Why, I thought the answer is obvious.
If the costs of running traffic control and the car parking
services, collections of certain types of payments and taxes as
performed by outside companies are lower, such services should be
outsourced to help Singaporeans in lowering costs. (or build up
their medical or retirement funds)
The only services that should be retained by government should be
in areas like national security, defence, judiciary and
enforcements of sensitive laws and regulations.
Singaporeans will save billions if these various non-critical
services are outsourced. Outsourced companies will help to render
greater accountability and transparency not available at this
moment.
It is already well proven Traffic Police only performs mostly
routine and standardized services so they are very easy to
outsource. Many traffic policemen are over-authoritative and give a
poor image to citizens.
Cost savings are already proven when services previously performed
by government or government-linked companies such as Singtel, Car
Park, SIA and related Airport services are outsourced.
At this moment, all government and government-related services are
at least 50 - 300 % higher than outside. There is a lack of
accountability and transparency as well.
Had these non-critical services been privatized or corporatized,
many services will continue to be very expensive.
What the Singtel, HDB, PSA and SIA have done are only the tips of
the icebergs. Nearly all the PA, EDB, TDB, TC, and statutory board
services can be outsourced to private companies to lower the costs
of living and doing business in Singapore which are extremely by
comparison with those performed by the private sector.
