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The SG Govt can take the first step towards lowering the cost of living by addressing population density and tax structures. Reduce the population from 6 million to 3.5 million; limiting the inflow of foreign white-collar labour in PME roles would prioritise job opportunities for S'porean fresh graduates and older workers. A lower population density would subsequently cause a decrease in property prices and COE premiums, making them more affordable to more citizens. Furthermore, a reduction in both the number and % of indirect taxes which contribute significantly to the financial burden faced by S'poreans; lowering them would alleviate cost of living pressures.
 

17 HDB neighbourhoods across Singapore to be upgraded at cost of S$165 million​

Upgrading works under the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme may include amenities such as covered linkways, drop-off porches and playgrounds.


17 HDB neighbourhoods across Singapore to be upgraded at cost of S$165 million

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SINGAPORE: Seventeen Housing Board (HDB) neighbourhoods will undergo upgrading works under the latest phase of the Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP), Minister for National Development Desmond Lee announced on Sunday (Apr 6).

More than 25,000 households are expected to benefit from the upgrading, which will cost over S$165 million (US$123 million).

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The 17 projects form the 16th batch of the NRP, and for the first time, include blocks built between 1996 and 1999. These projects are located across Singapore, including in Bukit Panjang, Sembawang and Sengkang.

Upgrading works under the programme are tailored to residents’ feedback and may include block-level features such as residents’ corners and seating areas, as well as precinct-level amenities like covered linkways, drop-off porches, playgrounds and landscaping, said HDB and the Ministry of National Development (MND) in a press release.

The works will be fully funded by the government and implemented by town councils, which will engage their own design consultants and building contractors, as well as monitor the progress of the projects.
 
The SG Govt can take the first step towards lowering the cost of living by addressing population density and tax structures. Reduce the population from 6 million to 3.5 million; limiting the inflow of foreign white-collar labour in PME roles would prioritise job opportunities for S'porean fresh graduates and older workers. A lower population density would subsequently cause a decrease in property prices and COE premiums, making them more affordable to more citizens. Furthermore, a reduction in both the number and % of indirect taxes which contribute significantly to the financial burden faced by S'poreans; lowering them would alleviate cost of living pressures.
Less demand for service induatry
Our good hands open door big big for Jiuhu to flood in to steal eat and allow them day in day out and fail to keep them stay here. This has hollow out much of the $$$$ that can be used for support local service n retail industry
 
-Singapore stands on a strong foundation

-a spirit of solidarity and unity that keeps the country moving forward

urges Singaporeans to remain united in ‘a far more dangerous world’
 

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I've seen this kind before in relative circle.

30years in SAF.

now speaking against PAP.

what happened??

he must have voted for PAP all his comfy shiok shiok life in SAF.
year-end got bonus.
mid-year got bonus.
election year also got bonus.

why now speak up against SAF/PAP?

I give you the reasons:

depleting his ill-gotten salaries from SAF during the good years?
financing endlessly for his unemployed children?
paying ever-increasing endless bills for his young grand-children?
offsprings leeching his retirement pension monies perpetually???
 

GE2025: S’pore needs leaders with integrity, competence, a sense of public service, says Heng Swee Keat​

(From left) Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong and PAP new face Hazlina Abdul Halim interacting with Yarrow Gardens resident Bernie Liu, during a walkabout in Joo Chiat on April 5.


(From left) Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong and PAP new face Hazlina Abdul Halim interacting with Yarrow Gardens resident Bernie Liu, during a walkabout in Joo Chiat on April 5. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

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Apr 08, 2025

SINGAPORE – Singapore needs leaders with integrity, competence and a sense of public service, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.

And those who join politics must do so for the right reasons, he added.

“Not because ‘I want to win an election’, not because ‘I want the power to do things’,” he said. “But ‘I’m doing this for the long-term good of all Singaporeans’.”

DPM Heng, who is East Coast GRC’s anchor minister, was speaking to The Straits Times on April 3. During the sit-down interview, he gave his views on his constituency, his party and the growing desire for political pluralism.

When voting in the next general election, it is not just about which party is on the ballot or the idea of pluralism, but about which party can serve Singaporeans better, he said.

He added that what matters for Singapore’s future is having good leadership and a good system of governance.

“I think all of us who are in the PAP believe that as of today, we are still the best party to run the government, to take Singapore in a new direction,” said DPM Heng, who is the party’s chairman.


“If we are not able to form the government, if we are out, then Singapore will be governed in a very different direction.”

DPM Heng pointed out that the People’s Action Party fields a number of political officer-holders in each group representation constituency, adding that he hopes Singaporeans recognise the role such leaders play.

“I certainly wouldn’t have been able to do the five Budgets to support Singaporeans and our businesses if I was out in the last election,” added DPM Heng, who was finance minister when the Covid-19 pandemic started in 2020.

That year, he delivered an unprecedented five Budgets. The general election was held in July.

He also said Singaporeans should not assume that PAP MPs hold homogeneous views, just because the party has many more seats in Parliament, said DPM Heng.

Each MP brings different perspectives, and the party must remain a broad group that can reflect the interests, concerns and aspirations of Singaporeans, he said.

The PAP brings these together in a way that allows it to make and implement effective policies, he added.

What PAP MPs have in common is a deep belief in building a multiracial, multi-religious, multicultural society, he said.

DPM Heng cited a recent encounter with a stranger, who had approached him to say she was worried for Singapore because of the growing interest in having different political parties in Parliament.

The woman’s view was that citizens should vote for people who can take the country forward, as it is not just about having more opposition politicians.

“I said, ‘I agree with you, but it is our people’s choice, and I hope that our citizens vote wisely, vote for their long-term future,’”said DPM Heng.

There is a national agenda that Singapore has to tend to carefully, he said.

“And if you have good, competent, hard-working MPs on the ground, who can mobilise people together, who can do things in the neighbourhood, your neighbourhood will be a better neighbourhood,” he added.
 

Recession? Most CEOs think the U.S. is already in one, says BlackRock’s Larry Fink.​

Stocks could drop another 20%, with U.S. now seen as a ‘destabilizing’ force by investors​

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink speaks Monday at the Economic Club of New York.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink speaks Monday at the Economic Club of New York.PHOTO: SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGEShttps://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/jpm?mod=refsymb_mw



CEO Larry Fink, in an onstage interview Monday at the Economic Club of New York, where he warned that stocks were likely to see further downside in reaction to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policies.


Stocks were flipping between gains and losses in violently choppy trade Monday, after major indexes ended last week with their biggest two-day plunge since March 2020, when equities collapsed in response to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

The S&P 500 fell a cumulative 10.5% on Thursday and Friday, after Trump revealed sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners in a Rose Garden event
 
LKY AND RAISING MINISTERS' SALARIES.

like LTK says pf the PAP....ownself check ownself.

but for LKY is ownself increase ownself's salary.
 
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