Singapore's population could hit 6.9 million by 2030

• SJS6638

  5 Feb 13, 22:30

  this is going to be a top favourite talking topic for chinese new year gathering .......

  many not supporting it

• Mr Milo

  5 Feb 13, 22:31

  maybe got play acting.... i be the director
• SJS6638

  5 Feb 13, 22:31

  you ho sei bo>>>>>?

• Mr Milo

  5 Feb 13, 22:33

  i am normal, dun worry :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
• SJS6638

  5 Feb 13, 22:35

  it is ok, i am not asking you to go imh ....

• Mr Milo

  5 Feb 13, 22:38

  They will kick me out of IMH, i tell u. i am too insane for them to handle :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNRXndLex8
• Clivebenss

  5 Feb 13, 22:39

  greed.

• SJS6638

  5 Feb 13, 22:40

  greed knows no bound

• Mr Milo

  5 Feb 13, 22:41

  yes, greed is the cause of it all and greed kills the lightning bolt :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
• Clivebenss

  5 Feb 13, 22:43

  Originally posted by Mr Milo:

  yes, greed is the cause of it all

  and greed kills the lightning bolt
  

  everyone like robin hood. rob the rich gives some to the poor. No more rich to rob rob the poor. Import some foreigners next time can rob too.

  

• SJS6638

  5 Feb 13, 22:45

  they are good in squeezing every cent out of the peasants.

  that is what they are great and excellent in doing.  as for other stuff like benefits for the peasants,they can afford to not plan properly ......

• Mr Milo

  5 Feb 13, 22:47

  a Ponzi scheme so clear and yet so many fell for it :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: dafts, that's what they call them :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Clear and Present danger :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
• SJS6638

  5 Feb 13, 22:48

  that is really ren hai ren.

  those who vote them are traitors to singaporeans.

• Mr Milo

  5 Feb 13, 22:50

  be a little forgiving bah.... they are just dafts, too deep into it..... just like kanna swallowed by a quicksand Nom Nom Nom :lol::lol::lol::lol:
• Clivebenss

  5 Feb 13, 22:51

  Originally posted by Mr Milo:

  be a little forgiving bah….

  they are just dafts, too deep into it…..
  just like kanna swallowed by a quicksand

  Nom Nom Nom
  

  acid sand..

  nom nom nom

  

• Mr Milo

  5 Feb 13, 22:53

  *smacks lips and licks finger Finger licking good....slurp! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
• charlize

  5 Feb 13, 23:13

  I think a lot of people don't believe them anymore.

   

  Even their hardcore supporters.

• yenwei yow

  5 Feb 13, 23:21

  Today:

  

  

  

  2030:

  

  

  

  Just to share for fun. I am sure majority of you have seen them already through 9gag.

• charlize

  5 Feb 13, 23:23

  Bus fans dream come true.

• zulkifli mahmood

  6 Feb 13, 01:17

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  I prefer my old days of 2.5mil but that will be too much for the function of the joyrides.

  

   

   

