Create underground space
These subterranean land banks would be located mainly near transport hubs, according to the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) report yesterday. -- PHOTO: BUSINESS TIMES
ONE innovative solution to meeting the nation's expected shortage of land is to go underground and carve out spaces.
These subterranean land banks would be located mainly near transport hubs, according to the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) report yesterday.
As Singapore plans ahead for a city that 'remains extremely liveable even as we grow, we have to make more efficient use of our land (and)... this will call for bold and imaginative urban planning and redevelopment', said the report.
Senior Minister of State for National Development Grace Fu expanded on the idea yesterday, saying that the Government has to identify new industrial estates to serve new industries.
It could create basement spaces with new underground infrastructure, and land banks around our rail network, said Ms Fu, who co-chairs the ESC sub-committee on land.
She said the Government has found 'tremendous potential for us to create infrastructure underground already' during the process of developing the rail system.
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After reading this article, i think that it might not be a bad idea for singapore to create underground as singapore is a small island with limited land. As our population grow, we need more land to contain these groups of people to prevent over crowding. In the article, it is also mentioned that during the process of developing the rail system, they had already found tremendous potential for them to create infrastructure underground land as some of our MRT are underground and we have no problem with that. I think that if singapore wants to build a city underground, they have to consider some issues like are there enough air flow underground if there are too many people, so they must have proper airing facilities to bring in more oxygen underground. Another problem is that if the underground tunnel is not stable, if an earthquake occur it might collapse easily and many lives will be lost. Overall i think that this might be a good strategy to create more land space for singapore.
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Today. Got back my physics and chem results.
Both fail.. Ms chen told me my english fail. Mrs samuel told me i got A1 for poa. Mt 35.5
Damn. Die le..
Today after school, went for lunch, gossiping around, then i went back to school for english remedial, and waited very long but couldnt find them, i wanted to call them but both of my phones have no batt. So i went back to class and finding pearlin and shin yi there. And we joked aroud and arrange my poa file. then i sat down suddenly and reflect on my results, its really , very sad la. How come i did so many badly man.. But i know i have to do something.
My Hero scare me sia, its very laggy, its a new phone which i bought 3 days ago? So fast lag le ah? Everytime my Hero lag abit, my heart skip a beat.
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