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That man said rising taxes is not Santa giving out gifts during X'mas times. It is also not out to cheat the people of this red dot.

He is FAKE NEWS!

Only PR and new citizens believe in him. Sad, this two group of people screw up their lifes into the 10 yrs. Because they got played out.
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Re: ‘Leaders must be able to take criticism, acknowledge mistakes’: PM Lee

Budget is more than giving ‘goodies’, raising taxes: Heng Swee Keat


By Faris Mokhtar


Published22 January, 2018

Updated 22 January, 2018




SINGAPORE — With recent talk that taxes could be raised in future, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Monday (Jan 22) that the upcoming Budget is not about taxes or handing out “goodies”.

It is about making a long-term plan to allocate resources for the country’s future needs, and there are “important questions” to ask, such as why revenue is collected, and how and why is it spent. “And are we planning for the long haul? Are we planning for a better Singapore? That is the issue I think we ought to concentrate on,” he said.

Mr Heng was giving a speech at the annual Singapore Perspectives Conference 2018, organised by the Institute of Policy Studies, and he acknowledged the anxiety over the Budget statement to be announced on Feb 19, but pointed out that it “cannot just be about taxes, revenue and expenditure”.

Since government leaders spoke last year that raising taxes is a way to support the country’s future spending, there have been discussions about imposing a tax on e-commerce, or to raise GST from 7 per cent to 9 per cent.

At the conference on Monday, Mr Heng presented some figures on the country’s spending, which had more than doubled from S$33 billion in the financial year (FY) 2007 to S$71 billion in FY2016.

Social spending, for instance, had gone up by 5 per cent, while spending on infrastructure had risen to 7 per cent during that period.

The country’s reserves has been a major source of revenue, and drawing from this pool has more than tripled from 5.6 per cent in FY2007 to 17.3 per cent in FY2016.

Contribution from corporate income tax has gone down from 21.6 per cent of the revenue in FY2007 to 16.2 per cent in FY2016, while the contribution from GST has also dipped over that period from 14.4 per cent to 13.1 per cent.



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Re: ‘Leaders must be able to take criticism, acknowledge mistakes’: PM Lee

4G leadership team ‘very cohesive, serious-minded’: Heng Swee Keat


By Faris Mokhtar

Published 22 January, 2018

Updated 22 January, 2018


SINGAPORE – Given the growing complexity of governing Singapore, it is not enough to have good political leaders, but also those who can lead in the social and private sectors, said Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday (Jan 22).

His comments on leadership came during a dialogue at the Singapore Perspectives Conference 2018.

The session’s moderator Ms Debra Soon, who is the chief content officer of Mediacorp, pointedly asked Mr Heng: “How ready are you to lead the 4G (fourth-generation) leadership team?”

Amid laughter from the audience, Mr Heng sidestepped the question, responding that the fourth-generation leadership team is made up of “serious-minded people who are trying to do their best” and that they “are working together well”.

“And I really enjoy working with everyone on the team,” said Mr Heng who, with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Chan Chun Sing and Education Minister (Higher Education and Skills) Ong Ye Kung, is touted as one of the potential candidates to become the next Prime Minister. “It is a team that is very cohesive. We discuss issues every week across a whole range of subjects, from security to social care, healthcare to education (and) economy. So, it is a very serious-minded team.”

Noting that the fourth-generation leadership needs to “function cohesively” given the complexity of the country’s future landscape, Mr Heng stressed that good leadership should cut across all sectors, and is not only applicable to politics.



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Application to hold by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee has “no merit”: Deputy AG Hri Kumar

January 23, 2018


Deputy Attorney General Hri Kumar said yesterday (22 Jan) that the application to hold a by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC is not mandated by the constitution. Kumar declared that the application filed by Dr. Wong Souk Yee – a resident of Marsiling-Yew Tee who serves as the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)’s assistant treasurer – has no merit.

At the heart of the matter is how to interpret Article 24 (2A) of the Parliamentary Elections Act as well as Article 49 (1) of the country’s Constitution, which reads, “Whenever the seat of a Member, not being a non-constituency Member, has become vacant for any reason other than a dissolution of Parliament, the vacancy shall be filled by election in the manner provided by or under any law relating to Parliamentary elections for the time being in force.”

A seat in the Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC became vacant after then-PAP parliamentarian Halimah Yacob stepped down to contest the presidential elections. In August, ruling party politician Zaqy Mohamad was appointed to be the grassroots adviser in Marsiling-Yew Tee in Halimah’s stead.

