READ blogs and other media and you can get the impression that
we are always whining about our lot. Yet, a new survey shows just
the opposite - that Singapore is a much-loved home to its people
and foreigners with a growing sense of belonging.
In fact the levels of satisfaction are growing, indicating that
efforts to remake the place into a more vibrant city are having
real effects at ground level.
The latest lifestyle survey by the Urban Redevelopment Authority
(URA), out yesterday, asked 4,000 people - mostly Singaporeans but
also foreigners and permanent residents - about this place they
call home.
It was carried out from August last year to March this year.
More than 80 per cent of Singaporeans and permanent residents
agreed that this is a great place in which to live, work and
play.
This is 10per cent up on satisfaction levels in a 2006 survey -
a smaller-scale public perception survey, said National Development
Minister Mah Bow Tan.
-- ST