My main wish-list for budget 2018 – help the elderly poor
For this year budget 2018, I only have one main wish-list for Mr Heng Swee Kiat our finance minister – better welfare for our elderly poor. To be fair, the elderly always get prime attention for the past few budgets but in reality there is nothing substantial in store for them. Except for the mediocre Silver Support Scheme...
Budget 2018: Government needs to explain $7 billion ‘windfall’, economy in fact weak
The PAP government owes Singaporeans an explanation as to how it ‘missed’ statutory boards’ contributions estimate by a mile last year. In Today’s “S’pore posts record S$9.6 billion budget surplus, thanks to ‘one-off’ factors“, the article briefly explained how PAP managed to generate the ‘unexpected’ gargantuan...
Budget 2018: Same Old Cliches As Heng Makes Your Money Vanish in the Uniquely Singaporean Version of the Shell Game
Budget time and my first thought was that I had stepped into a time machine and been transported back to last year’s Budget. In fact the same could be said about any of the Budgets over the last five years. The Government could save a lot of money by eliminating the need for a Finance Minister. Instead they could just replay...
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