The Silent Youth in Singapore
A front-page article on TODAY reported that now that the higher beings up there have heard the youths' cries for more ownership and their ideas to be taken into consideration. However, now that they are given what they asked for, they are keeping mum.
Apparantly, with *scape (slated to be the new youth community space on prime Orchard Road land), the government has asked the public for their opinions for what they want. But only 700 out of a possible 700,000 youths in Singapore have given their opinions.
So what are they waiting for? The challenge thrown to the public now is this - the government has given you what you want, are you going to make good use of it and show us that you really want to shape your nation?
This could be a good National Day gesture. Prove that you are not apathetic. It could set a precedence for many bottom-up, public-led initiatives to come.
posted by lainey at 3:15 PM
2 Comments:
I am just curious as to the publicity campaign for the project. Honestly, I only heard about it from you and I don't see any information about it elsewhere.
It's not much of a bottom-up initiative if a government agency is running the park and canvassing for opinions, is it?
Besides, a park may not be what youth (who are these youth anyway?) want in the first place.
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