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Ponder housing affordability, land cost issues in future S’pore plans
Holistic review should go beyond brick, mortar and planning zones
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Building bigger homes and bigger amenities would not only put Singapore in a better position to prevent disease transmission, but it will also make telecommuting more palatable, says the writer.
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SINGAPORE - Last month, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, which builds this city, embarked on a year-long public consultation on how Singapore's built environment should evolve to take into account new normals.
Feedback will help shape the country's long-term land use plans, with the aim of exploring a number of developing options instead of formulating a single concept plan, which has been the product of each of four such reviews since 1971.