The move drew public scrutiny at the time since Zaqy was already serving as one of the elected Members of Parliament for Chua Chu Kang GRC.

Shortly thereafter, Halimah – who had also served as Speaker of Parliament before vacating her seat – won the presidential elections by means of a walkover, after the Elections Department disqualified presidential hopefuls Salleh Marican and Farid Khan from contesting the election that was reserved for Malay candidates.

Opposition party, the SDP, subsequently called for a by-election in Marsiling-Yew Tee since President Halimah stepped down from her elected role and filed a lawsuit to that effect. The suit also called on the three MPs who remain, Alex Yam, Lawrence Wong, and Ong Teng Koon, to step down as well, so that elections may take place.

When the Attorney General said that the SDP, being a political party, had no standing concerning the election at Marsiling-Yew Tee, the party withdrew their suit before party assistant treasurer Dr Wong stepped forward to be the sole applicant in the suit since he is a member of the constituency in question.

Noted lawyer Peter Low represented the applicants in High Court and argued that according to Article 49(1), there is no difference between a Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and a Single-Member Constituency (SMC).

To this, Chua Lee Ming, High Court Judge answered “Where is the basis for requiring the rest of the members to vacate their seats?” Judge Chua said that there was no legal justification for this based on the text.

In Singapore’s history, the only one time a by-election was held in a GRC was in 1992, when former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong called for one in Marine Parade, his own ward. He and the three other MPs stepped down from their positions voluntarily before contesting and winning the by-election. There is speculation that one of the reasons to call for this by-election back then was to make room for current Deputy Prime Minister, Teo Chee Hean.


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And we know how the court will decide on this case . Pity however the residents of Marsiling have no MP to represent them in Parliament . So still want to vote for PAP ? Why the PAP refuses to hold a by-election in this area ?
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Minister Heng Swee Keat: Lee Hsien Loong is a very good leader

January 22, 2018


Catching up on his race for the next Prime Minister role, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat openly praised Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as a “very good leader and example” at the Singapore Perspectives 2018 conference yesterday (Jan 22):

“Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has set a very good example on this front, leading a very cohesive team that discusses issues every week across a whole range of topics of import to the country. I am happy that Singaporeans believed good political leadership was important for the country. In many other countries, people have lost confidence in their leaders and often mock them, creating an environment that makes it hard to govern.”

The PAP Minister drew reference to the recent US government shutdown but he deliberately omitted the fact that US is a two-party democracy while Singapore is a single-party dictatorship like Vietnam and China:

“Political contest has also exacerbated the problem, leading to deadlock and the government shutting down in some cases.”

Currently only three ministers are running for the next PM’s role – Minister Chan Chun Sing, Minister Heng Swee Keat and Minister Ong Ye Kung. None of the three agree to give up their bid, resulting in a deadlock which many including former PM Goh Chok Tong criticised as “too late” to have a PM already.

There is no election for the country’s highest role, the 3 ministers need only to focus their attention on PM Lee Hsien Loong, a vainpot who basks in flattering, praises and selfies. PM Lee Hsien Loong will appoint the next PM, without consent or approval required from the voting population.

Former army general Chan Chun Sing is currently leading the race as he is more likely to carry the Lee family legacy, by reserving his seat for Lee Hsien Loong’s son, Li Hongyi who is now a senior civil servant director at the propaganda ministry.



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What’s more important, GDP or society’s welfare? A student puts Heng Swee Keat on the spot

If you had to choose...

By Sulaiman Daud | 9 hours



It was a moment that livened up a potentially drab QnA session at the Singapore Perspectives 2018 (SP2018) conference on Jan. 22.

Minister for Finance Heng Swee Keat had delivered his speech on government revenue and expenditure, and deftly handled the obvious questions about his health and the possibility of him becoming our next Prime Minister.


He could be forgiven for thinking that the rest of the session would be plain sailing.

But one student from Republic Polytechnic stood up and threw him a curveball.

The student, who identified herself as Safrah, asked a long question that essentially boiled down to this:

“So my question would be, what would be the priority for the government to pursue from now on. Is it high GDP first, then deal with mental issues later? Or take care of (the) welfare of (the) population first?”

By “mental issues”, she seemed to refer to spending on healthcare and welfare in general.

Wrong way round?

Safrah also referred to a previous speaker at SP2018, Professor David Canning, as an inspiration for her question.

The visiting professor at the LKY School of Public Policy had earlier discussed “Longevity and Social Welfare in Singapore.”

