Live from Taipei Terry Xu and Leong Sze Hian – Not Meaningful Roundup of 2022
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(Parliament): Review political office holders’ salaries – Ministers 5.3% p.a. real increase last 48 years, Associate Professional & Technicians 0.16% last 20 years?
“Review of political office holders’ salaries likely to take place in 2023: Chan Chun Sing” (ST, Jan 11) “Mr Chan replied that in 2012, a…
Breaking news (Parliament): NS statistics that are not only “not meaningful”, but “meaningless”?
” Every year, about 300,000 male Singapore citizens and permanent residents perform their national service duties across the three services, he noted.” “42 national servicemen…
Cumulative total loss (for illustrative and conceptual purposes) when HDB becomes 0 at end of 99-year lease: $1.2t, at age 65 $500.6m?
Someone asked if I could try to calculate how much one would have, in a sense. lost until age 65, and in his lifetime, when…
Some other “perspectives” of the GST hike? 12x to 73x of the revenue?
“Budget 2023 to address cost-of-living concerns of S’poreans: DPM Wong” (ST, Jan 7) 12x the 2% GST increase revenue estimated at $3.5b ($44 divided by…
Is there any country in the world that increased fuel duties, transport fares, property tax (twice), polyclinic fees, LTA fees, ERP, and now has also increased GST? – During the pandemic & high inflation?
Comments: Let the numbers do the talking? Fiscal balance of $44b (est.) last 2 decades (“average fiscal balance a year of” $2.2 billion x 20…
“Not meaningful” roundup of 2022! Live from Taipei with Terry Xu, Roy Ngerng & Leong Sze Hian 10 Jan 6 pm https://www.facebook.com/theonlinecitizen
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The “most important” question that no MP has ever asked in the history of Parliament?
Our unique fiscal policies which from a cashflow perspective – may not be spending any money on CPF, HDB & Healthcare (except during Covid-19), as…
Higher part-timers’ pay increase their real increase in minimum pay, from 4.5 cents to 9.5 cents per hour, p.a., in the last 25 years?
“Part-timers’ pay higher than pre-Covid-19 levels as travel, festivities return in full swing” (ST, Jan 2) “In 2021, 64 per cent of hourly part-time salaries…
“Poor” pay increase statistics: 42.5% of establishments “no wage increase” or “cut wage”?
Only 57.6% of establishments gave “basic wage increase” in 2021 40.8% No change in “basic wage” 1.7% “basic wage cut” file:///C:/Users/leong/Downloads/mrsd-report-on-wage-practices-2021.pdf #SGIssuesThatMatter Happy New Year!…