Digging Into Singapore's Underground Masterplan | Why It Matters 5 | Full Episode

In Singapore, sewage lines, water pipes, electrical cables and transportation tunnels already crisscross the depths of the earth, yet the city has grand plans in store for this increasingly crowded subterranean space.
Joshua Lim digs deep to see how researchers are looking into the latest technologies to help the city’s builders maximise the underground space even more, without running into serious trouble.
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About WHY IT MATTERS: Technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate. It is transforming the world we live in faster than ever before. Our inquisitive host Joshua Lim is back on a mission to sniff out the emerging trends and technologies, to ask the questions you have always wanted to ask, and some you have never even thought about.
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[@forca04]

The script is very well-written. Joshua is so clear in his expression that an average audience like me can easily understand and digest the complex information. Thank you!

[@hsgregorius]

As one of Singapore's neighbors I'm really envious of their public facility and infrastructure, very advanced 👍🏻

[@natsumidesu8019]

But lacks space for their future civilization.

[@tonykwok9763]

CPF....HDB....GST....COE....ERP..... ALL CITIZENS' BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS.....GOVT ONLY WANT CITIZENS MONEY....PAY AND PAY..🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@cklee439]

@@tonykwok9763 , Of course you would know that.

[@marinekong235]

Just legalised your corruption over there

[@maxjek2374]

There's a short CNA documentary in KZbin that shows Singapore has already been planning for 100 storey apartment housing with greenery every 20 storeys and horizontal travellators.

[@exs1803]

Real interesting. So advanced and developed. And creative. In land use.

[@barbarajames7420]

This really brought the Battle for Singapore to life for me as it made it so easy to understand what took place thanks to the timeline and photographs of the area as it was in 1942. My father was in the Royal Artillery and was fighting on the 316 Battery and this has given me a real taste for what our troops were experiencing. I would have liked to know more about Gordon Bennett - did he really go against orders to save his own life? Excellent film, hope to see more like this.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Are you from the UK?

[@JanMan37]

Incredible. I work for NYC. It's like third world compared to this.

[@JP-tr3kp]

NYC needs cheap labor

[@priscilla-yokeshoeho5882]

Well done Singapore. 👍

[@Paopao621]

genious

[@DanBurgaud]

Kudos to SG. They are very good planners and builders!

[@spatulaajaib6419]

Impressive!

[@tonykwok9763]

BLOODY🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@bowlampar]

As a tiny developed modern city state, the way you approach issues like HV Cable and all sorts of other will be different from developing country, you just can't do as them since existing circumstances are different in many ways. 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

[@enchantedwave7306]

going Underground .......💯💯💯 it well plan and constructed

[@georgequek7996]

Good job and smart govt of SG.👍👍

[@TheRtay]

Time for Singapore to fully utilize SPOT robot! 👍

[@OnlyRVMC]

Wow SG

[@acslater017]

0:31 lol at blueprints that say “INFRASTRUCTURE” 😂

[@jasontang9536]

What is the oxygen level as we go deeper?

[@mvp2526]

nxt time they ask you to stay in underground house,while forigners stay above ground ,locals stay in underground homes.

[@cklee439]

They also drink recycled water when you may have no water. So why not?

[@KyrilPG]

9:25 The study ranking of cities based on the density of their mass transit only includes the few cities that were selected in the underground utilization benchmark. It lacks many, including the densest of all, Paris, which has more than 150km of its network inside the 105km² constraints of Paris proper city limits. That puts the length of underground mass transit per square kilometer well in the thousands of meters or more than a kilometer per square kilometer. The video was extremely interesting and informative.

[@Sky-8646]

We should use Pulau ubin for farming food..

[@hoti3960]

If i remember correctly, DPM Tony Tan mentioned about the plan 20yrs ago.

[@brendanmarktoh3314]

Any one knows where are our Singaporean geologist?

[@adsrbad9733]

Power cables don’t actually work better underground, if anything worse. (Those which do not have a specific large tunnel for easy repair

[@dixcreative]

wouldnt it be cheaper and faster to rethink the above ground way we live. larger mega buildings that are like small cities.

[@tonykwok9763]

RETIRE IN MALAYSIA.... MAKE MONEY IN SINGAPORE.

