Coming Soon: Finance Minister Lawrence Wong to unveil Budget 2022 on 18 Feb
Come 18 February, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong will deliver Singapore’s Budget 2022 statement in Parliament. This will be the first time he will be delivering the Budget statement as Finance Minister, having taken over the portfolio from Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat last year! Every year after the national Budget is announced to the public, […]
GST hike: the better-off should contribute a larger share but everyone needs to shoulder at least a small part of the burden
2022 will be a time of transition, PM Lee said in his New Year message. Our economy is recovering steadily and barring fresh disruptions, it should grow in step with the global economy. The past 2 years had been a long and hard fight grappling with COVID-19. The government took drastic measures to protect lives […]
Identity politics: we must not to allow differences to become permanent divides that separate us, says Lawrence Wong
How did people of different tribes live peacefully together in Singapore for more than half a century? Because generations of Singaporeans believed that what Singapore stood for as a nation exceeded the pull of their own tribal instincts and feelings, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong. This was not an instinctive choice. Nor was it a […]
Indranee to Jamus: What matters is having wealth tax policies that work in each jurisdiction
Let’s be clear at the outset that the Singapore Government is not opposed to taxing wealth. Speaking in Parliament, Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah said that the Government is constantly looking for ways to be able to supplement our revenue but to do that in a way that strikes the right balance. The Minister […]
Living with COVID: Singapore has to find own way forward, says Lawrence Wong
Singapore is not like the US, UK or Europe. Neither are we like China and New Zealand. Singapore will have to find our own way forward based on our own circumstances, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said. Speaking to students at NTU Students’ Union Ministerial Forum on “Emerging Stronger“, Mr Wong said there are different views […]
Raeesah says Police ‘part of the solution’ after alleging police’s mishandling of rape survivor
Parliament sat on 3rd August and passed a motion to commemorate 200 years of the SPF in Singapore. 69 visitors were present. They included Singapore’s Commissioner of Police Hoong Wee Teck, in-service officers, full-time national servicemen, Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) officers, civilian officers, retired police officers and two family members of an officer who was […]
Making Singaporeans winners by enabling them to succeed: Tan See Leng
Jobs and skills for Singaporeans are at the front and centre of MOM’s and sector agencies’ plans, Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said. Everyone wants to be a winner and everyone can be a winner. Manpower Minister Dr Tan See Leng has the approach for it: helping businesses to transform and equipping Singaporeans with skills […]
Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) is still needed, Pritam says
Election after election, in every manifesto since 2006, the Workers’ Party has called for the Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) to be abolished – with immediate effect. Various reasons were put forth including that the EIP hurts the minorities who had to sell their flats at a lower price, a point Mr Pritam Singh reiterated in […]
We have to manage our finances in a responsible way: Lawrence Wong
In 1959, Singapore won self-governing status from the British, and general elections were held. Dr Goh Keng Swee resigned as a civil servant to contest as a PAP candidate. When the PAP won, Dr Goh became Singapore’s first Finance Minister. He soon discovered that the government was almost broke, and expected a budget deficit of […]
The conversation surrounding racism: Meant to divide, or unite?
Thoughts from a minority living in Singapore The feeling I get everytime I open my social media apps: Dread. Why? The never-ending slews of online debates regarding race, people coming forward to talk about their experiences with racism – doesn’t matter if it’s a minority or a majority – it seems like the R word […]