Poor town planning, infrastructure shortages are the challenges that the region must tackle urgently, forum told
Yeang says persuading officials to embrace green building codes is like ‘raising children. You reward them when they do good things. And you punish them when they don’t.’
Singapore: WITH about 60% of Asia's population expected to live in cities in the coming decade, many urban centres in the region face a ticking timebomb, as poor town planning and infrastructure shortages threaten to produce a disaster unless steps are quickly taken to address the challenges, key speakers at Singapore's Large Infrastructure Project (LIP) Forum warned at the weekend. Read more
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