  
  I remember life was quite good back then.
• zulkifli mahmood

  6 Feb 13, 01:20

  I've just read this thought I share here. Singapore Population White Paper: The bigger problem Submitted by dk on February 3, 2013 – 8:37 PM I’m sure all of you heard about the Singapore Population White Paper and the plans for Singapore to reach 6.9 million population by 2030. It is no surprise that a lot of Singaporeans are against this. Just go online and read the forum and Twitter discussion. The hashtag #SevenMillionInSingapore even trend on Twitter for quite some time this week. Personally, I don’t think we can accommodate 6.9 million in this tiny red dot. We are already having issue with the current 5.3 million. The sudden large influx of foreigners will create a new set of social issue and dilute the Singapore national identity. We are also not sure if these 6.9 million can help us solve the economic problem. And worst of all, what are we going to do when these 6.9 million grow old? Can we increase the population further to support these 6.9 million when they grow old? Are we just delaying the issue? These are my concerns. I’m not an economist or town planner. Like many fellow Singaporeans, we are concern about the future of Singapore if this Population White Paper is approved. Few days ago, a friend of mine asked me a very good question regarding the Population White Paper. What makes everyone so sure that Singapore can’t handle 6.9 million population? The Population White Paper is a 17 year plan to prepare Singapore for 6.9 million population to combat the ageing population. If the Government plan everything properly, we should be able to handle the large population and solving the ageing problem. He has a point. Think about this. We used to trust the Government a lot. A lot of Singaporeans used to have the “你办事，我放心� (I’ve confidence in the things you do) attitude towards the Government in the past. Things have changed. If the Government announce the Population White Paper 30 years ago, most Singaporeans will accept it without much questions. Why did we reject the Population White Paper so quickly without looking at the plans carefully? Why are we so sure that the Population White Paper won’t work? Perhaps the bigger problem here is not the 6.9 million population or ageing population. The bigger problem we are facing now is that Singaporeans’ confidence level towards the Government has gone down. A lot of us no longer believe that the existing Government is capable of solving our problems. And perhaps some of you might disagree with me, but I think this confidence problem is a far bigger issue than the ageing population. It is useless to have a good doctor if the patient refuse to take the medicine. http://blog.dk.sg/2013/02/03/singapore-population-white-paper-the-bigger-problem/
• zulkifli mahmood

  6 Feb 13, 01:32

  Originally posted by Clivebenss:

  when you forget about the welfare of other but yrself, that's where the trust ends.

  

  
  Agreed. Now take a look at this...after the great fall..
• zulkifli mahmood

  6 Feb 13, 01:36

  Change must be in substance: Mrs Lim my paper Thu, May 12, 2011 TRANSFORMATION of the People's Action Party (PAP) has to manifest itself in substance and not just in words, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua said yesterday as she announced her departure from politics. The Minister in the Prime Minister's Office stressed that the PAP needs to engage the people and listen more. "People expect to be consulted a whole lot more. And whoever is looking after them, whether it is the Workers' Party (WP) or the PAP, they need to be really certain that they are able to engage residents," she said. Mrs Lim, 52, who is Singapore's first woman Cabinet minister, made these points at a press conference at The Treasury where she told reporters that she would be retiring from the political arena. She contested in the five-member Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the recent General Election. The team lost to the WP by 9.44 percentage points after taking into account overseas votes. Her announcement came a day after Foreign Minister George Yeo, who helmed the PAP team, said that he would not contest in the next election and refuted rumours that he would run for the Elected Presidency later this year. On the loss of Aljunied, Mrs Lim said it was a surprise to the PAP team that "the resentment...and unhappiness is so deep". She said that there will always be gaps in the way residents were served, but that the outcome would have remained the same as it was a "national battle". Mrs Lim, who is also Second Minister for Finance and Transport, said that she will be 57 years old in five years' time and would leave it to someone younger to contest in the 2016 election. She added that she has served for almost 15 years, a period of time which she deems a "reasonable stretch", though she admitted that the end of her political career was "more abrupt...than expected". With her departure, there will be no woman minister in the Cabinet. However, she said that with more women entering Parliament, she is confident that "it won't be too long before another female full Cabinet minister is appointed". On her immediate plans, Mrs Lim said that she would first take a break for the next few months before deciding what to do in the future. "There is no shortage of possibilities. Some of these would include a return to the financial or corporate sector where I came from," she said. Mrs Lim was a managing director at Temasek Holdings from 2000 to 2004. [email protected] http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110512-278327.html
• Clivebenss

  6 Feb 13, 01:46

  Originally posted by zulkifli mahmood:

  
  

  Perhaps the bigger problem here is not the 6.9 million population or ageing population. The bigger problem we are facing now is that Singaporeans’ confidence level towards the Government has gone down. A lot of us no longer believe that the existing Government is capable of solving our problems.

  And perhaps some of you might disagree with me, but I think this confidence problem is a far bigger issue than the ageing population. It is useless to have a good doctor if the patient refuse to take the medicine.

  http://blog.dk.sg/2013/02/03/singapore-populati…

  Agree. Once the trust or confidence is lost it is not recoverable. There is no yellow ribbon in politics.

  

• fudgester

  6 Feb 13, 14:38

  Anyway, I thought that you guys should really read this:

  Inderjit Singh's speech in Parliament

  Finally, an MIW guy who doesn't engage in mere cheerleading.