Budget: $5.2b or $8.8b surplus? Unemployment: 2.1 or 4.5%
$5.2b Budget surplus From the Straits Times report – “Mr Heng said he expects a budget surplus of $5.2 billion for FY2016, or 1.3 per…
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Budget: Increase S & CC rebate by half a month, but increase by up to 20%?
Increase in S & CC rebates I refer to the report “Singapore Budget 2017: One-off GST voucher of up to $200 for 1.3 million Singaporeans,…
Budget: Price increase (na), cost increase (na), but rebates ($71m)?
Budget speech I refer to the Budget speech that was delivered in Parliament on 20 February. According to the Straits Times report “Singapore Budget 2017:…
Why did it take 15 years to get revelationary ElderShield statistics?
$2.6b in premiums, $100m in claims I refer to the article “Gan Kim Yong: $2.6 billion collected in premiums for ElderShield insurance and around $100…
Gini: Govt transfers – helps to pay less of ever increasing prices?
Income inequality lowest in a decade I refer to the article “Income inequality in Singapore lowest in a decade, monthly household income grows but at…
S & CC: A truly caring Govt?
I refer to the article “15 PAP town councils to increase service and conservancy charges from June 1” (Straits Times, Feb 17). I understand that…
$75 all-in airfare to $16,000 house, $1 clinic, $4 baby delivery?
I was in Langkawi from 12 to 15 February and spoke to about 10 people about life in general. In particular, I talked to a…
Chickens culling: Why take so long to tell us?
I refer to the article “Free-roaming chickens culled due to health and safety concerns, not noise: AVA” (Today, Feb 14). It states that “Following the…
Town councils’ controversies in history?
(Town Councils) Milestones & controversies I refer to the article “(Town Councils) Milestones & controversies” (Sunday Times, Feb 12). It states that “1990 – Amendments to the Town…
Employers should avoid penalising solely based on MC: So, what now?
Wield the stick when sick? I refer to the article “Wield the stick when sick? Some firms in Singapore give out carrots” (Sunday Times, Feb…