Singapore land-use policies should be more responsive to market changes

Singapore

THE review of existing land-use policies and planning guidelines by the government is a step in the right direction, but until more details are fleshed out, no one should hold out for a massive rewriting of rules.

After all, the government's modus operandi has tended towards doing trial runs of new ideas in pilot projects and new industrial sites, rather than taking a broad-brush approach when changing planning rules for current sites.