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Workers' Party releases population policy paper

winnipegjets

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By Andrea Ong
Singapolitics
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013

A fortnight after its MPs offered alternatives to the Government's population policies in Parliament, the Workers' Party (WP) published a paper to give a fuller picture of its proposals and to stimulate more debate.

In the 38-page policy paper titled "A Dynamic Population for a Sustainable Singapore" released on Saturday, the opposition party elaborated on ideas such as freezing foreign worker growth while focusing on growing the resident labour force through tapping women and the elderly.

It also disagreed with the current strategy of topping up the low birth rate with immigrants, and emphasised its key goal of focusing on Singaporean families and coming up with measures and workplace environments to help citizens start families and procreate.

The party also presented three scenarios which project that the population in 2030 would range from 5.6 to 5.8 million, "significantly lower" than the worst-case scenario of 6.9 million presented in the Government's Population White Paper unveiled last month.

The scenarios ranged from the ideal where the total fertility rate (TFR) rises to 1.75 and the labour force participation rate rises to 78.7 per cent, to the non-ideal where the figures stagnate around current levels of 1.29 and 66.6 per cent.

Its maximum population projection of 5.8 million is half a million more than today's and 1.1 million less than 6.9 million, the WP highlighted. The trade-off is 0.5 per cent less annual GDP growth than the projections in the White Paper, it added.

The WP also made counter-proposals to the Government's Land Use Plan released last month, which involve building new towns, reclaiming land, and consolidating military activites on Pulau Tekong to support the growing population.

This would result in Singapore becoming overly dense and losing its natural and historical heritage, the WP said.

Among its proposals is using less land for defence purposes. The party is also concerned that only four per cent of the land will be retained as reserves by 2030, compared to 14 per cent now.

All nine WP parliamentarians spoke during the five-day debate on the White Paper, and were among the 13 who opposed an amended motion to pass the document. Some, like party chief Low Thia Khiang and chairman Sylvia Lim, had emphasised the need to retain a strong Singaporean core.

Noting that national values, identity and worldviews are formed over time and through institutions like schools, family and national service, the WP said in its document that a strong Singaporean core is made up of Singaporeans who grow up in and with Singapore.

It added: "Being a Singaporean citizen should not only be based on a conviction, it should reflect a life-long commitment to defending Singapore as our homeland."

In a statement accompanying his party's policy document, Mr Low noted that the population road-map "is by far the most widely debated White Paper in Singapore politics - not only in Parliament, but also by the people of Singapore".

The WP decided to publish the policy paper because of the subject's importance and complexity, and the "fundamental differences between WP and the Government on the approach to tackle the population challenges ahead", said Mr Low.

The Aljunied GRC MP also criticised the Government's lapses in letting population growth run ahead of its planning parameters and infrastructure.

The statement and policy paper can be downloaded from http://wp.sg/wp-population-policy-paper/
 

winnipegjets

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The opposition does not have the resources of the government, yet it is able to produce a better paper than the PAP. Why are we paying the PAP ministers and scholars millions??????? We reward mediocrity!
 

Tuayapeh

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The opposition does not have the resources of the government, yet it is able to produce a better paper than the PAP. Why are we paying the PAP ministers and scholars millions??????? We reward mediocrity!

The Lees love mediocrity because the one eyed cunt is king in the valley of the blind ......


surround themselves with more idiots spouting nonsense, suddenely by juxtaposition, they appear like wise sages....WTF.....
 
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laksaboy

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That's right WP. The magic key word is 'sustainable'. 6.9 million is unsustainable, and irresponsible. Keep harping on this point when attacking the PAP.

不能维持的指标,不负责任的政策
 

steffychun

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Congrats WP! Though a bit late but i excuse you given you have no team like the NPTD (who boot licks anyway)
 

SgGoneWrong

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That's right WP. The magic key word is 'sustainable'. 6.9 million is unsustainable, and irresponsible. Keep harping on this point when attacking the PAP.

不能维持的指标,不负责任的政策

Read in yahoo news the Leegime is exploring building underground. Now 10 million is sustainable. The poor can live the lives of rats in the dark underground while the rich live above the ground.
 

Kinana

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This paper don't need to balance the budget n take care of the needs of the poor one. Anybody can also write. Wat is so difficult about talking cock?
 

laksaboy

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This paper don't need to balance the budget n take care of the needs of the poor one. Anybody can also write. Wat is so difficult about talking cock?

Balance the budget? How about you tell that imbecile Pinky Loong to curb frivolous spending? During GCT's era there was still some budget surplus.
 

Lordshiva

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Hello arsehole. Ready to suck FT cock


She sucked my kekling cock and said it was thick and juicy ...

but i told her that the mainlander FT stock is not as powerderful because of poor nutrituion and drink too much of the shit in the Ganges water...she still dun believe
 

johnny333

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This paper don't need to balance the budget n take care of the needs of the poor one. Anybody can also write. Wat is so difficult about talking cock?


Does parliament have any say over what Ho Ching & Temasek is doing with our tax dollars:confused:
 

Lordshiva

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Does parliament have any say over what Ho Ching & Temasek is doing with our tax dollars:confused:

does everyman have that kinda power over their wives first ...


just take a look at pinky....

u think he is like Lordshiva is it?


i just down one bottle of johnny walker and will started on opening a can of whoopass on my wife....


do you seriously think that happens at his house?

:biggrin:
 

Kinana

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They paper is absolute rubbish. WP really think they can rais
e fertility to 1.75? These fellas are jokers
This is call on paper shoot pawns
 
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zeddy

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This paper don't need to balance the budget n take care of the needs of the poor one. Anybody can also write. Wat is so difficult about talking cock?

LOL..LOL..

So what did the PAP do to take care of the poor in S'pore?

Why must the Govt give a generous budget to the MOD to buy all those latest weapons when that money could be better used to help the poor?

Why can't they increase the pay of all the lower salaried workers in Spore?

Don't mention about inflation again because you didn't complain when you suck on the inflated cocks of those PAP scums..
 
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