This is not a gaffe. All questions have to be handed in days before parliament sits. This is a proper answer which when read between the lines means they do not want to tell you. I have already warned years ago that capital outflow from Singapore by these foreign workers is going to be a huge burden on our dollar. It will also mean that our economy will be hurt when money is spent overseas instead of here. The PAPzis are running this country to the ground and they care because they are paid expensively and and live her or anywhere else in the world a live comfortably for generations. The rest of the population are in for a lifelong battle with hardship. We will be the Philippines and Indonesia of today in another 15-25 years.
This 400+ million is only a trickle as most of the foreign workers will only start leaving after working here for 15-25 years. The value of the capital outflow will easily be in the 10s of billions per annum and there will be no respite as the batch that leaves will be replaced by a new batch. The death of the low and middle Singaporean has started. Like cancer, many will only notice when it is too late.
Yes, u are right, these questions are tabled long ago. the PAP has had days to prepare the answer, if not weeks. The PAP knows the answer and for sure if they did not know, they have the time to find out the answer. therefore, TCJ answer is an out and out lie. Than the next question is why did he lie? He lied because the amount must be so large that its alarming, perhaps in the hundreds of millions or billions $ every year. When you follow my line of reasoning, than it makes sense why the PAP are always moving the goal post for the withdrawal age, attaching more and more conditions, increasing the minimum sum, etc. all of this to make it harder for the citizens to withdraw their money. The withdrawal by PRs MUST be causing such a drain on the CPF coffers, that they have no choice but to delay the withdrawal of citizens. This is the traitor PAP govt. for you. And this is an unintended consequence offering PRs to every mother fucker tom dick and harry.