TR EMERITUS

PAP people will say we should increase GST to help the poor or finance the higher healthcare cost or infrastructure investment.... but it s not ok to use land sales proceeds to finance infrastructure spending. ... they prefer to squeeze you to pay for all these but keep the money from land sales to play Monopoly in the Global... 

Retired banker Chris Kuan, who spoke at forums organized by oppositions on Singapore's reserves as well as the estimated long-term return of our reserves, made several postings on his Facebook page recently to rebut some of the budget speeches made by PAP MPs. Not surprisingly, many MPs from the People's Action Party spoke on... 

The delay in the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is one that is well thought out and calibrated by the government. But Singaporeans do not have to take it lying down – there is recourse to call the shots. By announcing that GST will go up to 9% sometime between 2021 and 2025, the PAP leaves itself some wiggle...