Category Archives: State Land

Singapore Turf Club – the end is near in 2024; How not to shut it down? Use the airspace above expressways?

Posted on June 11, 2023 by tankoktim

============= . It will take great political will to change course in land usage. Does the PAP or the opposition has that will, and who has a stronger will and foresight? ====== There are other solutions to free up precious … Continue reading →

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URA seeking public feedback; The Govt listens to feedback yet again; Mean testing the way? The Govt has revised the eligibility criteria for the Covid-19 Support Grant scheme; What next? Does the Govt listen to public feedback in times of crisis, like now in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic?

Posted on September 24, 2020 by tankoktim

============ . All about money on this rock of 713 sq km.Solutions?How to double the population?Construction for shops even offices has to go below ground and below water to create the space above ground for other uses.It must include building … Continue reading →

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What is corruption, and what is not? Secrets behind Singapore’s incorrupt system; highly paid ministers; Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad – his fight against corruption [in his FB on 5th Oct 2021]; Accept the gift at your peril [in New Nation – 13Feb1978]; Sowing seed of corruption [in New Nation – 18Feb1978];

Posted on May 13, 2016 by tankoktim

============== . “Accept the gift at your peril” [in New Nation on 13th Feb 1978 by Tan Bah Bah in his Monday column];  My reply “Sowing seed of corruption [in New Nation on 18th Feb 1978]. Please see photo-shots below in … Continue reading →

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Red Dot’s four ways to generate clean and green energy; Solar Power not effective 24/7, day and night; Will it be cost effective? Solar power alone will not be able to replace LNG to generate the electricity that we need; Solar panels above MRT tracks, MRT and bus depots, and expressways; solar roads, create landspace above expressways, etc? Possible?

Posted on February 10, 2016 by tankoktim

========== . Only four? Is there a fifth…and more? Please don’t stop at four. What else? Solutions? ======== Forum: Singapore looking at ‘four switches’ during energy transition PUBLISHED6 HOURS AGO on 8th Sept 2021 in ST Forum. We refer to … Continue reading →

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50-year public infrastructures: To pay construction by taxation, loans or bonds? Should there be sinking funds for public infrastructures to pay for renovation and upgrading? Development economists to advise, should the people pay for the cost of state land owned by the Govt for the benefit of the people? Impact on rising prices of HDB public housing prices [due to cost of town centres, hawker centres, multi-storey carparks, not benefiting the poor; the schools, universities, hospitals, polyclinics, all on State Land;

Posted on January 20, 2015 by tankoktim

What is the root cause of rising cost of living?…It is rental. Should cost of State Land be viewed holistically? It is a subject for the learned economists and in particular those who wrote PhD thesis on development economics.  Let … Continue reading →

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Singapore the greenest city state of 29% greenery. Will the Govt raise it to 33% in the next 10 years? Plant more trees and protect our forests; Pulau Ubin, make it a wildlife sanctuary? Use vacant state land for gardening: the Govt has taken 24 years to listen and act; My letter was in ST Forum on 1st April 1998 on vacant state land; Reward those who pick up litter, ST Forum, 5 July 2014;

Posted on July 26, 2014 by tankoktim

================= . By Minister Indranee Rajah in Facebook on 23rd May 2022: Good news for aspiring gardeners and gardening enthusiasts – NParks will be opening up more Allotment Garden plots for registration! A total of 214 new plots – located … Continue reading →

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Food supply chain; State Land and Roof Top Space gardening – do not let it be idle, or bake in the sun; Target 30:30 by 2030 to supply locally grown food to meet 30% of our food needs; More fishing farming in our waters? How? Also, use vacant state land for community gardening; My letter in ST Forum on 1st April 1998 on vacant state land;

Posted on March 6, 2014 by tankoktim

============= . Does the Govt have plans to fence and link up Pulau Ubin to Pulau Tekong to the mainland to create a seawater reservoir for fish farming? . ======= . Forum: Optimising use of sea space part of long-term … Continue reading →

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More parks and greenery; Appreciate and co-exist with nature; Green Spaces vs a Concrete Jungle in a city-island state of 713 sq km of 5.5m people; Harmonise with nature; Protect All Life; Singapore is at the frontier of sky-rise greenery movement: Khaw Boon Wan; the Govt made U-turn after 24 years of intransigence; My letter on 1st April,1998: “Use vacant state land for farming”;

Posted on March 1, 2014 by tankoktim

    =============   . My letter in ST Forum on 1st April 1998: “Use vacant state land for farming”.   Please see JPEG format below. . ========     . . Good news for aspiring gardeners and gardening enthusiasts – … Continue reading →

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Olympic Games; Sports facilities; “Oh, for a spot of football” – my letter in Today newspaper asking for school fields to be used by the public; sport facilities are in demand; Why run anti-clockwise at the Olympics?

Posted on July 28, 2013 by tankoktim

====== . Forum: Need to share sports facilities given high demand, limited capacity PUBLISHED7 HOURS AGO on 24th Feb 2021 in ST Forum We refer to Mr Jack Chin’s letter (Sports facilities unavailable to public, Feb 19). All ActiveSG facilities … Continue reading →

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Hawker food prices? Who pay for price increases? Rising HDB hawker stalls and shops’ rental affect all – Keep the COL and food cost down in hawker centres; How? CDC S$100 vouchers; Going cashless in hawker centres? Keep it clean and the birds out; UNESCO – S’pore’s hawker culture on Unesco heritage list; Are we paying hawker centres appropriately for the culinary skills? Do some owners rent out the stall for passive income?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by tankoktim

======= . We pay. All pay. Unable to pay, buy and throw away if unable to DIY repair. This is the Australian way. Buy and Throw Away way of life unless you can pay for expensive repair costs or DIY. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Food & Drinks; hawker centres; foodcourts;, Government, Govt's Budget, GST, Hawker Food -Top Favourites, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Inflation and Rising cost of living, Labour, Minimum Wage; PWM and WIS in Singapore's wage policies, PG and CHAS, Productivity, Properties, Silver Support Scheme, Singapore in 1960s, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, State Land, Workfare income supplement; Progressive Wage Model | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

HDB – have shorter lease; Religious organisations are allowed 30-year leases; Recently, the Govt does listen to public feedback: Making prices of new HDB flats more affordable – by having lease less than 99 years; I suggested 50 years in my letter in 2011 in BT; Can a 50-year lease policy contain the rising resale prices shooting above the S$1m ceiling? EIP scheme to prevent enclaves in HDB public housing – how to address the inequality in the resale prices?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by tankoktim

  ======== . MY letter in BT in 2011: Business Times – 10 May 2011 Two ways to make HDB more affordable PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan will review the income … Continue reading →

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