Mah Bow Tan: Government only plan for population closer to 5 million.

[Confuseous]

According to Singstat, our population already hit 5.077 million in 2010. Besides, if we project population base on past ten years of growth, we will hit 6.5 million in merely 2025 or less, which is 15 years from now. We will see how Lee Hsien Loong can slow the FT ponzi down without crashing the real estate. What happen after 6.5 million population is another big question. Will PAP import another 10 million?

- http://veritas-lux.blogspot.com/2011/09/mah-bow-tan-singapore-government-only.html

 

[Fook Seng]

According to Singstat, our population already hit 5.077 million in 2010. Besides, if we project population base on past ten years of growth, we will hit 6.5 million in merely 2025 or less, which is 15 years from now. We will see how Lee Hsien Loong can slow the FT ponzi down without crashing the real estate. What happen after 6.5 million population is another big question. Will PAP import another 10 million?

- http://veritas-lux.blogspot.com/2011/09/mah-bow-tan-singapore-government-only.html

Honestly I don't think they can grow the population the same way they have been doing it for past 10 years. The stress on the infrastructure is just too much and it is not easy for improvement in the infrastructure to keep up. The cost of living will further be stressed. So it will not happen. So the economic growth will drop. The only way they can push growth is services, particularly tourism.