How Singapore is tackling land shortages

Singapore is called one of the “four Asian tigers” for a reason. After lagging behind other countries back in the 1960s, the country made the leap to become one of the most developed economies not only in Asia but throughout the world. Today, Singapore consistently enters the top ten world rankings of macro indicators and living standards. And the most amazing thing is that this was possible in a very small area. After all, Singapore is the twentieth country smallest country in the world in terms of area. Yes, you heard right. The total area of Singapore is 733 square kilometers. For comparison, this is three times less than Tokyo. And half the size of London. Not surprisingly, land in Singapore is the most valuable and expensive resource. So how is Singapore coping with the land shortage? And why does this lead to conflicts with neighbors?
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[@gorilladisco9108]

If you look at google map, the city is mostly on the southern part. The northern part of the island has relatively less buildings, with the center of the island completely empty.

[@thor.halsli]

Even a City state need nature

[@byteme9718]

The central part is for water catchment. Currently Singapore relies on Malaysia for some of its water and the racist Malays have on a number of occasions threatened to cut it off. Singapore is working in becoming self sufficient next decade.

[@jackdon6926]

it's intentional

[@zhixuanchen6914]

Luckier than lucky country, but also heavily challenged in face of a deeply divided and climatically changing world - words from a Singaporean.

[@ikanuwu]

I see singapore is more united than malaysia,mind you tell me some experience there with other races?

[@DamianSzajnowski]

​@@ikanuwualiens?

[@lzh4950]

@@ikanuwu Maybe more like the rest of the world is becoming more divided, making it trickier for Singapore to conduct its diplomacy? e.g. USA & China are drifting further away diplomatically & thus they may become less tolerant of Singapore being friendly to both. Also with neighbouring Malaysia not condemning Hamas as much, 1 of Singapore's ex-diplomats fretted in an newspaper op-ed that it might be a sign that Malaysia is becoming more condoning of terrorism, & he worried if one day terrorists would, say, be allowed to fire rockets from Malaysia at Singapore's public housing or at planes landing at Changi Airport

[@dammitbobby283]

It's similar to gathering clutter in a garage: you decide to purchase a shed to store the clutter, but instead, you end up accumulating even more clutter. Consequently, you now have twice the amount of junk.

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

Solution: buy a huge warehouse Pick up shed with a crane, Place in warehouse Solved

[@TopRightSplash]

Thumbnail says Singapor LOL

[@owentaildeman8634]

LOL

[@organizedchaos4559]

@@d3vu1 it’s a pun, pour

[@bell-xk5dd]

@@markzzzzberg1312 That really says a lot about you....

[@talentlesszephyr_yt]

I'm offended

[@tictactoe101]

Where did the e go

[@grantmccoy6739]

That is a shockingly ambitious thing to do. Each of those barges doesn't contain that much earth. It would take a lot of effort. It's a bit sad to see such amazing development for such a small city-state while Malaysia is still quite poor by comparison. Singapore is going to be the rich neighborhood of Malaysia basically.

[@zzy341]

It’s probably much cheaper to go to war but it will be sadder isn’t it?

[@mrj475]

They are poor lol than malaysia..get you facts update

[@grantmccoy6739]

@@zzy341 I was thinking develop Malaysia, actually.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Online Reservations Cat Food

[@andrewmclaren4253]

Bc Malaysia is corrupt and still in their comfort zone. *ex-msian

[@bowlampar]

If population continue to rise annually, but the country's land area is not expanded accordingly, then affordable housing can be out of reach quickly, unless the housing pressure can be alleviated by a viable tested high tech. water top public housing project that doesn't require massive land fill.🤔🤔

[@gorilladisco9108]

Dig deep underground. Make it a multilayered city. 🤓

[@bowlampar]

@@gorilladisco9108 Those facilities can be built underground should have priority instead of having them on surface.

[@WillemvanKalsbeek]

That territorial sea boundries move when you make new land was new to me.

[@TungB]

It wasn't to China.

[@geeass]

5:35 expansion of territory into the sea does not expand one country’s territorial waters. Territorial waters are delimited and drawn based on original land mass. Otherwise, countries can just expand their land and expand their territorial waters, like what China is trying to do, which would not make sense.

[@RogersMgmtGroup]

0:32 The graphic and the voiceover conflict. Graphic suggests 3 Toykos or 2 Londons fit in Singapore while voice says 3 times less than Tokyo and half the size of London. Google says London is 1,572 sq km and Tokyo is 2,194 sq km to Singapore’s 728 sq km. So the voiceover is accurate but the map is wrong.

[@Jim1971a]

Wow, 1996 was a busy year for them!

