Indranee Rajah chides NCMP Leong Mun Wai for trying to 'stoke anxiety' among S’poreans after he questioned govt spending
SINGAPORE — Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah on Monday chided Non-Constituency Member of Parliament Leong Mun Wai for not understanding expenditure figures or the rationale behind government spending, or attempting to"stoke anxiety and disquiet" among Singaporeans. This was after Mr Leong questioned the reasoning behind the Government’s expenditures on SPH Media Trust and the Singapore Sports Hub in a parliamentary speech.
In the case of SPH Media Trust, Mr Leong questioned the “significant outlay” of taxpayers’ money of up toThe trust was set up in December last year and involved restructuring and transferring the media operations of Singapore Press Holdings , including national daily The Straits Times, to the trust. The Government had announced in June that it would take over the full running of the Sports Hub from this December, terminating theMr Leong also said that the cost of S$1.2 billion in outstanding financial liabilities that the Government took over from SHPL for the construction of the Sports Hub was “too high”.
He asked the Government to address his clarifications and refer the expenditures to the Public Accounts Committee for follow up after the adjournment motion.ALLEGATIONS ‘WITHOUT BASIS’: INDRANEE This means that the Government is not paying SHPL more than what it would otherwise have committed to under the public-private partnership model, said Ms Indranee.
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