{"id":117600,"date":"2020-07-06T11:47:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T04:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/government-refutes-claims-made-by-opposition-on-living-density-as-false\/"},"modified":"2020-07-06T12:04:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T05:04:43","slug":"government-refutes-claims-made-by-opposition-on-living-density-as-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/government-refutes-claims-made-by-opposition-on-living-density-as-false\/","title":{"rendered":"Government refutes claims made by opposition on living density as false"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe government explained that Dr Cheong\u2019s 2018 lecture was on how the republic can continue to be a highly liveable city in the event Singapore\u2019s living density increase to 13,700 persons per square kilometre by 2030.
\nThe Singapore government has refuted the claims made by several Facebook posts by\u00a0Singapore Democratic Party, Sin Rak Sin Party and Lim Tean of Peoples Voice as well as The Online Citizen Asia\u2019s article on its website and Facebook against Dr Cheong Koon Hean as false.
\nThe article and Facebook posts claimed that Dr Cheong Koon Hean, CEO of the Housing & Development Board (HDB), had confirmed that Singapore\u2019s population would increase to 10 million by 2030. They cited Dr Cheong\u2019s lecture in April 2018 at the IPS-Nathan Lectures.
\nLim Tean\u2019s Facebook Live video also claimed that the government plans, or intends, to move towards 10 million population by 2030.
\n\u201cThese allegations are false. Dr Cheong made no statement suggesting that our population would increase to 10 million by 2030. This is a continuation of falsehoods alleging that the government has a population target of 10 million, which the government has clarified,\u201d said the government in a Factually article on 4 July.
\nThe government explained that Dr Cheong\u2019s 2018 lecture was on how the republic can continue to be a highly liveable city in the event Singapore\u2019s living density increase to 13,700 persons per square kilometre by 2030.
\nIt noted that Dr Cheong referred to living density, which considers only the land available for urban areas while excluding land used for airports, ports and defence, among others.
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\nAs such, it is misleading and inaccurate to extrapolate a 10 million population size by applying the living density figure to Singapore\u2019s total area.
\nThe government also clarified that it has not proposed, planned nor targeted for Singapore to increase its population to 10 million.
\nIn fact, Singapore\u2019s population plans were laid out in Parliament in March 2018, when the government said that the city-state\u2019s total population will likely be significantly below 6.9 million by 2030.
\nIt also clarified its population plans in two Factually articles on 4 March and 1 July, in a media statement by the National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) and in another Factually article on 3 July.
\nIn its media statement, NPTD said the publication of such falsehoods damages public interest by undermining honest and legitimate discussion. It added that appropriate action may also be taken against any further publication of such falsehoods.
\n\u201cDespite the latest clarification, the falsehoods continue to be repeated.\u201d
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\nVictor Kang, Digital Content Specialist at PropertyGuru, edited this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email\u00a0victorkang@propertyguru.com.sg
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\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market
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