Reflections

Change happens and is inevitable. It helps to bring improvement over the present. As we grow as a city, there will inevitably be greater demands on our limited land resources.

As a small island state, Singapore’s land use system has evolved to meet the growing population's demand for more buildings, infrastructure and recreational facilities. Maximising land use in agricultural, Singapore has discovered a new business opportunity - food production from its residential and commercial rooftops.

In the next decade, new industrial parks, business hubs and lifestyle destinations will be introduced to make Singapore a great place to live, work and play in.

However, certain ways to increase land threaten the basic elements of life for people and nature. Land reclamation destroys coastal habitats and marine life. Deforestation can cause many plants and animals to lose their homes and become extinct. The whole process of food chain may be destroyed. With lesser trees around, the environment affects climate change. Climate change is a serious and urgent matter.

The government and its people should work together and focus on more productive ways of using land to support future growth and protect the environment.

Through the different ways to increase land and more innovative, productive use of land, we can increase our economic growth and a higher quality of life for our people.