13th Feb 2008
Seah Chiang Nee
SIGNALLING a major redirection, Singapore’s political icon has reduced his own population projection for the future by up to 1.5 million people.
Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has scaled down a projected 6.5 million population – mainly through immigration – by some 20% “to preserve a sense of comfort”.
He now prefers an optimum size of 5 million to 5.5 million, down from the 6 million to 7 million that he wanted two years ago. Currently the population stands at 4.6 million, so expansion has only a little way to go. >>>> More