[@caver38]

It can't go much further as it has expanded almost up to its territorial limits .

[@jiyefuuu]

Money talks

[@cnvramamoorthy8358]

Great

[@winstonsmithsoul]

For some reason the climate panicers suggest the oceans levels are rising. The answer is here plus the 20,000 container boats, it’s called displacement.

[@hopan3099]

They can build floating cities

[@honeykamal9743]

Imagine Johor under PAP

[@AidanSverre]

The thumbnail is funny in 2 ways: The boats look like they’re peeing, the thumbnail says Singapor lol

[@plant.hacks.4.ur.environment]

Singapore is also investing in Solar energy in Australia

[@HeinKyawHlaing-ubesy]

😍🙆Ko Hein🙆😍

[@tatangsutisna3786]

Yeah in your dream, indonesia will not let you do 😂

[@Kuricang31]

​@@tatangsutisna3786They already did lol. In exchange of Singapore giving up it's air control over the Riau Islands

[@tatangsutisna3786]

@@Kuricang31 keep dreaming boy, i will not woke you up.

[@Kuricang31]

@@tatangsutisna3786 Ok little boy

[@tanhtran8192]

👏👍

[@lisadawn8856]

✨✨👍👍😊😊✨✨

[@faizinzainudin8462]

I think malaysia and thailand should build a canal by passing the use of the straits of malacca soon.

[@Kuricang31]

Idiotic move lol. Do that and Singapore will suffer economically as not only it could loses 170.000 jobs but also its financial revenue that accounts to 7% of Singapore's GDP

[@jfifield20]

It seems like it might be cheaper, easier and faster to just offer Malaysia $15-$20B to permanently buy some of their nearby land vs land reclamation.

[@yerdzhaboc2924]

singapore must made a floating island

[@ditsygirl5409]

We considered that too!

[@davidtonkin109]

Perhaps they could buy/rent/occupy a bit of northern Australia and make Singapore 2.0+. It would benefit both countries. At least they would clear out the crocodiles so you can go swimming.

[@gorilladisco9108]

Why northern Australia? Why not southern Australia? It's a wasteland there. 😅

[@davidtonkin109]

@@gorilladisco9108 They already have. Look at the migrant numbers.

[@gorilladisco9108]

@@davidtonkin109 I look at google map, and there's no sign of settlements at southern Australia. 🤔

[@davidtonkin109]

@@gorilladisco9108 Look harder. Try street view.

[@gorilladisco9108]

@@davidtonkin109 Thousands of kilometers of empty desert road later ... 😅

[@alvinchen5246]

地球的極端氣候變遷，海平面上升的很快，這個繁榮的小島國必需及早做好因應措施。

[@tharinduniranga3373]

😊😊😊😊

[@martijnkeisers5900]

Do like the Dutch.

[@KimChengHo-io8td]

😊😊

[@taipangwong356]

Nothing is short in Karenland. Rgo is taller than Yao Ming and Jeremy Lin combined.

[@ChaseFreedomMusician]

I bet the companies doing that are making BANK!

[@jaswantsingh9287]

We shld lease land in Johore and build a retirement village for our citizens..

[@craigroaring]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but isn't land reclamation a contributor to rising see levels?

[@Mdj1908]

No

[@jackdon6926]

Definitely, i believe even though science would not approve of that

[@devendrakc999]

Invest heavily on technology to build over water. Only a matter of time before a viable solution is discovered.

[@jengoh3826]

There might be a political solution to this. Just lease a vast track of land from JB, the Malaysian province right next to Singapore. Then build a mini Singapore on it. The Singapore and mini Singapore can be connected by MRT systems. JB gets rental revenues. Both sides win.

[@gorilladisco9108]

Until Malaysia decides to kick out Singapore from their rental land. Consider to build the city in multi layer. Dig deep underground.

[@lister740]

all works out fine until malaysia changes government and "promises to end unfair Singapore City Rental Agreement, not in the best interests of the Rakyat" etc etc

[@byteme9718]

Jen, you clearly know nothing of regional history and the duplicitous Malays. Singapore is working on becoming independent of water from Malaysia and mandates building have blastproof shelters since the '90s for a reason. Johor may be better off independent of Malaysia and forming an agreement with Singapore.

[@muhammadfarhun1197]

​@byteme9718 then what suffers unnecessary business tariffs and bureaucracy like brits, no thanks.

[@byteme9718]

@@muhammadfarhun1197 That's not an issue and any problems easily overcome. Johor is being dragged down by the mess caused but other western states. Far better to get out as are Sabah and Sarawak.

