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Asia's challenges in managing its cities

These include reactive urban planning, uncontrolled urban sprawl and poor governance, say planning specialists

Published Fri, Nov 6, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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THE architect of modern Singapore has a number of bugbears about urban planning and he wants them off his chest.

For starters, Liu Thai-Ker believes that politicians in the rapidly urbanising Asia of today aren't giving city planning the scientific precision it deserves.

He told The Business Times that urban planning is a specialised skill, yet it is sometimes undertaken by people from other disciplines, ranging from architects to designers.

Dr Liu, senior director at RSP Architects Planners & Engineers and the founding chairman of Cen…

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