What do you mean we don't have a masterplan?

Singapore Democrats, 9 Sep 2008

In the on-going dispute over the housing of foreign workers at Serangoon Gardens, Mr George Yeo dropped a bombshell when he said that a masterplan was needed to give "some idea of how many foreigners we can accommodate in a sustainable, organic way." (See report below)

You mean that all this time the Government didn't have a plan or "some idea" of how many foreign workers this island can hold?

And now that we have a potentially explosive situation on our doorstep, we are told that we need a masterplan. A masterplan? Shouldn't someone tell the PAP that masterplans come before actions?

This latest revelation is shocking. Many Singaporeans accept the PAP's rhetoric that the Government thinks through and debates ideas before implementing them. Mr Yeo's remarks nail the lie.

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