[@Bantallas]

"Three Times less" so its area is negative?

[@saadsyed7531]

Basically a rich fool’s paradise one-tsunami away from being washed out

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

Power in the money

[@just.jose.youtube]

Step aside marine ecosystems, concrete has arrived! 😎 😥😥😥

[@ctanky]

Of course human lives over-ride eco lives

[@swagatopablo]

It is not a land shortage problem. It is an overpopulation problem. The country has more people than new Zealand and most people live in stacked tiny apartment blocks on top of each other. Basic things like a backyard, a basement or even a car is considered luxury as most have to travel in crowded public transports.

[@shauncameron8390]

As a result of a land shortage problem which necessitated the building of high-density housing. Single-family housing is a waste of space.

[@KJ-yises]

They could make public transport less crowded at any time. Private car is really unnecessary for daily commute.

[@swagatopablo]

@@shauncameron8390 waste of space? I suspect you are not telling the truth here. Most ultra rich people in Singapore, including the ministers live in single family homes. Your random judgement of waste is irrelevant and divorced from reality.

[@swagatopablo]

@@KJ-yises really unnecessary? Funny that is precisely what numerous people (including the policy setters in Singapore) do.

[@KJ-yises]

@@swagatopablo yes, unnecessary, and there are not many policy setters…..compared to the masses. And hence the ultra high price.

[@pradeepmagan6951]

The issue is where are they going to get their sand

[@sayyamzahid7312]

I live in Karachi Pakistan and I like your comment

[@TheIggypop1]

dredge it from the local sea which has a lot of clay and help it bind together

[@fafnhir_]

They import it from neighbouring countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia. But now only Cambodia since other has banned sand export.

[@abdrazak8310]

​@@fafnhir_ not anymore...not for sale

[@markzzzzberg1312]

chinapore is a hypocrite country, they always claim and boasting about to be the greenest and eco friendly country but cutting hill and dredging sand in neighbouring country to reclamation and growing their bacteria size island

[@ryannnh3]

and now Indonesia unbanned sand export and Singapore also want but it from us. sadly

[@albundy3696]

There are so many land for sale they should buy them Build Homes and relocate eses of their Population there , could be Much Cheaper .

[@goldmade4403]

India should do this too

[@Patrick-yh5yd]

This pumping soils how Magic Kingdom Orlando was built. Florida has no mountains to take sand so Florida has thousands of lakes. to take soil.

[@mrgod5139]

What’s so big deal about singpor?

[@jonathanthink5830]

singapore does not have that much soil to reclaim so much land. the govt literally bought soil from indonesian. to be exact, they bribed the indonesians and moved the soil to singapore.

[@jb5music]

Yes that's allz you do to fix that in Singapore. Just fill in the ocean 😆 it'll only be 8x times as expensive to live there as opposed to 5x

[@bappyhasanjahid4985]

Not really. Singapores 80% land is government owned. they strictly regulate the pricing thus making it affordable. Yes its expensive compared to other large countries but its okay for average Singaporeans. the government provides everyone am home. lets say you have an apartment if you want to sell it you have to sell it at the same price you bought it. it may sound crazy but in Singapore housing is treated as a necessity and not as an investment (like like the US 🤧)

[@ilikespaghetti4458]

If you want help reclaiming land from the sea just ask the Dutch

[@rezaakbar4753]

Why did not Greenpeace going to SG to shout out damage environment ?

[@gorilladisco9108]

The Whip. 😅

[@Kuricang31]

Greenpeace are wokes lol. If you truly believes Greenpeace or PETA really makes a change in improving the environment, then I have a slightly used bridge in Yishun to sell to you 🤪

[@lsh535]

Singapore too heavy will it sink?

[@bell-xk5dd]

Beneath Singapore is granite, very hard rock ...no worries

[@lsh535]

@@bell-xk5dd Good to hear that. with the mass development and building in a very small country.

[@cashcash5995]

Come on America , this is an unsinkable base .

[@bonbonboy7525]

I think. Since singapore neighbours are fellow asean members... singaporeans can lives anywhere in asean...so actually singapore does not need more land

[@RobertChan-ge1bq]

Why this two country cannot cooperate to build happiness for it's people?

[@norshamishak6499]

it's china land near malay land

[@bvegannow1936]

Ban farm subsidies. Let everyone that wants use about an acre of free tax free land to grow their own food and live on. Under ground homes, and Greenhouses and indoor grow rooms for year round growing could help produce more food in less space.

[@gorilladisco9108]

The energy cost will be high, especially on the underground where sun doesn't shine.

