Are you ready for 7 million people on tiny Singapore?

[sleepy]

Why do they insist to squeeze so many people into such a tiny plot of land?

Quality of air affected. Tried breathing in a jam packed mrt cabin or lift?

Nowsaday I don’t even feel like leaving the house.
Can’t even walk without bumping into another sweaty person

[dolphinsiah]

There are about 12.8 million people living in Tokyo....

And it is bigger than this Red Dot.....

Many years ago , when I looked at this crowded cities, Tokyo , Hongkong, I felt so good to live in Singapore when the population was around 3 million....

Now , I feel so sad and worry for my kids.....

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[dolphinsiah]

When Singapore Population hits 7 million .


My kids future will be like this: :sad:

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[Dora1]

NO!!! As it is now, every small plot of greenery that we used to have in between flats are being sold to build new condos or HDB. There is hardly any green spaces left. I think I don’t even have to go into the MRT/Bus squeeze, not only during peak hours, but now it is also super crowded at night and on weekends. Roads big and small are jammed packed.

Same as sleepy, I don’t enjoy going window shopping now (not that I can afford the time anyway). I only go shopping when I need to - its actually a torture to go shopping nowadays with the endless crowd, queues at every cashier, restaurant, carpark etc.
Frankly, the new spiderweb MRT network, which is supposed to be completed in 2030, can only support the current population. If we increase to 7 million, the MRT of 2030 will still feel like the MRT of today.

[sunflower]

We need to anticipate and improve infrastructure to accommodate increased population. However, with this never ending digging for MRT tunnels and piling our land with buildings of ever increasing height, I just have this sinking feeling that Singapore is gonna sink into the deep blue sea one day…

[sunflower]

Just wondering…LKY is known to have foresight and vision. When he implemented the “Two is Enough” policy, he must had foreseen Singapore’s population would grow exponentially and had doubts whether it would be sustainable, given Singapore’s small size. In fact, I believe he had some max population in mind so that everybody would have enough space to live comfortably, definitely not 7 million, in my view. My guess is maybe 4-5 million max (if I remembered correctly what I read some time back).


With our overly ambitious new generation of politicians who seem to put economic growth above everything else, I sure hope the well being of us citizens are not being sacrificed in the process to fulfill their ambitious KPIs to make Singapore world class or No.1 in everything.

I don’t think LKY’s intention is for us to live in a city like Hong Kong or Tokyo, extremely crowded and with concrete jungles all around. That’s why his policy of planting trees to provide greenery all around us and his measures to prevent population from growing too fast in the early days.

Unfortunately along the way, priorities have shifted and I do not know whether Singapore will be able to produce another visionary leader to take us forward in the coming decades.

[janet88]

sleepy:

Why do they insist to squeeze so many people into such a tiny plot of land?

Quality of air affected. Tried breathing in a jam packed mrt cabin or lift?

Nowsaday I don't even feel like leaving the house.
Can't even walk without bumping into another sweaty person

When I see so many people at the supermarket, I really HAVE difficulty breathing...if not bcos of grocery, I would not want to leave the house.

3-4 million of people then was comfortable...when I have a trolley full of supermarket bags, I have to wait for the lift only to have problems breathing in a lift filled with carbon dioxide.

[raysusan]

our pap need alot more new citizens before the next GE

[pinkblue]

Depressing to know there are more foreigners than true blue singaporeans. :sad:

[Harlequin]

raysusan:

our pap need alot more new citizens before the next GE

:rotflmao: You made my day :imcool:


And, NO, definitely not ready for 7m, I mean the infrastructures :evil: