Singapore GE2020: PAP should raise concerns on 10 million population figure with The Straits Times, says SDP
Singapore Democratic Party chairman Paul Tambyah makes house visits in Pending Road, Bukit Panjang on July 3, 2020. — TODAY pic
The article stated: “On the projected population of 6.9 million by 2030, set out in the Government’s 2013 Population White Paper, Heng said the number goes beyond how densely populated Singapore would be. The social space is as important. Singapore’s population density is not excessive, he said, noting that other cities are a lot more crowded in terms of liveable space.
During the forum, responding to a question on population, Heng had said: “Seriously, on the population issue, first of all, the 6.9 million number that was put out earlier on. In fact, I met Liu Thai Kher, our former chief planner, and he said, I think he had publicly said this, it had been reported in the papers, that we should go for even higher number, and that this little red rock, little red dot rather, can accommodate many more people.
The 4Y1N campaign involved four propositions the SDP supported, and one it opposed — namely possible plans to increase Singapore’s population to 10 million. “This is an unprecedented election. It is held in the middle of a pandemic. And what you are doing is you are arguing about what happened in a university forum in March 2019,” he said.
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