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SINGAPORE: About 15,000 to 20,000 public and private homes are planned for a new housing estate at Turf City in Bukit Timah over the next 20 to 30 years, announced Minister for National Development Desmond Lee on Thursday (May 23).
This is the first time in almost 40 years that public housing has been planned in Bukit Timah, he added.
"This is to meet the growing aspirations among Singaporeans to live closer to their workplaces in the city."
Parties in the legislature began deliberations earlier this month on revisions to the 2008 Ministry law which currently limits the number of ministries to 34.
A draft version of revised law, agreed upon by members of the House Legislation Body last Thursday (May 16), says the number of ministerial posts should be “determined in accordance with the needs of the sitting president,” according to the Jakarta Post.
But experts speaking to CNA warned that complicated bureaucracy, increased scope for corruption and inefficiency risk becoming hallmarks of Mr Prabowo’s first term, due to the clashing opinions and increased expenditure that come with more ministries.
Mr Bhima Yudhistira, executive director of think-tank, Centre of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) warned that adding more ministries could make Indonesia a less attractive place to invest and do business.
“More ministries means more bureaucracy and less regulatory certainty. Doing business, obtaining permits will be more complicated and that might put off several foreign investors,” he told CNA.
