question, posed by the moderator, diplomat Tommy Koh, was whether Singapore is guilty of overbuilding.

A year ago, the Government had announced that it is making plans to accommodate a population of 6.5 million people - up from the current 4.5 million - in the next 40 to 50 years.

This sparked off worries about overcrowding.

http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20080201-47850.html

[dolphinsiah]

Kids views on too many foreigners in Singapore.


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