1. Civil Society and the Government
... ). An example of how civil society can be effective in making the government re-think or clarify its policy is the protest led by civil society against the Population White Paper in February 2013. After the civil society uproar against increasing the population in view of over-crowding in public transport and inflated housing prices, an amended motion was adopted for ... the Population White Paper, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong clarifying that 6.9million population is not a target and that the government will focus its efforts on improving public transport infrastructure and put in...
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