you are the most annoying member is sgforums.
all your post are subjective and have a hidden agenda. tell me,
are you some opposition party or just a bo liao person?
many people dun like pap because of FTs, rise in cost of living,
hdb.
you? wine about LKY being a banana. and you made people think
that by changing our language policy and bringing back the
dialects, all this things can be solved. okay, maybe i speak
hokkien now, when i wake up tommorrow, will i be a million dollar
richer? no, i will be a cleaner because i am unable to adapt to the
world where english is the main language in business. i remember
you once said increased the quota for unniversity. no, that won't
help!
you are a racially insensitive person who deserve to be serve
with a hot piping bowl of ban mian.
Thumbs up for saying !
Girl, sounds like you have a more sound sense of judgement than
the Dalforce.
Hahahahahah!
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Repost:
By Chua
Yini | Yahoo!
Newsroom – Mon, Apr
30, 2012
Deputy Prime
Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said the high
inflation rate does not reflect the reality for average
Singaporeans. (AFP file photo)
The high inflation rate does not
reflect the reality for average Singaporeans, said Deputy Prime Minister and
Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Speaking at the May Day dinner on Sunday, Tharman said that, while
the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) rose by about 5.2 per cent in March in this year
from the same month last year, “it does not mean that the average
Singaporean will feel this high inflation”.
He explained that people who already own homes and are not buying
new cars are not affected, because more than half of the inflation
is due to higher cost of new car ownership and higher housing
rents.
Tharman added that the increase in prices for daily necessities and
essential services, such as food, clothing and education, has been
“much more moderate”, at 3 per cent or lower.
Therefore, the inflation in actual household expenditures for most
Singaporeans is lower than 5 per cent, he pointed out.
Nevertheless, he said the government is taking steps to tame
inflation and is closely monitoring the situation, he
said.
For example, the Monetary Authority of
Singapore (MAS) has been gradually strengthening the value
of the Singapore dollar to reduce the impact of imported
inflation.
In addition, the government is providing some help for lower-income
Singaporean households to cope with the rising cost of living,
added Tharman, citing the recently introduced goods and services tax (GST)
vouchers.
However, he said Singapore can expect more cost pressures as
business wages rise amid the tight labour market.
“There will be pressure on consumer prices this year and the next
few years,” he said.
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