Property rising, continuous chain of en-bloc activities, upgrading neighbourhoods and even more foreign talent, boutique hotels and the anticipated F1 Grand Prix, Singapore is possibly, to some extent, trying to go as far as it goes; literally like the saying 'the sky's the limit'.

The future of Singapore, disregard the type of people that will be living in Singapore – as we know, by 2015 Singapore will be filled with more foreign workers – will be full of integrated and niche activities.

In my eyes, Singapore could be seen as a niche and luxurious country.

My reasons:

First, the government is looking at a population of eight million by 2015. Yes, yes, just like the song goes, 'What Singapore needs now is land, sweet land.' But just for an instance, let's do away with land and let us project where Singapore will be in the year 2050.

The outcome; more sophisticated, high-rised buildings, upgraded neighbourhoods, higher standards of living and possibly, even a new way of travelling. As it is, we recently have been introduced to Treetops@Punggol, a 'green' housing project which could possibly provide us a glimpse of our lifestyle in future.

Second, integrated programmes like the integrated resorts, F1 Grand Prix will definitely colour our Island. There is definitely bound for more programmes or activities to spring up along the way. Even more sophisticated, Singapore could even be seen as the Asian and modern version of Atlantis? Perhaps.

Looking at the map of buildings for Singapore over the next few years is definitely scary as this little Island is developing even more and at a break-neck pace that sometimes sends jitters down my spine when I think about the future of Singapore.


Nurwidya Abdul

Labels: 2015, 8 mln population, Atlantis, En-Bloc, F1 Grand Prix, Foreign Property Funds, integrated activities, Treetops at Punggol