Tag Archives: Development

Do you think Singapore scores well in terms of Social Solidarity Economy? According to our contributor, we are lacking in transparency, equality and accountability. Surprise?

My mind returned to the present and it dawned on me how much the multi-storey buildings, squished up against one another, resembled the HDB jungle. Even the school field, where many a scrape and bruise was inflicted, was missing, replaced by a carpark that shouldered a swimming pool above. A boarding school for foreign students was even jammed into the premises. Every square foot of real estate was manicured, exquisitely engineered for maximum capacity.

A $200,000 Boost to Develop the Next Generation of Joseph Schoolings for Singapore Swimming Association SSA to set up an independent committee tasked to best utilise the funds to benefit the development of the sport

In 50 years, the history books will tell how Singapore reverted back into a fishing village under L*L & his successors. Except that there are very few fishes left due to the environmental degradation from land reclamation & over development. It will be the classic case study of taking the wrong developmental path, unable to change course & being in constant & perpetual denial throughout.