S’pore plans to move facilities underground

Bloomberg

The garden city of Singapore wants to be even more green. It also wants more homes in its central business district, and plans to move facilities underground to free up living space.
As part of the plan to rejuvenate Singapore’s central area, a variety of homes and amenities in areas such as downtown, Marina South and Rochor will be planned so more people can live near workplaces, the city-state’s Urban Redevelopment Authority unveiled in a draft master plan.
There will also be about 1,000 hectares more parks and park connectors,
and it’s hoped that in future, more than 90 percent of households will be within walking distance of a park.
“Our CBD is largely mono-use today, meaning to say it is dominated largely by office developments,” Lawrence Wong, Minister for National Development said in a speech.
“It is busy during the weekdays, but in the night-time and weekends, we do not really see a lot of activity,” he said, adding that it should be “a vibrant place to live and play.”