6.9 million: policy or planning parameter?

[watchman8]

Haha, I thought many ministers said the 6.9 million is only a planning parameter. How come they are seeking parliament approval for this 6.9mil "policy". So nowadays we can regard any government policy as guideline only?:*:

Or the ministers are all lying about planning parameter? Which one huh?:*:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/hd--pap-mp-moves-to-drop-%E2%80%98policy%E2%80%99-from-population-motion-054411492.html

Holland-Bukit Timah Member of Parliament Liang Eng Hwa on Tuesday sought to strike the word “policy” off from a motion asking Parliament to give its nod to a controversial population white paper.

Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean filed a motion on Monday asking that the House endorse the white paper “as the population policy roadmap to address Singapore’s demographic challenge, and (the Land Use Plan) as the land use plan to support Singapore’s future population”.

The phrase “population policy” should first be removed, argued Liang, and further elaboration should be provided to clarify the government’s focus on boosting Singapore’s core citizen population, carefully moderating immigration rates and maintaining that the projections are to facilitate infrastructure and land use planning.

Liang also said the motion should specify first that it will be more a roadmap than the exact policy, and second, that the figures indicated are projections, with further emphasis on maintaining a strong Singaporean core.

 

[billisnotathome]

The 'planning parameter' for the YOG budget was busted by 300 percent. Caveat emptor you daft Sinkies.

 

[Bigfuck]

Just to share with you how good is their fucked up performance. If you look at the 2001-2011, 1% labor increase only generates 1.8% increase in GDP, all things being equal. So you can see how useless cheap labor is. Productivity would have been different. But LKY hates smart skilled people. He purposely refused to invest in it for the past 4 decades. All the talk about R&D and high tech is just snake oil charm.