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PM Lee Last September, at a National Conversation event on TV organised by Channel NewsAsia, this was what PM Lee said about Singapore's population: It's very hard to give a concrete figure, because the situation is evolving. We're gradually increasing our land area, and if we rebuild our older towns, then we can accommodate... 

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has acknowledged that the government could have done better in presenting the Population White Paper to the public. The paper, together with the Land Use Plan, forms a roadmap to chart the country’s future policies to tackle the aging and shrinking population and was bulldozed through Parliament... 

An assistant director of the Media Development Authority (MDA) is being investigated by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) after complaints were made against him last month. The assistant director has been accused of trying to borrow money from applicants applying for grants from MDA. The MDA regularly gives grants...