哎， 要是连稳定的环境和保护富人的机制都丢了， 除了空气质量以外还有啥核心竞争力。
Singaporeans Plan Protest as Lawmakers Debate on Population (1)2013-02-06 11:43:56.274 GMT (Updates with former leader’s comments in ninth paragraph.)By Shamim AdamFeb. 6 (Bloomberg) — Singaporeans are planning a protestnext week against the government’s projection of an increase inthe island’s population by as much as 30 percent by 2030, asParliament debated the country’s demographics for a third day.More than 1,100 people said on a Facebook page that theywill or may join the demonstration on Feb. 16 at Speakers’Corner at the edge of the city’s financial district. About 9,300have also “liked” another page that calls for a stand againstthe government and “Say ‘No’ to an Overpopulated Singapore.”An influx of immigrants has eroded the popularity of PrimeMinister Lee Hsien Loong’s ruling party as infrastructurestrains and record-high housing and transport costs add topublic discontent. The administration has outlined plans for apopulation of 6.9 million by the end of the next decade withSingaporeans, including new citizens, making up one of every twopeople on the island smaller in size than New York City.”The new population policy is anti-Singaporean and itthreatens our existence and livelihoods,” Gilbert Goh, theorganizer of the protest who runs a non-governmental group tohelp unemployed citizens, said in an interview. “Singaporeanswill be the minority by 2030. We want to show our displeasure.”Demonstrations in Singapore are rare as the government hasstrict controls on assemblies and speeches, limiting outdoorprotests to locations such as Speakers’ Corner. Authorities saysuch laws help maintain social stability in a country that waswracked by communal violence between ethnic Malays and Chinesein the 1960s. More than 30 bus drivers from China were arrestedor deported after staging an illegal strike in November.Population JumpThe number of people in Singapore has jumped by more than1.1 million to 5.3 million since mid-2004, stoking socialtensions as the government used immigration to make up for a lowbirth rate.In a white paper called “A Sustainable Population for aDynamic Singapore” published Jan. 29, the government said itwill take in between 15,000 and 25,000 new citizens and grantabout 30,000 permanent-resident permits annually.Members of Parliament started a debate on the report on Feb.4, with Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean seeking endorsementfrom lawmakers on the proposal. Teo said the 6.9 millionprojection is for infrastructure planning purposes, and not atarget authorities are aiming for.‘Sinking Ship’The white paper is the government’s plan to forestall an”impending crisis” resulting from demographic challenges such asan aging population and a shrinking workforce, former PrimeMinister Goh Chok Tong said in Parliament today. Singapore’sfirst cohort of baby boomers turned 65 last year, and its numberof elderly will triple to 900,000 by 2030, according to theNational Population and Talent Division.”Unlike our previous crises, our demographic challengeunfolds imperceptibly over one or two decades like a slow,sinking ship,” he said. “Yet it is urgent, in that we need todecide how to act to right the ship.”Singapore is the third-most expensive Asian city to live inand the sixth globally, according to an Economist IntelligenceUnit ranking of 131 cities around the world published this week.Lee is under pressure to placate voters without disruptingthe entry of talent and labor that helped forge Southeast Asia’sonly advanced economy. In a city with 3.3 million citizens and 2million foreigners, complaints about overseas workers deprivinglocals of jobs and driving up home prices helped oppositionparties win record support in the 2011 general election.