Fewer golf courses and country clubs

Speaker: Prof Sing Tien Foo 4 May 2024

Land planning recognises the need to respond to change, transition, and even decline. Prof Sing Tien Foo, Provost’s Chair Prof from the Department of Real Estate at NUS Business School comments that the tension between erecting private playgrounds for the affluent and foreign visitors, which generate jobs and economic value, versus using recreational land for open public spaces for ordinary Singaporeans highlights the difficult balancing act that Singapore’s recreational land faces.

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