Canning elaborated on his belief that instead of a single-minded focus on GDP, governments had looked at things the wrong way round. He said:

“One of these institutions that we’re very locked into is maximising GDP or GDP per capita. It’s a very measurable concept. But what I see around the world is that GDP growth is going to slow down because of population aging, and that it is going to be an enormous problem.

The purpose of human life is not to maximise GDP. The purpose of GDP is to maximise human welfare and the way we live our lives. You’ve got it completely the wrong way round if you’re trying to change society to increase GDP.”

GDP has limits

In his answer, Heng acknowledged that the measurement of GDP itself had its own limitations, and questioned whether GDP is a good measure for a society’s sense of well-being.

He mentioned that in order to learn more about other systems of measurement, he travelled to Bhutan. In 2008, the kingdom enshrined the concept of Gross National Happiness in its Constitution.

Heng apparently bought a few books on the subject and spent some time speaking to the Bhutanese people about how the new system has affected their lives.


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Of course the PAP government will prefer GDP more as it is used to reward themselves if the economy does well .
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Re: ‘Leaders must be able to take criticism, acknowledge mistakes’: PM Lee

If MP signs attendance but never attend parliament sessions isn't that cheating ? Suggest that if MP skips parliament without any valid reason the Speaker of Parliament should fine the missing MP $1000.00 per parliament session . If MP misses the meet-the-people session without any valid reason the MP should be fine $2000.00 per session . Afterall the MP is voted by the residents of that constituent and they should have the decentcy to attend all the sessions themselves . If MPs fail to attend at least 3 sessions in a financial year , parliament should sack those missing MPs . Don't you think the residents deserve better for voting in the PAP MPs ? Now we know why Mediacork don't telecast live the Parliamentary proceedings .
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Spending on seniors will go up in upcoming Budget: Indranee Rajah

Ms Indranee Rajah with two seniors at the AWWA Senior Community Home in Ang Mo Kio.

PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO UPDATED 1 MIN AGO

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SINGAPORE - Spending on services for the elderly will go up in the upcoming Budget, Senior Minister of State for Finance Indranee Rajah disclosed on Thursday (Jan 25), adding the Government does have to "look at the question of raising taxes".

Her remarks gave the strongest hint so far of that the Government Budget to be presented in Parliament on Feb 19 will focus on seniors.

Providing services for the rapidly ageing population will require resources, said Ms Indranee.

"Looking ahead, our healthcare needs will rise. Healthcare expenditure will obviously increase," she said. "That is something that we have to see how we can fund in a sustainable way. We do have to look at the question of raising taxes."

The focus on seniors reflects the changing demographic profile, she noted. "In the past we spent a lot on education. In the years ahead, healthcare is going to be an bigger part of our budget expenditure."

Ms Indranee, who is also Minister of State for Law, declined to give more details.

But she made it plain that the Government is not relying on increasing taxes alone to cover the increased healthcare expenditure and social spending.

"One of the most important things is the economy, you have to make sure that the economy grows," she said. "We are going to be paying a lot more attention to the economy, how can we expand Singapore's growth."

With her comments, Ms Indranee joined several government leaders who have dropped strong hints, from as far back as a year ago, of an impending tax hike to provide more resources for social spending.

Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said in his Budget speech in February last year that healthcare and infrastructure spending will rise rapidly and there would come a time when there would be a need to introduce new taxes or implement higher tax rates.

Social spending such as education and healthcare almost tripled to $34 billion last year over a decade, while spending on infrastructure is expected to grow to $30 billion by the end of the decade.

Talk of a tax hike intensified in November last year after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at the People's Action Party Convention that "raising taxes is not a matter of whether, but a matter of when".

Addressing speculation of a tax increase about a week later, Ms Indranee told The Straits Times that the timing of the tax hike had not been decided. But she gave the assurance that the Government will give the public enough time to absorb the news and ensure that the poor and needy have enough help.

Speaking at the Singapore Perspectives conference on Monday this week, Mr Heng hinted that measures to support seniors will be one of the key priorities of the upcoming Budget. He disclosed that a group of leaders are pondering the challenges faced by the aged in Singapore.

There are about 500,000 people aged 65 and above in Singapore, and this is expected to almost double to around 900,000 by 2030.


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How to fund spending on elderly - higher taxes or tap national reserves? Singaporeans divided

Two in five survey respondents said they were not comfortable with higher taxes and would rather tap reserves, while a slightly lower proportion - 34 per cent - indicated the opposite.


