Submerging Singapore
Filed Under (Daily Musing, 政治/時事) by Seth on 18-07-2010
Tagged Under : flood, pap, pm, politics, Singapore
Various parts of Singapore were hit by flash flood this morning. Exactly one month after the “Worst flood in 50 years” that happened in Orchard we see that the same problem occurred again.
This immediately reminded me of what Prime Minister Lee has to say about this topic. “…but it is not possible to expect Singapore to be completely free of floods. The realistic objective is to prevent widespread and prolonged flooding, and limit the risk to lives and damage to properties, and to have contingency plans.”
In any other countries, for example, Taiwan. The opposition and the media would have scream for blood when the country’s highest leadership blatantly admit that they cannot stop the flooding. Taiwan is an island that’s hit by yearly typhoons, and floods are almost the norm, something to expect every year during the summer season. On the other hand we have Singapore, an island sheltered from almost every natural disaster, barring the haze and the occasional tremors we get.
And we are told that we cannot be completely free of floods. Seriously? No reasons or explanations at all?
So did the contingency plans kick in this morning? Looks to me that they just waited it out.
The PM needs to get some heat from the parliament and the people. The ruthless and aggressive kind.
Remember this during the elections.
After spending so many billions of dollars, it looks like their contingency plans such as Marina Barrage is a complete blunder. It doesn’t seem to alleviate flooding that they says it is supposed to do. On the contrary, it seems to aggravate the situation and instead, more & more areas have become flood prone.
Because water will find its one level, could it be a possibility that when it is high tide, the Marina Barrage is actually preventing the excess rain water from flushing out to the sea ?
Hence more floods in more areas.
But one thing is for sure. Even if this is a possibility that it indeed the real reason for the floods, will the Govt ever admit that the Marina Barrage is a total blunder ?
“But one thing is for sure. Even if this is a possibility that it indeed the real reason for the floods, will the Govt ever admit that the Marina Barrage is a total blunder ?”
My answer: Not when “should had expired long ago minister” is around and ruling Singapore behind the scene. Remember he is always “RIGHT” in every decision or forecast he makes and make NO mistakes not even once.