Invitation to PAP
Now that SDP has published their "Shadow Budget 2011" (SB2011), which includes several interesting & relevant points that many Singaporeans can relate to, I hope that PAP will respond to the SB2011. At the minimum, to some of those that SDP has highlighted. Not responding to SB2011 would only cast doubts in the minds of Singaporeans. Please consider.
"Among our proposals are:
* Lower the cost of living including abolishing the GST for basic foodstuffs and medicines, reducing utility rates and lowering public transport fares.
* Introduce the Singaporeans First Policy where businesses are required to demonstrate that the skills they seek are not available in the domestic workforce before they are eligible to employ non-Singaporeans.
* Reduce teacher : student ratio in our classrooms to 1 : 20 and introduce school psychologists and counsellors for all schools.
* Abolish tuition grants for foreign students and reduce fees by 50% for our local students at the tertiary level.
* Increase government spending for healthcare and the number of hospital beds by 25%.
* Increase Public Assistance for the poorest of our poor.
Dismantle Temasek Holdings and divest its companies; transfer management of GIC to an independent body
* Pay full-time National Servicemen the recommended minimum wage of $1,200 a month as the basic allowance.
* Trim the bloated cabinet by removing the posts of MM, SMs, DPMs and Ministers without portfolios.
* Reduce the PM's salary to $60,000 per month from the present $300,000 per month. Other ministers' salaries will be cut proportionately."
Now that SDP has published their "Shadow Budget 2011" (SB2011), which includes several interesting & relevant points that many Singaporeans can relate to, I hope that PAP will respond to the SB2011. At the minimum, to some of those that SDP has highlighted. Not responding to SB2011 would only cast doubts in the minds of Singaporeans. Please consider.
"Among our proposals are:
* Lower the cost of living including abolishing the GST for basic foodstuffs and medicines, reducing utility rates and lowering public transport fares.
* Introduce the Singaporeans First Policy where businesses are required to demonstrate that the skills they seek are not available in the domestic workforce before they are eligible to employ non-Singaporeans.
* Reduce teacher : student ratio in our classrooms to 1 : 20 and introduce school psychologists and counsellors for all schools.
* Abolish tuition grants for foreign students and reduce fees by 50% for our local students at the tertiary level.
* Increase government spending for healthcare and the number of hospital beds by 25%.
* Increase Public Assistance for the poorest of our poor.
Dismantle Temasek Holdings and divest its companies; transfer management of GIC to an independent body
* Pay full-time National Servicemen the recommended minimum wage of $1,200 a month as the basic allowance.
* Trim the bloated cabinet by removing the posts of MM, SMs, DPMs and Ministers without portfolios.
* Reduce the PM's salary to $60,000 per month from the present $300,000 per month. Other ministers' salaries will be cut proportionately."
