SINGAPORE: The next Budget sitting is not due till some four
months later, but the Finance Ministry has started preparing for
it.
It is launching the Budget 2008 Feedback Exercise and Essay Video
Competition on Monday.
In a news release, Second Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
said to get a sense of views all around as Singapore prepares for
the next Budget, the Ministry has created more feedback channels to
make it convenient for the public to contribute suggestions and
ideas.
It is also partnering REACH to hold dialogue sessions with the
community.
The public could send their feedback to this portal,
www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/feedback.html, or they could SMS their
views to 9SpeakUp (97732587).
Another goal of the exercise is to give more voice to youths and
increase their awareness of issues involved in the Budget.
The topic for this years Essay Competition is "Infinite
Possibilities; Finite Resources".
And for the first time, the Finance Ministry is launching a Video
Competition for those who prefer to express their creativity
through the visual medium, with the topic, "What the Budget means
to me".
CNA/so