PUBLISHEDJAN 18, 2018, 2:00 PM SGT

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SINGAPORE - Are you willing to pay more taxes to fund higher social spending on the elderly? Or should the national reserves be tapped instead?

If that seems a conundrum to you, you are not alone - a new survey by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) has found that Singaporeans are divided on the issue.

Two in five respondents - or 40 per cent - said they were not comfortable with higher taxes and would rather tap reserves, while a slightly lower proportion - 34 per cent - indicated the opposite. The remainder were neutral.

In particular, those aged 45 to 64 - sometimes called the "sandwiched generation" - are most likely to frown on higher taxes.

The tension is reflected in responses to other questions in the survey. One question found that 41 per cent believe each generation should take care of itself, without the need to be supported by other generations. An almost equal proportion - 38 per cent - disagreed.

Respondents were also asked if net investment returns should be used to fund spending for the current generation, thus decreasing the amount reserved for future generations. A higher proportion of respondents - 37 per cent - said yes, versus 26 per cent who said no.

Currently, half of these returns from investing national reserves can be spent on current needs.

The study delves into the subject of "intergenerational solidarity", which is particularly important today as Singapore grapples with how to fund social spending for an ageing population, the IPS noted in its report.

"There is a tension between self-reliance and a sense of community. I think the results actually show that we can't decide whether we should take care of ourselves or if we should care for other generations," said IPS senior research fellow Christopher Gee - one of the study's authors - at a media briefing on the survey on Thursday (Jan 18).



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When the US reduces its tax rates it is putting more money back into American workers for them to spend . Here the PAP government is going to increase tax and hence Singaporeans will be overburden and will have lesser spending power . When they have lesser spending power your domestic economy will drop . More of your Singaporean voters will be unhappy . Think about that .
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STR helps to spread awareness of Budget 2018


January 26, 2018



States Times Review would like to help the Ministry of Finance to raise awareness for the coming Budget which will be delivered on Feb 19. Like other social media “influencers”, STR has a 42K followers with average article likes and comments at 350 – surpassing Mothership, Independent, and other government fake news websites. It is hence our duty to help spread awareness about the Budget, and reach out to Singaporeans to understand the real issues.

Like all government-led proposals, it is prudent to exercise caution and question the actual intent behind the actual, and often unspoken, message. For a start, the Budget 2018 has been built on imaginary boundaries spun by fake news like Straits Times and business lobbyists who only have tax cuts in their mind:

1) Lie 1: “Public expenditures is increasing”
Sure they are of course, but the first question to ask is show us the accounting books. Only the silly will take Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s words as the noble truth. By far, there has been no figures to prove that government expenditures are not being adequately funded by existing tax revenues and investment returns from the national reserves. There is no accounting book, no balance sheet, and absolutely nothing to justify that more tax revenues is required. For a start, we don’t even know how much investment returns or even how much national reserves are there with Temasek Holdings and GIC in the first place. The government is showing only one column of the Profit and Loss statement, how much is the deficit/profit, nobody knows.

2) Lie 2: “Tax must increase”
Everyone has been taken for a ride here because taxes have already increase. For readers who do not follow States Times Review, read here, here, here, here, here and here for a few of the increases already implemented in 2017. Budget 2018 actually intends to increase more taxes, more notably the existing 7% GST, new Carbon Tax, new Sugar Tax (remember Lee Hsien Loong talked about diabetes?), new online purchase tax and possibly a few other new taxes in their sleeves.

A recent forum where 40 energy companies voiced out in protest questioning Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli is the perfect example: when questioned what are the emission reduction benchmarks for the Carbon Tax, the Minister literally said he doesn’t know. The same question can be applied for the Sugar Tax. In short, the government just want to collect more money and doesn’t even bother with the reason.


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Re: ‘Leaders must be able to take criticism, acknowledge mistakes’: PM Lee

No new deputy prime ministers expected to be appointed after the Budget: PM Lee


By Afifah Ariffin @AfifahCNA

26 Jan 2018 05:00PM (Updated: 26 Jan 2018 08:11PM)


NEW DELHI: A Cabinet reshuffle – which is set to take place sometime after the Budget in February – will be a “significant step in exposing and building the new team of leaders”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, speaking to reporters at the end of this trip to New Delhi for the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit on Friday (Jan 26).

However, Mr Lee is “not expecting to have new deputy prime ministers after the Budget".

Mr Lee’s comments follow a Facebook post by Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong which said that having the People’s Action Party’s fourth generation leadership in place and settled is an “urgent challenge” in 2018. Mr Goh added that he hoped the current cohort of younger officeholders would identify a leader from amongst themselves in six to nine months.

