Post to SinFongChanRE.Wixsite.com on 26/4/2018 8:40 AM
Commenting on “A city on steroids needs money for its growing pain”
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/a-city-on-steroids-needs-money-for-its-growing-pains-20180424-p4zbgq.html
Hong Kong population is growing, too. New suburbs are popping up. Greenies have been on the government’s back, and the precious land with trees and “forests” must not be touched and turned into high rise buildings.
Being resourceful, Hong Kong reclaims large areas for new suburbs accommodating many more high rise dwellings and shops.
People who have been Hong Kong know that it has very efficient public transport network. In fact, the infrastructure is all mapped out before a new suburb is created, unlike what has been happening in Melbourne.
For years, different Victorian governments had done injustice to the people. New suburbs opened, but infrastructure was not in place. Sometimes, I wonder with our low population density, is it worthwhile to have so many new suburbs created. It does not need an Einstein to explain why the high cost providing services.
State election for Victoria is coming in November. The money collected for the real estate boom in the past few years, especially from stamp duty and land tax collection, gives the state premier Daniel Andrew, the opportunity to splash on removal of railway crossing, sky bridge, new train stations, etc. in mainly Labor stronghold electorates. The question I like to raise is, “is there a master plan for the public transport system?”
Thank you for reading.
Commenting on “A city on steroids needs money for its growing pain”
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/a-city-on-steroids-needs-money-for-its-growing-pains-20180424-p4zbgq.html
Hong Kong population is growing, too. New suburbs are popping up. Greenies have been on the government’s back, and the precious land with trees and “forests” must not be touched and turned into high rise buildings.
Being resourceful, Hong Kong reclaims large areas for new suburbs accommodating many more high rise dwellings and shops.
People who have been Hong Kong know that it has very efficient public transport network. In fact, the infrastructure is all mapped out before a new suburb is created, unlike what has been happening in Melbourne.
For years, different Victorian governments had done injustice to the people. New suburbs opened, but infrastructure was not in place. Sometimes, I wonder with our low population density, is it worthwhile to have so many new suburbs created. It does not need an Einstein to explain why the high cost providing services.
State election for Victoria is coming in November. The money collected for the real estate boom in the past few years, especially from stamp duty and land tax collection, gives the state premier Daniel Andrew, the opportunity to splash on removal of railway crossing, sky bridge, new train stations, etc. in mainly Labor stronghold electorates. The question I like to raise is, “is there a master plan for the public transport system?”
Thank you for reading.
