READ blogs and other media and you can get the impression that we are always whining about our lot. Yet, a new survey shows just the opposite - that Singapore is a much-loved home to its people and foreigners with a growing sense of belonging.
In fact the levels of satisfaction are growing, indicating that efforts to remake the place into a more vibrant city are having real effects at ground level.
The latest lifestyle survey by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), out yesterday, asked 4,000 people - mostly Singaporeans but also foreigners and permanent residents - about this place they call home.
It was carried out from August last year to March this year.
More than 80 per cent of Singaporeans and permanent residents agreed that this is a great place in which to live, work and play.
This is 10per cent up on satisfaction levels in a 2006 survey - a smaller-scale public perception survey, said National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan.
-- ST
4000 people..."mostly" singaporeans...haha I love this sort of ambiguity. "More than 80%" agree.......... So what is the spread of income levels and type of property ownership across these 4000 people?
:...growing sense of belonging." How did URA measure that? lol
If they really want to convince, they should publish this survey and open it to public scrutiny.