Removing parks for homes: Is land use in Singapore a case of conflicting needs?

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15/09/2022 30 min Temporada 3 Episodio 10
Removing parks for homes: Is land use in Singapore a case of conflicting needs?

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When news broke that ORTO leisure park in Yishun will make way for housing, residents expressed sadness and disappointment. They asked: Why are we building so many flats? Why can't we keep spaces that matter to a community? Steven Chia puts these questions to Dr Woo Jun Jie, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies and Dr Liu Thai Ker, former chief planner.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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