‘Political Price’Since then, Lee’s People’s Action Party has lost two by-elections. The government “paid a political price” with theinfrastructure strains as a result of a bigger population, theprime minister said last week. Still, his party holds 80 of 87seats in Parliament, suggesting the white paper will be endorsedby the legislative body.”We fully understand the concerns of Singaporeans offeeling displaced in their own country,” Grace Fu, a ministerin the Prime Minister’s Office, said in Parliament yesterday.”We will continue to take a measured approach in taking inimmigrants who can contribute and integrate well into oursociety.”Protest organizer Goh, 51, said he expects more than 1,000people to join the Feb. 16 event and has received permissionfrom the National Parks Board to use the 0.94 hectare (2.3 acres)ground. Speakers’ Corner in Hong Lim Park, the venue ofpolitical rallies in the 1950s and 1960s, was modeled on thesection of London’s Hyde Park traditionally set aside for freespeech.”We want to show the government that there is aconsolidated voice against its population growth policy,” saidGoh, who isn’t affiliated with any political parties after anunsuccessful run as an opposition candidate in the 2011 poll.”We want them to hear us, but I doubt if they will.”没标题所写那么邪乎，这只是在芳林公园的集会，不是上街游行，这是合法的。相信届时会有很多条子在场维持秩序。
如果今天举行全国大选，那下界总理可能是文刀而不是木子，不是不可能滴。别激动。这个世界有各种各样的人，有些人就是有不同的意见。但这不代表主流。
报纸还报道新加坡有凶杀案呢，难道新加坡就不安全了吗？这种新闻出在 bloomberg上， 对于那些没有在新加坡生活过， 资产和投资却在新加坡的人， 会怎么想呢？美国还有占领华尔街行动呢，又怎样？撼得动美国吗？
有些人，你越把他们当回事，他们越高兴，因为出名，搞事，就是他们的目的。闲得蛋疼说不定，人家就是以这个为业的
香港那边，有些年轻人就是这么干。搞很多反对政府的活动，出名后，然后自己组建一个党派。适者生存，部分寄生虫又蛋疼了:lol我预计不会有1000人出席的，本地人没有罢工抗议的传统。新加坡都能站街了，上街为何不可？周末去东海岸玩， 发现比起原来，有好多露宿沙滩的流浪者。 感觉就像泰国的吉卜赛人的贫民窟。
以后怕是越来越多了。增加人口的负面效应之一组屋楼下也有露宿的。和衣躺在水泥地面上。白皮书利远多于害，只是政府在发布之前不屑于解释。以前不解释是因为人们教育背景低，解释了也不能理解；但是现在人们普遍受教育程度高了，还有这样的假设，就是都把人民当傻子了。
老龄化的问题严重，如果2030年像工人党说的人口应控制在590万而不是690万，会直接导致劳动人口人数不足以支撑经济发展，最严重的几个直接问题：
1. GDP增长大概会少1.5%-2%，经济甚至会萎缩。
2. 而1的后果是，5%左右的外资企业会因人力成本提高考虑撤资，失业率会有2-3%的增长。
3. 公共设施/服务人手不够，BTO无法达到预期的建造速度，BTO的提供量会比预期少20%-30%，导致本地年轻公民买第一套组屋变得更难。增加巴士线路和提高父母，增加地铁线路，这些计划都要延后，没有足够的司机，怎么能增加线路和缩短等车时间。新地铁线路建造工程浩大，劳工不够直接导致完成时间延迟。如果请本地人做的话，到时候还是要消费者为增加的成本买单。
4. 餐饮业人手不足，会导致更多餐馆歇业，到时候很多餐馆的队伍会更长。如果大量雇佣本地人，也只能导致菜品价格上涨，倒霉的还是消费者。
5.酒店业人手不足，根本没法给旅游业足够支持，这就是在放弃旅游业的收入，少了这些收入，如果人们还想享受同样的福利，就只能多缴税。
最恐怖的结果是，弹丸小国，一朝经济疲软，失去竞争力，很可能会产生大规模撤资的后果。这个是对新加坡毁灭性的影响，届时新加坡可能会重蹈马来西亚和台湾的老路，甚至更糟。
本地人就是身在福中太久了，总把民生和GDP当成2个分开的方面考虑。因为他们很多预见不到，GDP如果表现糟糕，对自己的生活影响又岂只是巴士地铁商场里拥挤小细节可以比拟的。读完那100多页的白皮书，就明白政府这件事没有做错。新加坡的劳动力不足的问题，已经让这个国家面临either to suffer or to collapse的抉择了。不需要外国人了，建地铁干嘛？
房子可以用纯钢结构的。
酒店可以找中国人，反正没人干这行。我是说在中国城市小孩不干酒店，新加坡同理。
餐饮业就用本地人不错，理性的人会得出同样的结果
我在第一天就读出其中的道理，比回来报纸上分析的还早
很多人只是不想理性地思维l或者不想考虑以后的事情。他们也没错，因为这是升斗小民不关心的事情
因此才需要精英
这就是我当时在《卖虾面还是炒股票》要说的人还不少。据说3一5000人。
很震撼了。什么事都有两面性，只要利大于弊就好，就好像房子，有人觉得住组屋就好了，因为费用低，有人觉得应该住洋房，因为有这个能力或是为将来着想，想将来人少些的人就是看好组屋的人，想将来什么都方便，脸上有光的人就看好洋房，其实本地人都明白的。反对的声音，总有存在的理由。
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