They were speaking on the last day of the World Cities Summit on June 4.
Second Minister for National Development and Finance Indranee Rajah with other city leaders ahead of the closing plenary of the World Cities Summit 2024.
She added that while urban planners are “great generalists” who can understand and process a lot of information, it is critical that they also listen to the societies they serve.“The last thing we want is a straight no. And maybe the second last thing we want is a straight yes,” she said at the closing plenary of the three-day summit, held at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.
“It’s very important for the private sector to provide genuine feedback rather than provide inputs that are based on self-interest to lobby for what benefits themselves alone,” he said. Mr Vincent Karremans, vice-mayor of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, said that when it comes to decision-making for cities, “the politically correct answer should be everyone should decide, but that’s impossible”.Plans that draw on the inputs of a broad population are likely to be longer-lasting, she said.
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