SINGAPORE: In this year's Budget, the Government chose to spend money on building the country rather than on goodies to make the people happy, ...
SINGAPORE: In this year's Budget, the Government chose to spend money on building the country rather than on goodies to make the people happy, Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin highlighted at the close of the Committee of Supply debates on Friday .
In contrast, Singapore's Budget was built upon"what has been said by many of you in the years past and also based on input surfaced by our fellow Singaporeans in many, many different forums", said Mr Tan in Parliament."Budgets are built upon Budgets of years gone by. There is always a context and there is always a system in place," he added.
Mr Tan also addressed questions over whether this year’s Budget goodies were part of a"cynical election scheme". Mr Heng had earlier tackled this question, saying the Budget is a strategic plan to ensure Singapore’s long-term success and is not based on election cycles.
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