Ensuring Growth to Ensure Sustainability

By Tricia Yeoh

March 2013 STATES OF REFORM
main image
Advertisement
While Singapore’s government tries to convince its citizens of the wisdom of its population plans, Malaysia suffers instead from the lack of a long-term and comprehensive vision that is supported by concrete measures to ensure sustainable growth.The Singapore government recently faced public outcry following the release of a white paper on its country’s projected population growth rate. The paper forecasts a population size of 6.9 million people by 2030, which has alarmed local Singaporeans; foreign migrants currently already account for...

Subscribe to our e-archive to read our older articles.

Tricia Yeoh

has previously worked with the Selangor state government and is now attached to a market research consultancy.


`