Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says next year’s
Budget could bring more “good news” as government revenues
have been better than expected.
Speaking at the
People’s Action Party’s conference held at the NUS Cultural
Centre, Mr Lee said the government will use the
country’s strong growth for 2010 to improve the lives of
Singaporeans.
This, he said, would take the shape of building
affordable homes, upgrading housing estates and strengthening the
social safety nets.
Mr Lee, who is the Secretary-General of the ruling
party, made the points in a speech he
gave called “Singapore our home, our future together.”
He also told an audience of over 1,700 party cadres
and activists that the less skilled, the poor and especially the
elderly would not be left behind and that they too would
benefit Singapore’s prosperity.
PAP leaders taking the party's pledge at the conference
(Photo: Yahoo!).
The Singapore Budget is usually announced in February.
Mr Lee also hinted that the next General Election will be held
by the next PAP party conference, which is usually
held once in two years, usually in November.
Mr Lee also said he was confident the PAP would be ready to
present a talented slate of candidates when the Election was
called.
These candidates, who will be made of branch activists,
members from the Young PAP and the women’s wing as well as
young unionists, will form the nucleus of the next generation of
leaders.
PM Lee said: “We have good growth; we have good plans and that
is what we should be going into the election for — to mobilise
people to support these plans and support the team which has
brought this growth to them.
“We must induct new candidates with the potential to become
ministers. And the new ones whom we will bring in at the next
election, they will have to settle who will be the next leader whom
they will work with and support, and will take them and Singapore
forward. It’s an absolutely serious matter.”