[@amirism91]

LIFE AS JOHOREAN: LIVE IN MY 🇲🇾 ⬇️ MAKE MONEY IN SG 🇸🇬 ⬇️ RETIRE IN MY 🇲🇾

[@tonykwok9763]

@@amirism91 👍👍👍👍👍

[@CH-uy3yu]

best plan

[@BeachBoi1000]

Wow… didn’t know we have underground storage for fuel.

[@putrachillsmaster2316]

what so special or unique when singaporean digging a tunnel there's lot of marvel tunnel thru the mountains under the sea under the ground all over the world ..

[@tonykwok9763]

👍👍👍👍👍BEST ONE😇🖐

[@lauriebarns9901]

Am fairly sure it will have been addressed but am concerned about the added risk from global warming. Press reports of the impact of the Thwaites glacier melting (and more critically the glacier behind it) estimate a sea rise of 10 feet resulting. Thwaites is projected to melt over next 5 years, have not seen estimate for 10 foot rise after that. Am sure measures have been taken to prevent water ingress but it only takes one unforeseen incident to compromise entire infrastructure.

[@aungmyintoo4635]

17:14 thats really good, I hope Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur also can do the same.

[@tonykwok9763]

DONT

[@buton0817]

How the are going to do that ? Before the are start the are mind how to korup 🤣

[@user-oo9tm7qn5m]

No need.. too expensive and unnecessary kl still have alot of space

[@ayahpinkofficial2769]

@@buton0817 let's free Singapore media first and freedom of speech we will see how corruption is Singapor..... atlest indonesia and malaysia media is working freely without got sue by party..🥴💦

[@exs1803]

@@ayahpinkofficial2769 The Corrupt Practices Bureau is the organization to investigate corruption and the AG office to prosecute. It is not the media's job to expose corruption, they are reporters of news. It is the strong anti corruption culture with zero tolerance for it that keep Singapore clean. And it is the systems, institutions, processes that detect and deter corruption

[@lemonrand1]

Low ses, lower wage worker will stay below.. rich will stay above land

[@tonykwok9763]

FREEHOLD MILLIONS $ HOMES.

[@theachilles96]

Just a thought, why isn't there a way to have easy access to the cables under the road? Instead of digging up the roads every time they need to do maintenance?

[@badboi888]

1) Not enough space, still need to reserve space for future development. 2) Even if the space is there, building a accessible cable chamber mean need to have proper security measure or electronic surveillance to prevent tampering. 3) Cost of direct buried/ haunched pipe under the road is much cheaper than building an accessible cable chamber. The maintenance is usually once every 10 years, unless it is diversion for new services.

[@smling11]

Main reason is digging is cheap because 1. Cost of inconveniences, pollution, jam, danger, loss of productivity, loss of quality of life to the neighbourhood are not priced in. 2. Foreign labor is cheap.

[@pgobservers]

Telecom fibres optics cables are so much tiny in diameter even when bunched together which use pipes and manholes for easy access for maintenance and repair. Electricity cables are much more bigger in diameter and creating joints and repair are much more complexes which need bigger space to carry out joints and repairs. It is undesirable to put all the joints in one single holes as any explosion may burn the surrounding cables and causes bigger area of outages. Therefore manholes are impractical for laying electricity cable.

[@alexsandrkerensky7457]

Why dont u try to think up a way to get at cables underneath a road

[@Jake-zk3eb]

Singapore is going down, how about Up as well? Build roads above roads.Turn Singapore into a multi level city. Think HengSha like in Deus Ex: Human Revolution

[@maccomplex]

First!

[@jarinawee1666]

second!

[@alexsandrkerensky7457]

🤣 bukit timah hill defense complex?

[@jarrodyuki7081]

hehehe.

[@fwilliams3394]

The unvaxxed will live underground

[@amirism91]

Yes true

[@tonykwok9763]

EVERYONE ..... TOP SOIL🙏

[@ahkl77]

666th like

[@RealTalks4u]

Why doesn't SG just take over East Malaysia and expand there...lol. If it makes a good political pitch, I am sure East Malaysia can be persuaded to leave MY and join SG.

[@mariantia926]

The land is their. The road is my grandfather road. The bank is their ahgong,. What's they cannot do.. Utimately if flood happen, they blame to weather landscape change.. Left Right they always right.. And the money they spent on infrastructure, from issues financial services like notes like bond so utimately no need invest a cent, still got capital and utimately still generate recursive income.. A very good deal 🤝..