Increase in price of food items to be discussed in Parliamen
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everyone is resigned to the price inflation. be it global reasons or local reasons. looking at what have been tabled for discussion, it's a waste of time
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Discuss disgust.
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Hahaha.........Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):discuss again? wah.... so 7% increase to 10% to help the poor again lor..
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the people have a choice to decide.Originally posted by SevenEleven:everyone is resigned to the price inflation. be it global reasons or local reasons. looking at what have been tabled for discussion, it's a waste of time
wonder why the media bother to print out
If they decide to be resigned to it, so be it. That is the decision. They must be responsible for all these decisions they had made. -
This is how our Government help :
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'We help, we do a lot, but we don't help by keeping the prices individually controlled,' he said at a dialogue at the People's Action Party (PAP) annual convention. 'We help by making sure that the low income are able to pay for their necessities, able to earn a living, able to have a roof over their heads.' -
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if increase gst is to help the poor den why increase till 7% only. Increase to 100% la den the poor will become rich.
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I wonder... so far, are the Poor/Low Income able to pay for all the necessities? If so, how many were able to? Able to earn a living, but are they able to keep up with all the frequent increases in everything? A roof over their heads, but how many are able to sublet out their flats & live with children in their old age?Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:This is how our Government help :
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'We help, we do a lot, but we don't help by keeping the prices individually controlled,' he said at a dialogue at the People's Action Party (PAP) annual convention. 'We help by making sure that the low income are able to pay for their necessities, able to earn a living, able to have a roof over their heads.' -
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No wonder having talked to so many PR n foreigners, some of them said they will not take local citizenship.Originally posted by HyperFocal:I wonder... so far, are the Poor/Low Income able to pay for all the necessities? If so, how many were able to? Able to earn a living, but are they able to keep up with all the frequent increases in everything? A roof over their heads, but how many are able to sublet out their flats & live with children in their old age? -
This is just another of their many Talk Shows...
.. in the end, NOTHING wil or can be done about it...
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Ya, that reminds me, buying HDB now loan take from private bank, cannot service loan, house will be seized and sold off ! Even when HDB give loan, there are cases when HDB give eviction order to the defaulter !!!! are they not slapping their own face ?Originally posted by HyperFocal:I wonder... so far, are the Poor/Low Income able to pay for all the necessities? If so, how many were able to? Able to earn a living, but are they able to keep up with all the frequent increases in everything? A roof over their heads, but how many are able to sublet out their flats & live with children in their old age? -
The S'pore approach to battle rising cost of living
Straits Times, The (Singapore)
Prime News
November 12, 2007
Author: Peh Shing Huei
THE cost of living is rising and the Government is helping Singaporeans cope with it, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday.
While many people would look to their governments to keep prices low, Singapore's approach is different and he believed that it is one that works.
It aims to get the basics right - housing, jobs and affordable necessities.
'We help, we do a lot, but we don't help by keeping the prices individually controlled,' he said at a dialogue at the People's Action Party annual convention.
'We help by making sure that the low income are able to pay for their necessities, able to earn a living, able to have a house over their heads.'
While Singapore has gone through years with stable cost of living and very low inflation, he acknowledged that it might be tough to maintain such stability going forward.
Prices of flour, food, energy and even chicken are going up, and people are understandably worried, he said.
Following a jump in flour prices, bread prices here went up by up to 20 per cent and noodles increased by 20 to 30 cents per kg.
While there are calls on the Government to control prices, he added, Singapore will not head the way of countries like Malaysia, China and India by keeping prices of oil and electricity down.
Instead, the Government helps the people through the Housing Board flats, education, the Workfare Income Supplement scheme and periodic top-ups when there are Budget surpluses.
'So with the house, the HDB flat which we help you to buy...nearly everybody has a home which is a big relief. So when rentals go up, you are not affected because you have your house and you have something for your old age to retire by,' he said in response to a concern raised by a party activist on the rising cost of living.
There is also Workfare, he added, which sees the Government topping up the wages of low-income workers.
For example, those who earn $1,000 a month would get $1,000 plus of 'hongbao' from the Government a year in cash, CPF and Medisave, and this goes on continually.
But while these policies are important and helpful to the people, he believed the Government can do a better job in explaining them to Singaporeans.
He said that while the fine print of policies can be complicated, the principle behind them is not.
'The principle is to help yourself - you work, the Government will help you. But you must make the effort, and that is how Singapore will succeed. That is how you will succeed,' he said.
'And I think that is an approach that has worked for the economy, for the country, and we must keep that.'
Mr Lee was on a nine-member panel in the 90-minute dialogue at the meeting for cadres to speak on issues and challenges the party has to tackle.
Flanked by PAP chairman Lim Boon Heng, five MPs and a pair of activists, the PM tackled concerns that centred on the convention's catchy theme, 'Young and old, high and low', which refers to Singapore's ageing society and the growing income gap.
Mr Lee noted that Singapore's approach to battle the wealth divide has attracted the attention of other countries.
Referring to his recent interview with Chosun Ilbo, he said the South Korean top daily printed almost everything he said and displayed it over two pages.
Major newspapers and magazines in the West such as the Economist have also written about Singapore's changes, he said.
Urging the party to continue to serve Singaporeans so that it can win their support, he said: 'You are wearing white because it is a symbol that you care...and you are not just sitting there and letting somebody else take charge of the train.'
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Copyright, 2007, Singapore Press Holdings Limited
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AFFORDING THE BASICS
'We help, we do a lot, but we don't help by keeping the prices individually controlled. We help by making sure that the low income are able to pay for their necessities, able to earn a living, able to have a house over their heads.' PM LEE -
For some unexplainable reasons,
I think I know what will be the outcome of the discussion.
Thus, this unexplainable reason may help me save some time for more sleep.
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cool cool gel.....discuss here discuss there..knn talk about workfare, housing...all these we know liao mah.. ..
Might as well don't talk about price increase.. -
wah so cheesy "Let's play hide and seek,I allow u hide inside my heart."
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Don't think they really care about the price increase of food. They will just bring up the topic for the sake of "drama drama". May be they may just say it is high time food prices increase following the increase of GST, price of flour, petrol and so on.
For a gahmen who practise double standard I don't think they are genuine concern for the food prices increase. So far they have proven they care only for themselves.