Netizens react to URA master plan—new planned housing only for the rich?

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The new planned housing would be condominiums that ordinary Singaporeans could ill afford, but would cater more to the affluent, or perhaps to expatriates, especially since the new housing would be built in the CBD.

ke use of land in the country for the next one and a half decades. Netizens weighed in on what they thought. While some welcomed the plan, others took a more cynical view.new private and public housing at the central business district and Marina Bay area in order to encourage more people to live near where many already work, as well as to boost the nightlife for this area. Plans for housing at Keppel Club, Farrer Park, Queensway and Tanglin Halt were outlined.

There will also be additional green spaces of around 1,000 hectares for more parks and nature trails. Other areas such as Robinson’s Road may be redesigned to be more friendly to the public, as well as allow for more mobility.Perhaps because it was such a major announcement, netizens had mixed reactions. Although a number ofSome looked forward to the coming changes, and commended the URA for the master plan.

This, they felt, would only widen the inequality gap that already exists between the rich and the poor Some commenters made suggestions, including ideas about what other places in the country could be renovated as well

 

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