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04-09-2013, 10:50 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
From today's ST:
AN UNDERGROUND city with shopping malls, research facilities and even cycling lanes.
This is worth exploring to make Singapore "even more exciting and liveable", said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan on his blog yesterday, suggesting that the Government is considering an "underground" masterplan.
The current land use masterplan, last reviewed in 2008, sets out how much needs to be built to efficiently spread the population across the island.
"We are currently in the midst of updating our master- plan... In parallel, we are thinking about the possibility of developing an underground equivalent... to see how practical underground plans can complement the above-ground masterplan," revealed the minister.
Although expanding underground will be expensive compared with building on the surface, "we can try to push the boundary of usage - to experiment, to learn and to evolve practical, innovative solutions - so as to prepare for the future", he added.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?161926-Is-8-Khaw-finally-admitting-that-6-9million-is-really-too-much&goto=newpost).
From today's ST:
AN UNDERGROUND city with shopping malls, research facilities and even cycling lanes.
This is worth exploring to make Singapore "even more exciting and liveable", said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan on his blog yesterday, suggesting that the Government is considering an "underground" masterplan.
The current land use masterplan, last reviewed in 2008, sets out how much needs to be built to efficiently spread the population across the island.
"We are currently in the midst of updating our master- plan... In parallel, we are thinking about the possibility of developing an underground equivalent... to see how practical underground plans can complement the above-ground masterplan," revealed the minister.
Although expanding underground will be expensive compared with building on the surface, "we can try to push the boundary of usage - to experiment, to learn and to evolve practical, innovative solutions - so as to prepare for the future", he added.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?161926-Is-8-Khaw-finally-admitting-that-6-9million-is-really-too-much&goto=newpost).