Current Affairs
Growth Dividends for poor – Enough or not enough?
“Show me any family still receiving less than necessary to cope.”
Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, defending the amount received by a low-income household from this year’s Budget as being enough to help cope with inflation
Levy hike ‘not a push for locals (ST 24 Feb 2011)
Mr Tharman stressed that there will invariably be some needy families with unique circumstances, for whom the package does not fully cover increases in the cost of living this year.
Budget 2011: Grow & Share ‘gives more than required (CNA 2 March 2011)
“It feels almost uncanny – you can change the Finance Minister … and their Budget speeches still sound quite alike.”
Mrs Josephine Teo (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC)
Budget goodies could lead to an unhealthy ‘culture of demand’: MP (TODAY 2 March 2011)
NTU upholds zero mark for student initially accused of AI use, citing 14 false citations in essay
Chinese trio trick 77-year-old woman with ‘black magic’ scam, steal S$44k in cash and jewellery
Residents petition against relocation of Geylang East Public Library to Tanjong Katong Complex
Second Singaporean-funded polyclinic opens in North Gaza amid healthcare collapse
‘Letters for Palestine’ participant says delivering letter to PMO was within her rights as Singapore citizen
Indonesian tycoon’s granddaughter buys rare Singapore bungalow for S$25 million
SPCA Singapore appoints Walter Leong as new executive director, succeeding Aarthi Sankar
Singapore man charged for allegedly making drug-laced vapes at home in first local case
Singapore Prison Service denies viral claims of floating prison off nation’s coast
Five Chinese nationals charged in Singapore for bribery plot to extend stay and sell illegal sex drugs
Bishan two-storey executive maisonette sets new resale record at S$1.588 million
Yunhaiyao fined S$7,000 for food poisoning case affecting 171 ByteDance staff in Singapore
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