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01-12-2013, 01:00 PM
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8m population by 2030?
SINGAPORE - Earlier this year, Singaporeans balked at the idea of having 6.9 million people on our tiny island. But some experts, including Dr Parag Khanna, Senior Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, has said that Singapore can fit 8 million or more by 2030.
That is, if urban planning plays its part in spreading out the load.
"There is a much more physically devolved Singapore in which the towns play a much stronger role, in which there's much more local economic activity and vibrancy, in which everyone is not cramping down into Orchard or CBD every single day. And that Singapore can most certainly accommodate a couple million more people."
Dr Khanna was speaking at The Straits Times Global Outlook Forum on Friday.
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8m population by 2030?
SINGAPORE - Earlier this year, Singaporeans balked at the idea of having 6.9 million people on our tiny island. But some experts, including Dr Parag Khanna, Senior Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, has said that Singapore can fit 8 million or more by 2030.
That is, if urban planning plays its part in spreading out the load.
"There is a much more physically devolved Singapore in which the towns play a much stronger role, in which there's much more local economic activity and vibrancy, in which everyone is not cramping down into Orchard or CBD every single day. And that Singapore can most certainly accommodate a couple million more people."
Dr Khanna was speaking at The Straits Times Global Outlook Forum on Friday.
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?169355-What-6-9-million-It-is-8-million!&goto=newpost).