DPM Teo Chee Hean admits that population growth in recent years has outpaced Singapore's infrastructure plans.
Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Minister Teo said the government has since ramped up infrastructure development in the areas of transport, housing and healthcare and these are "coming on stream progressively".
But he admitted that going forward, Singapore needs to "better manage infrastructure provision with population needs".
DPM Teo was responding to Workers' Party MP Pritam Singh, who had asked how Singapore plans to accommodate 6 million people in the future, a target previously quoted by PM Lee as the total number of people Singapore could afford to accommodate. Full story
