OPINION: Rapid population growth straining public services to breaking point - Seah Chiang Nee

Malaysia Star, 24 Dec 2011
SINGAPORE’S public transport system has become the latest thing to feel the weight of rapid population expansion.
For years debate has raged without conclusion whether Singapore can accommodate six-and-a-half million people or even more.
Well, with the population reaching 5.18 million many Singaporeans are now convinced they have the answer, and it’s not what the government likes to hear.
The people explosion in the past decade has strained public services on the island – one of the most densest-populated in the world – to breaking point. Full story

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