[@bimbimbimbimnello6940]

Singapore has to collaborate with Indonesian Goverment which Indonesian consists of so many islands, so you can ask some islands those near to you for you to build your countryas well as Indonesia under an agreement tha can agree on the development of the two countries, a mutually beneficial partnership. Without having to damage the flora and founa in the sea.

[@wzt4969]

I heard this was already discussed decades ago on Batam but the negotiation broke down somehow.

[@Lu5ck]

Lol? Why would a full-fledge country help develop another full-fledge country? Yes, singapore is a full-fledge country, not a country in name but a country that process its own military power. You did be crazy to expect Indonesia to help develop another military power further.

[@everydaydose7779]

> ask some islands LMAOOOOOOOOOO

[@booksanddesign]

I don't think Indonesia will easily give their land to Singapore with majority are Chinese 😂😂

[@Joekool88]

No country would just give away their land/islands. That's why Singapore had to expand via other methods

[@tujuhlapan7044]

It will sink because of over development..

[@laufamilytwoo1840]

Nottingham worry ,we 🇸🇬 can blug up a under world land u know under world everything.🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬🇸🇬

[@user36gn8l]

🇺🇸🇸🇬

[@hindiinnovativetechs6498]

Nice video

[@HolySoliDeoGloria]

5:58 "Malays" is not the correct term for the people of Malaysia. They are "Malaysians." Malay is the name of the peninsula. Malays are an ethnic group. Malays live in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and other countries around the world. The Malaysian people (Malaysians) consist of Malays, various Chinese ethnicities, various Indian ethnicities, and many other ethnicities.

[@terrorwraith3402]

As a fellow Malays . Thanks

[@liowpohhuat9107]

Singapore buy island in other countries

[@TheAbdull0083]

Lease not buying, no question about it...

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

Have little offshoots of Singapore every Where Singapore 2,3,4 etc

[@hazmanriess8949]

They reclaimed sea into land. Lastly their sea bourders become lesser. And making choke.

[@choonseongong4534]

When will Singapore buy back Christmas island?

[@gorilladisco9108]

Australia : "What!?" Singapore : "What?" 🤣

[@derek6579]

Fantastic city one of my favourites along with Sydney. Power to the Singaporeans as they really know how to do business, despite this left wing video!

[@RVela-ib6cz]

Singapore is limited island how to grow the country unless invest in more landed island.

[@gorilladisco9108]

They can grow up and dig deep.

[@Kuricang31]

There's this architectural innovation called 'skyscrapers'. Used it to the max, you'll be thankful later on

[@conradnelson5283]

Buy dirt!

[@thekrustykrabrestaurant]

Singapore unsupported china

[@andrewwee163]

just buy over Malaysia Johor and land problems solved ...

[@sofiareisbraga]

Singapore’s

[@giancarlopaolini7529]

The clever Chinese wearing a golden Rolex does want to maintain his ranking position way different from his other neighbours and he's not prepaired to let them know how to achieve the very same ranking. Singapore has always wanted to rank higher than Malaysia, Indonesia etc., . I guess that all has something to do with their US protectors that want them to be strong in that area just like Israel in the Middle East, South Korea and Japan close to the Chinese and Russian Borders in the North eastern Asia.

[@cac1504]

Ever wonder where Singapore got the sand for reclamation? Recently Singapore ministers paid a visit to Kelantan/Terengganu to meet the PAS leaders. Likely to buy sand from these impoverished states, since Vietnam and Cambonia no longer want to sell sand to Singapore.

[@certurf]

Minecraft

[@matthawksworth]

They should just buy some islands

[@owentaildeman8634]

I agree

[@bvegannow1936]

Ban farm subsidies. Let everyone that wants use about an acre of free tax free land to grow their own food and live on. Under ground homes, and Greenhouses and indoor grow rooms for year round growing could help produce more food in less space.

[@lynx9376]

Buy from?

[@abdrazak8310]

Malaysia sand not for sale..sorry

[@zzy341]

@@abdrazak8310 for sale to foreign countries including China (ahem.. Forest city) but never to Singapore. Why is this so?

[@wickdelphini2669]

However, irrelevant this may be, reclaiming land and making it an equal right for daughters to inherit the same is a good solution for daughters who have been raised as equals of earth whose children will inherit the earth and boys who shall have been sky born would then have a right of title. The unnecessity of granting title should be seen as for land that did not exist and thus, as when it did, the manner of making sea to earth would entail the process of making a girl child equal to a boy child and thus, documentation in place of physical checks of residence. Fallout with Hindu Succession Act (Amendment)2005 of India.

