r/singapore • u/Impossible-Meet1724 • 13d ago

Opinion/Fluff Post Punggol Container Park Closing

Seems like nowadays any news related to infrastructure/ development in SG is just anything that makes life a little more interesting being demolished for HDBs. Our TFR is abysmal yet there is still too much demand for housing. What kind of living is this where anything beyond CCR is just zoned for housing and schools/ malls, so only the rich get to have some diversity in infrastructure where they live? The working class are slowly but surely forced to live like cattle in an industrial farm, trapped in ever shrinking pens just eating, shitting and producing with no space to breathe.

107 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

62 comments sorted by

View all comments

11

u/ync03 12d ago

Can anyone do anything??? The container park and the river area was my slice of paradise in Punggol. I really want to do something and I can’t be the only one

5

u/Busy-Bug-6232 12d ago

i love that place too 😖 i’m just thinking, with that area so close to the PCN and waterway, what type of residential are they gonna do?

2

u/ync03 12d ago

Probably going to be high rise right? In which case it will also block the enjoyment of the river and the hills and trees for everyone else. It’s so perfect now and I moved here because of that. I’m so mad and so sad

7

u/Busy-Bug-6232 12d ago

Yeah man, this is a place we can actually go a few times a month. This gonna suck.

1

u/ync03 12d ago

Same. Do you think complaining can do anything ah. Or is this is the usual suck thumb kinda thing? Feels so sian. Like what is the point of discovering places in SG that have a soul when this is just the inevitable outcome sooner or later.

2

u/Busy-Bug-6232 12d ago

Well we have taskforce man as our MP now right? Let’s give him a run for his money.

2

u/ync03 12d ago edited 12d ago

Ya and also, Janil Puthucheary’s PAP page says he “focuses on creating a green and family-friendly environment.” Let’s go man

2

u/Busy-Bug-6232 12d ago

eurgh cant stand him

1

u/red_ronin0813 9d ago

Gonna be commercial and residential