http://www.aware.org.sg/2012/12/do-we-need-a-6-million-population/
Transitioning is organising a forum on*29 Dec (Sat) at 2.30pm at the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC)*seminar room entitled:- Do we need a 6-million population?
An online poll held by Transitioning has*strongly *indicated that 87% of the 1800 respondents*do not*approve of a 6-million population for Singapore, though this is the target the Prime Minister has indicated.
The government will be releasing a White Paper on population*growth and Parliament will open early next year to debate on the issue.
Transitioning has invited a diverse panel of esteemed speakers to share their views on this matter this Saturday, and they are Dr Vincent Wijey (SDP), Mr Leong Sze Hian (a financial wizard), Mr Kumaran* Pillay (Managing Editor of TOC) *Mr Naztyn (NSP, also an accountant) and Corinna Lim (Executive Director of AWARE).
The following are some of the issues and questions that will be raised at the forum:
One in three workers here is now a foreigner and the recent SMRT strike has shown that there is a problem *with integration and our unions are unable to cope with the foreign labour issue.
Our current population is 5.3 million and we are already bursting*at the seams with overcrowded trains and bottle-necked roads.
More seriously, there is no proper blueprint on why the government is calling for a population of six million people except for the rhetoric of low birth rate and economic growth.
Are we prepared to bring in another 700, 000 people through the immigration channel?
Will there be enough jobs for them? Will Singaporeans be sacrificed again to make way for other foreigners to ply their trade here in the name of population growth?
Will there be enough housing units for these new immigrants?
Will their*influx *push up property prices to a new high in the near future?
If you are keen to participate in*this year-end forum on* population growth through immigration, email*[email protected]*with your name and contact number to register.
For more information, visit the Transitioning website.
Transitioning is organising a forum on*29 Dec (Sat) at 2.30pm at the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC)*seminar room entitled:- Do we need a 6-million population?
An online poll held by Transitioning has*strongly *indicated that 87% of the 1800 respondents*do not*approve of a 6-million population for Singapore, though this is the target the Prime Minister has indicated.
The government will be releasing a White Paper on population*growth and Parliament will open early next year to debate on the issue.
Transitioning has invited a diverse panel of esteemed speakers to share their views on this matter this Saturday, and they are Dr Vincent Wijey (SDP), Mr Leong Sze Hian (a financial wizard), Mr Kumaran* Pillay (Managing Editor of TOC) *Mr Naztyn (NSP, also an accountant) and Corinna Lim (Executive Director of AWARE).
The following are some of the issues and questions that will be raised at the forum:
One in three workers here is now a foreigner and the recent SMRT strike has shown that there is a problem *with integration and our unions are unable to cope with the foreign labour issue.
Our current population is 5.3 million and we are already bursting*at the seams with overcrowded trains and bottle-necked roads.
More seriously, there is no proper blueprint on why the government is calling for a population of six million people except for the rhetoric of low birth rate and economic growth.
Are we prepared to bring in another 700, 000 people through the immigration channel?
Will there be enough jobs for them? Will Singaporeans be sacrificed again to make way for other foreigners to ply their trade here in the name of population growth?
Will there be enough housing units for these new immigrants?
Will their*influx *push up property prices to a new high in the near future?
If you are keen to participate in*this year-end forum on* population growth through immigration, email*[email protected]*with your name and contact number to register.
For more information, visit the Transitioning website.