[@user-pi9rn1rs6f]

SINGAPORE SHOULD MAKE SAND OUTTA GLASS... CLEAN EARTH NOT DESTROY IT

[@karllangner1579]

Not Singaore; it is Singapur

[@bumblebee2956]

Why blame China then 😂

[@chvhndrtntlr3482]

by bribing Indonesian politician, and take their sand and small island to do their reclamation

[@ayahpinkofficial2769]

Singapore 728 Km Tokyo 2194 Km London 1572 km You give wrong comparison..

[@kilometer6712]

Reclamations one day come 1,000 years Singapore will reach Philippines Lol 😂😂😂😂😂 and world submerged in ocean water

[@ytn00b3]

With north pole melting allowing northern see route to be open and rising sea level means Singapore has no future

[@bitubitutubi2891]

Singapore should reclaim land to bound up to the country’s EEZ to be sure no other country could encroach like China who is currently doing to its neighbors although with strong refusal! Should this happens they’ll have enough toom for everything like to house people, high rises, commercial complex, airports etc. I honestly believe that Singapore can ultimately achieve this although this is only a brainchild proposal since this country has a history of triumphant success from the days of the then president Lee Kwan Yew up to this present time!

[@jackgoodnight22]

Dumb comment ever.

[@taro7145]

Singapoor must stay poor

[@user-id3wf9sv2b]

Stolen water from sea. People want go beach and surf huh.

[@heatonxp]

causing flood in malaysia and indonesia ...bad idea

[@byteme9718]

Rubbish!

[@leonardogomez409]

Not impressed on artificial things.

[@nimowings5992]

Yo... please use videos of singapore to make videos of singapore. Dont anyhow use other countries video ya. Also please check ur facts n not anyhow say things which are not true....

[@jc31312jch]

Singapore: We care about environment! At the same time: Destroy marine life.

[@stanleymarucha8194]

kinda stupid to keep building in a spot that is not self sustainable . GOD never accused man of being bright

[@kayposia4997]

🤦‍♀that's one of the reason why they expand their land , to be more self sustainable. God give us freewill not to be ignorant. 🙃

[@catchnkill]

It is easier said than done. Singapore is a country. So what shoud they do? No land available and thus do nothing?

[@bvegannow1936]

Ban farm subsidies. Let everyone that wants use about an acre of free tax free land to grow their own food and live on. Under ground homes, and Greenhouses and indoor grow rooms for year round growing could help produce more food in less space

[@TheChenchen]

Well they could lease land for agriculture though 🤣

[@markzzzzberg1312]

chinapore is a hypocrite shit country, they always claim and boasting about to be the greenest and eco friendly country but cutting hill and dredging sand in neighbouring country to do reclamation and expand their bacteria size island

[@sheiladikshit5110]

or, you know, just build a few bridges into jb and forget about this rubbish

[@7ak]

This video is unreliable. First of all, the thumbnail is wrong, and the illustration in the video is also strange.

[@jerryamsterdam1202]

Singapore can maybe buy Johur and surroundings .Just a deal with the Malaysian Government !

[@ikhwansaloot]

No thanks

[@brandenburg2388]

Buy Johore? Johore actually owned Singapore throughout its history.

[@jerryamsterdam1202]

@@brandenburg2388 That's right but at that time Singapore was a dessert I mean a pastureland. Now it can stand next to Dubai and Europe while Malaysia still is a Third world country.

[@brandenburg2388]

@@jerryamsterdam1202 Third World country? You better check your facts, dude. By the way, someone who grew up in a "Third World country" has to point out to you that neither deserts (correctly spelt with a single "s") nor pasturelands had ever existed in Singapore.

[@ikhwansaloot]

@@jerryamsterdam1202 look at your English. Full of grammatical errors & misleading facts. We Malaysians can write in English better than you. Which country are you from?

[@boonyee4421]

Sooner or later,Singapore is going to run out of space.Where to seek further land? Singapore need not look far for a foreseeable solution--- join a Greater China and be part of it alongside the Mainland,HK,Macau and Taiwan.

[@bvegannow1936]

Ban farm subsidies. Let everyone that wants use about an acre of free tax free land to grow their own food and live on. Under ground homes, and Greenhouses and indoor grow rooms for year round growing could help produce more food in less space.

[@navenwa7400]

CCP bot

[@abdrazak8310]

Good to here that

[@bryanlim9817]

Stop destroying the environment. We get it that you have small land, deal with it!

[@alexboros1751]

Maybe try counting? Quality over quantity It's not the size that matters it's how you use it.

[@MyChaiyos]

Come and stay in Thailand

[@izafri]

not really ....expanding ..... Greater Sg agenda

[@ikhwansaloot]

Yes it is