Mr Lee said that he would not be able to say for certain if they would be able to choose a leader in that time frame, but is confident that “it would be done in good time".

Mr Lee also said that Mr Goh was "speaking with the privilege of watching things", rather than being responsible for making them happen.

He pointed out that the younger officeholders are aware that he would like to handover his duties to his successor soon after the next General Election.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...huffle-9899614


Looks like even PM also have problem selecting the next deputy PM . Does that mean the front 3 men are not up to standard ? By the way when will Lau Goh retire ?
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Re: ‘Leaders must be able to take criticism, acknowledge mistakes’: PM Lee

PM Lee: I’d like to hand over to a successor after the next election

He said his own assessment is that leadership transition will take a while.

By Belmont Lay | 2 hours




Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke to reporters on Jan. 26, 2018 about Singapore’s 4G leadership transition while in India to participate in the Asean-India Commemorative Summit.

PM Lee made clear two things: There will be no new deputy prime ministers in the upcoming Cabinet reshuffle and his successor will be known after the next General Election.

This is his interview in full, with important portions highlighted:

Reporter: He suggested a six- to nine-month timeline for the 16 4G ministers to come up with a leader of their own. What are your thoughts on this?


PM Lee: Well, ESM is speaking with the privilege of watching things rather than being responsible to make it happen. I think we know it is a very serious matter, it’s a pressing issue, as the younger ministers have already said in their statement. They know my timetable. After the next election, earlier rather than later, I would like to hand over to a successor.

I think that the team is taking shape. The dynamics amongst them, they’re working it out. They are learning to work together and also they need a bit of time for Singaporeans to get a feel of them, not just be known as public figures, but to be responsible for significant policies and making significant policies, to carrying them to justifying them, defending them, adapting them and making them work. And showing that they deserve to lead. And I think that will be done in good time, as they say, I would not be able to say for certain that it would be settled in the the next six to nine months but it will have to be done in good time. I’m confident it will be.

Reporter: PM Lee, if it is settled within the next six to nine months, are you prepared to designate this person as the next PM publicly by this year or would you…?

PM Lee: When we settle, everybody will know. But my assessment is that it will probably take a little longer. We’re going to do a reshuffle after the Budget, which will be a significant step and exposing and building the new team. And putting them into different portfolios. Successor designation will depend on the dynamics. I would not say that is imminent.


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Re: ‘Leaders must be able to take criticism, acknowledge mistakes’: PM Lee

Winners & non-winners of PM Lee’s first statement on leadership succession speculation

Okay, some clarity from PM Lee.

By Martino Tan | 12 mins


Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke to reporters on Friday (Jan. 26) about Singapore’s 4G leadership transition while in India to participate in the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit.


He made clear three things:
1. There will be no new deputy prime ministers (DPMs) in the upcoming Cabinet reshuffle, and
2. his successor will only be known after the next General Election.
3. 4G leadership as a team will become even more important than just choosing a 4G leader.


What’s still unclear, though, is what this clear signal of a longer timeline for the next PM means for the political leaders involved.

One thing we can initially conclude, though, is that a longer timeline will suit everyone — everyone’s a winner! — as they have more time to be mentored by PM Lee, as well as DPMs Teo Chee Hean and Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

But without further ado, we bring you:

The winners

PM Lee: I’d like to hand over to a successor after the next election

He said his own assessment is that leadership transition will take a while.

PM Lee: No new DPMs in upcoming Cabinet reshuffle

On the three front-runners for PM, PM Lee said that he thought they are all good ministers.


1. Chan Chun Sing

Chan, 48, is likely to be given the opportunity to helm a heavyweight portfolio after the Cabinet reshuffle, which PM Lee says will be happening after this year’s Budget in February.

Currently, Chan is the Labour Chief and does not oversee any Ministry.

In the event that does occur, Chan will emerge looking pretty good from this — he’ll have the experience of running two different ministries (his first was Community Development, Youth and Sports, which was later restructured as Ministry of Social and Family Development) as well as the very valuable time he’s already been spending rallying support and understanding the labour movement and the People’s Association.


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I wonder how come so hard to select the next Singapore PM ? I wonder will there be reserved PM or not ? I wonder f there will be a female PM ? But most importantly I wonder if someone will volunteer for the job . Will the next PM be another seat warmer ? Or will that someone be selected . How come Singaporeans cannot vote for the next PM ? I hope there will not another general to fill that post .
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