Minister's bungalow vs HDB flat: which feels 'overcrowded'?

• blueheeler

  1 Mar 07, 09:28

  S’pore’s National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan recently talked about S’pore’s population going up from the current 4.5m to 6.5m in the future. Mah said Singapore will not be “bursting at the seams” when that happens.
  
  Logic at work here: SÂ’pore has 690km2 of land. Divide that up with 6,500,000 people, 9500 people per square kilometer. Cosy enough for you?
  
  But I suppose if you are living in a huge bungalow shared by 4-5 people, you won't really feel the 'crush', would you?
  
  Please Minister Mah, please don't patronise me! I live in a small apartment shared by quite a few others, and I know what 'crowded' means. Don't tell me that S'pore won't burst at the seams unless you come live with me. Oh...please don't take that as a serious invitation.....
• citymax

  1 Mar 07, 09:31

  i think the property tax will be higher then..
• the Bear

  1 Mar 07, 09:33

  point... 1 square km = 1,000,000 square metres..
• ShutterBug

  1 Mar 07, 09:34

  
  This is fine example of 'tok-cok-sing-song'..!
  
  It's easy for them to say... they just wanna collect more money, so that they get their salaries increased..!
  
  
• CoolMyth

  1 Mar 07, 09:46

  To them, they only know things like attracting foreign talent and investments, to fatten their pay packets.
  
  I doubt they know the sufferings of the people.
• carrotsoup

  1 Mar 07, 10:10

  6.5million? Peak hour, where do we stand in MRT?
• the Bear

  1 Mar 07, 10:12

  ever watch documentaries about the trains of India?
  
  

  Originally posted by carrotsoup:

  6.5million? Peak hour, where do we stand in MRT?

• Meia Gisborn

  1 Mar 07, 10:14

  Originally posted by carrotsoup:

  6.5million? Peak hour, where do we stand in MRT?

  
  
  
  
  Of course, I highly doubt any of the SIW will be riding the train...
• Coquitlam

  1 Mar 07, 10:19

  That is why there are many like me who have already quit this stupid little red dot. Life may also be tough overseas but at least what we have alot of is space.....its a whole different culture aborad and its so therapeutic to have so much space...
  
  Bottomline is that politicians have to paint a good picture no matter how bad the situation is so that they can go on living in their condos or bungalows...do not be hoodwinked.....choose and decide your own fate...be a quitter
• Ito_^

  1 Mar 07, 10:22

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  
  
  Of course, I highly doubt any of the SIW will be riding the train...

  during grand opening ceremony and events sure will ride one. juz to gib u see.
• maurizio13

  1 Mar 07, 10:36

  Originally posted by carrotsoup:

  6.5million? Peak hour, where do we stand in MRT?

  To make the most efficient use of MRT trains, I suggest instead of standing, we build bunks for people to lay in, with just a few inches of clearance, different bunk levels for different stops. Then we can stack ourselves up like sardines.
  
  Hahahaha......
  
  Fark up Pigs Arse Party.
  
• Hogzilla

  1 Mar 07, 10:36

  Originally posted by Ito_^:

  during grand opening ceremony and events sure will ride one. juz to gib u see.

  No lah. When they ride, you will see 146th's people around.
  
  But if some psycho decides to jump onto the track then how?
• Spirit of Fire

  1 Mar 07, 13:04

  That's the problem with PAP ministers, they're looking at every single situation from their ivory tower, they aren't looking from the people's point of view, & I still do not understand why S'poreans still vote for these type of PAP people, & still able to tolerate their S_H_I_T.
• weiqimun

  1 Mar 07, 13:15

  Originally posted by Spirit of Fire:

  That's the problem with PAP ministers, they're looking at every single situation from their ivory tower, they aren't looking from the people's point of view, & I still do not understand why S'poreans still vote for these type of PAP people, & still able to tolerate their S_H_I_T.

  i think the minister of transport got take buses to work, right?
• Ito_^

  1 Mar 07, 13:27

  Originally posted by Hogzilla:

  No lah. When they ride, you will see 146th's people around.
  
  But if some psycho decides to jump onto the track then how?

  there will be a new urban legend, but never ever be proved.
• the Bear

  1 Mar 07, 13:41

  ahahahahahaha!!
  
  damn.. you win the funniest joke ever!
  
  

  Originally posted by weiqimun:

  i think the minister of transport got take buses to work, right?

• Xcert

  1 Mar 07, 14:00

  Originally posted by Ito_^:

  during grand opening ceremony and events sure will ride one. juz to gib u see.

  U already say liao...ride for show...1 carriage maybe 20 people including photojournalists+security people...sardines is just something he sees in cans...not MRT carriages.
  
  or maybe sardines is something he sees on the plate...his 280 bucks(or is it 240?) indonesian maid cook for him so he dun even see the can.
  
  
• fudgester

  1 Mar 07, 14:05

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  ahahahahahaha!!
  
  damn.. you win the funniest joke ever!
  
  

  
• elindra

  1 Mar 07, 14:06

  Originally posted by weiqimun:

  i think the minister of transport got take buses to work, right?

  
  Btw any of you guys can remember which minister said that they don't have the luxury to take our world class public transport?
  
• the Bear

  1 Mar 07, 14:09

  i remember he was a Sikh fella.. could be Inderjit Singh
  
  

  Originally posted by elindra:

  
  Btw any of you guys can remember which minister said that they don't have the luxury to take our world class public transport?
  

• Ito_^

  1 Mar 07, 14:12

  Originally posted by Xcert:

  U already say liao...ride for show...1 carriage maybe 20 people including photojournalists+security people...sardines is just something he sees in cans...not MRT carriages.
  
  or maybe sardines is something he sees on the plate...his 280 bucks(or is it 240?) indonesian maid cook for him so he dun even see the can.
  
  

  canned sardines are for his 280 bucks indonesian maid leh. only bluefin tuna for him!
• alwaysdisturbed

  1 Mar 07, 14:26

  Originally posted by maurizio13:

  To make the most efficient use of MRT trains, I suggest instead of standing, we build bunks for people to lay in, with just a few inches of clearance, different bunk levels for different stops. Then we can stack ourselves up like sardines.
  
  Hahahaha......
  
  Fark up Pigs Arse Party.
  

  reminds me of how crew sleeps in a carrier.
• Lowclassman

  1 Mar 07, 15:24

  6.5 mil people
  
  I could imagine every load of MRT train that people are taking will be packed like sardines. this will be the upper half of first world!!! fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffhank you pap.
• carrotsoup

  1 Mar 07, 15:26

  Alamark, I know liao lah,
  
  Of course we ikan bilis canÂ’t solve anything.
  
  If I were an MP, I would propose that all companies staggered their working hrs.
  Meaning 20% arrive at work at 7.00am, another 20% at 7.30am, another, 20% at 8.00am and the last 2 batches of 20% at 8.30am and 9.00am.
  
  Like that instead of 200,000 people rushing to work at 8am, we have 40,000 over a 2 hr period.
  
  So if they implement my idea, can I wear a clean, white uniform and smile smugly on tv whenever people tell me their problems?
  
• carrotsoup

  1 Mar 07, 15:32

  come to think about it, if this works.
  
  We dun need erp already loh.