With dwindling resources worldwide, countries such as Singapore which rely heavily on external trade must closely evaluate its built environment in terms of green sustainability. To these ends, the Republic's Building & Construction Authority (BCA) has recently proposed and endorsed a host of initiatives including conferences/exhibitions,
Alongside the celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the world's largest country had good financial news to celebrate.
While much of the world's economic progress has faltered in recent years, it now seems that China may have stumbled before resuming its long march.
"It is because of our government's policies that the country is able to grow at 6.7 percent in the last fiscal when the world is facing one of the worst downturns in eight decades. Steps will be taken to ensure adequate spending on development projects to boost growth further and capital will be sought not only from domestic sources but from overseas as well." Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India.
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With dwindling resources worldwide, countries such as Singapore which rely heavily on external trade must closely evaluate its built environment in terms of green sustainability. To these ends, the Republic's Building & Construction Authority (BCA) has recently proposed and endorsed a host of initiatives including conferences/exhibitions,
