There is no escaping the GST hike starting next year. Here’s how you can cope with rising costs.
Goods & Services Tax (GST) will proceed to increase from the current 7% to the proposed 8% from 1 Jan 2023 and subsequently to 9% from 1 Jan 2024. With the rise in GST, the cost of living goes up and workers bear the brunt, especially those from the lower to the middle-income group. Thankfully, […]
Can I still afford a HDB flat?
Someone said that young graduates used to aspire to a 5-rm flat but now they can only afford a 4-rm flat. And a poly grad used to aspire to a 4-rm flat but now, they can only afford a 3-rm flat. When I was a young graduate, I was realistic of my financial ability and […]
GST hike: will Singaporeans rise to the occasion with grit and determination?
At the IMAS-Bloomberg Investment Conference earlier this year (9 March), SM Tharman Shanmugaratnam talked about the ‘perfect long storm’ that the world has entered, shaped by a confluence of many factors. It is an era of profound uncertainty and fragility. The world has been facing rising prices caused by the pandemic recovery and then exacerbated […]
Singapore does not have an alternative party that can competently take over the sitting government
A netizen said, “Let’s not beat around the bush. After 50 years, we still do not have an alternative political party who could competently take over the sitting government. There is no equal. The opposition that we have are no more than complaint bureaus and comedy clubs.” Sadly, this is the truth. You’re in denial […]
Is it true that Leong Mun Wai made bogus allegations against the PAP Government?
The Government did not spend a single cent to build Sports Hub. It is only right and fair that when the Government decides to terminate the Private Public Partnership (PPP) with SportsHub Pte Ltd, they should pay for the capital expenditure incurred by the PPP in the construction of Sports Hub. Anything less would be […]
When he fails to convince, he confuses!
When will Leong Mun Wai stop wasting the government’s time and focus on the right issues? Some Context Progress Singapore Party (PSP)’s Leong Mun Wai raised an Adjournment Motion during Parliament sitting on 3rd October 2022, to speak about “Ensuring Oversight of Public Expenditures”. Unsurprisingly, it was another attempt to discredit the government. He alleges […]
MPs must assure residents that help is available: Tan See Leng responding to Jamus Lim’s Facebook post
MPs must assure residents who express anxieties over competition, that help is available, Dr Tan See Leng said. Manpower Minister Dr Tan See Leng was responding to a social media post (23 Sep) by WP MP Jamus Lim sharing his residents’ views on the Overseas Networks & Expertise Pass and our foreign workforce policies. In […]
Attracting global talent with ONE Pass and grooming local talent for leadership positions
In the race to compete for global talent, Singapore is coming from a position of strength, but we cannot stand still, Manpower Minister Dr Tan See Leng said in a ministerial statement in Parliament (12 September 2022). Creating a virtuous cycle What the Singapore Government wants to do with its global talent quest is to […]
Former NCMP Daniel Goh says WP convenes disciplinary committee to look into his posts on Raeesah Khan
Assoc Prof Daniel Goh, a cadre member of the Workers’ Party revealed in a Facebook post that the WP has convened a disciplinary committee to look into his Facebook posts on their handling of the Raeesah Khan saga. The committee wanted to hear his reasons and rationale for revealing in Facebook posts, the ‘inner workings […]
Section 377A: what led to the decision to repeal and where do we go from here
Why repeal? 377A have been struck down by the courts in other countries, including India. In Singapore, there had been 4 applications to the Supreme Court to challenge it as ‘unconstitutional’ based on Article 12 where all persons are equal before the law and are entitled to equal protection of the law. Though unsuccessful so […]