Virgin land between Clementi Road and Bukit Timah Road. Waiting to be raped.
A commentary by Yun Hye Hwang in CNA, Save forests or build 4-rooms? It’s not a zero-sum game
Conserving our forests is a delicate
dance in a land-scarce country and a wicked problem. But this doesn’t
mean there are no solutions, says one observer.
SINGAPORE: In late October, drone footage of Clementi Forest went
viral, and many came to learn of and appreciate its wild beauty.
But
after learning that the land had been earmarked for residential
development, some netizens have called for its preservation, shining a
spotlight on the dilemma of conserving forests in land-scarce Singapore.
A petition to protect Clementi Forest on Change.org has amassed over 10,000 signatures since its launch on Oct 26.
In
response to queries, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on
Nov 30 that while Clementi Forest is classified as "Residential
(Subjected to Detailed Planning)", there are no immediate plans for
development yet.
I think all Singaporeans know the answer but did
not know the real reason. Many would say good opportunity to build more
flats to sell to make more money to pay million dollar salaries.
Singaporeans only think of every opportunity to make money and every
little corner of the island must be carved out for commercial purpose,
to earn more money.
Some may ask, is money the only thing,
especially money that does not go into the pockets of ordinary
Singaporeans but to make more millionaires? So this piece of nature, a
gift bestowed to us by mother nature, for our well being, would soon be
turned into concrete jungles to feed more mouths, to allow more people
to live on it.
Does Singapore need to build more flats for its
citizens? No, Singapore has more than enough flats for its citizens. But
Singapore has a bigger mission for the humankind of the world.
Singapore has to build more flats to bring in more people from the rest
of the world to come here to stay with us, to enjoy this island with us,
to work here, to provide jobs for Singaporean, to some, to steal the
lunch of Singaporeans.
The first mission is the key. This island
is meant to be filled up with more human bodies, bodies from all over
the world. Because the whole world is overpopulated, Singapore is not.
The cries that we have limited land is a myth. Singapore has all the
land for the whole wide world. Singapore if needed to, will build a new Tower
of Babel to bring in more bodies here to stay. Or dig in more tunnels to
create more space for the bodies of the world.
For what, a few
dirty dollars for who? No, not like that, we just need to build and
build and build, for economic growth. Stupid. This is the highest level
of thinking in Singapore. There is a little piece of land, good, build
more flats or hawker centres. No more land, reclaim, reclaim. We have
endless land. Only stupid people said Singapore has not enough land.
This is a myth. If this is true, why bringing in thousands and thousands
of bodies every year to this island? You think the gods have no brains
to think is it? Unthinking gods?
They have very very big plans, to
bring in more bodies, 10 millions, 15 millions, 50 millions also can.
Use your blains, oops, I mean brains. What is the point to conserving a
piece of waste land called forest? No value, no monetary value. 4 rooms
flats good, very good.
PS. There is a need to save this world from
climate change. Stop using plastic bags. Great effort to start with. As
for that forest, let's cut it down for more DEVELOPMENT. Development
for what?
India is overpopulated, Singapore is not. Why build
cities in India when you can build cities here and bring the Indians
here? This piece of land can bring in another 100,000 bodies
comfortably.
Tiok boh?
