Send Govt your Budget wish list
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Dec 2, 2010
Send Govt your Budget wish list
SINGAPOREANS and businesses are invited to tell the Government what they hope to see in the next Budget.
There are also more channels through which they can offer their views on issues relating to public spending.
Both general feedback and suggestions on specific aspects of public expenditure are welcome, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said yesterday. MOF, together with Reach, launched the feedback exercise yesterday.
The Budget 2011 website - www.singaporebudget.gov.sg - features a feedback section.
Other channels open this year include Facebook, Twitter and discussion boards on Reach's Budget microsite.
More traditional channels include e-mail, reach@reach. gov.sg, and toll-free hotline 1800-3535555. Suggestions and views are also accepted by post.
At the People's Action Party's biennial conference last Sunday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had hinted at the possibility of goodies in the Budget, as in previous years of high growth.
'When the Budget comes, with some luck, we should have some good news,' he had said.
As part of the outreach activities, there will be an online Budget quiz, plus a Budget Challenge with a parliamentary-style debate to increase awareness of the Budget process and public finance.
The quiz will be divided into two sections, each comprising questions on Singapore's fiscal, economic, tax and social policies.
No limit is placed on the number of attempts made and prizes will be awarded to the top scorers in each round of the quiz.
The Budget Challenge gives junior college students and those in the last two years of their integrated programmes the chance to experience what it is like to be a Member of Parliament, with them being able to engage in 'cut-and-thrust' parliamentary-style debate.
Each team will represent a ministry and propose policy initiatives to be debated in a parliamentary setting. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams.
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Seriously, I think we are in deep shit
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that matter is how deep?? if 1.5m, i am still ok, cos i am a tall gal.
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Originally posted by SevenEleven:
Seriously, I think we are in deep shit
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There is no need for this wish list. It is a waste of time. Common sense should prevail. Just cut certain percentage of our defence budget and channel it to social, education and medical services for the forthcoming budget. We don't need to buy expensive defence related weapons or systems as we are in the sea of calm. Currently, our defence systems and weapons are much superior to our potential enemies so it does not make sense to continue in allocation of high defence budget year after year.
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Reduce all Ministerial salaries to a max of $1 million p.a., if they are corrupt, send them to the gallows or have them disembowelled.
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Send it them so that they can laugh at your wish list ?
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Sheesh......
Real cheapskate, with those multi-million dollar salaries you'd think that they could have gotten better entertainment.
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Originally posted by SevenEleven:
Dec 2, 2010
Send Govt your Budget wish list
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<!-- story content : start -->SINGAPOREANS and businesses are invited to tell the Government what they hope to see in the next Budget.
There are also more channels through which they can offer their views on issues relating to public spending.
Both general feedback and suggestions on specific aspects of public expenditure are welcome, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said yesterday. MOF, together with Reach, launched the feedback exercise yesterday.
The Budget 2011 website - www.singaporebudget.gov.sg - features a feedback section.
Other channels open this year include Facebook, Twitter and discussion boards on Reach's Budget microsite.
More traditional channels include e-mail, reach@reach. gov.sg, and toll-free hotline 1800-3535555. Suggestions and views are also accepted by post.
At the People's Action Party's biennial conference last Sunday, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had hinted at the possibility of goodies in the Budget, as in previous years of high growth.
'When the Budget comes, with some luck, we should have some good news,' he had said.
As part of the outreach activities, there will be an online Budget quiz, plus a Budget Challenge with a parliamentary-style debate to increase awareness of the Budget process and public finance.
The quiz will be divided into two sections, each comprising questions on Singapore's fiscal, economic, tax and social policies.
No limit is placed on the number of attempts made and prizes will be awarded to the top scorers in each round of the quiz.
The Budget Challenge gives junior college students and those in the last two years of their integrated programmes the chance to experience what it is like to be a Member of Parliament, with them being able to engage in 'cut-and-thrust' parliamentary-style debate.
Each team will represent a ministry and propose policy initiatives to be debated in a parliamentary setting. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams.
The Government is out of ideas to keep the people happy, so kindly HELP THE GOVERNMENT on how to HELP YOURSELF!
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it just reminds me of that guy who pleaded asking them not to help...
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
Reduce all Ministerial salaries to a max of $1 million p.a., if they are corrupt, send them to the gallows or have them disembowelled.
$1 million p.a is still too much for them.I say reduce to max $400 000 p.a
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i would like the gabrament to spend about $200,000 to hire a couple of professional torturers to torture Mabok Tongue, Lim Siah Suay and Raymond Lim to death
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how about cut the number of foreigners in our country by 70%
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Wish List :
1. Everyone gets $2000 cash in the coming Feb/Mar 2011 Election Budget
2. Everyone who is willing and able to work will get a job that can covers the cost
of living
3. Everyone who wants to buy a HDB flat will get a housing subsidy of $100,000
4. Everyone will pay a lower GST of 5% (it is possible if the govt stops the
financing of workfare scheme and introduces minimum wage)
5. Everyone will get a Medi-save top of $30,000.
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You all better don't send your wish list to them.
Wait they mass forward it all across to each other so that they can have a good laugh at you.
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You know what happened to Oliver Twist when he asked for more.
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Originally posted by βÎτά:
You know what happened to Oliver Twist when he asked for more.
Times are bad.
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Originally posted by charlize:
You all better don't send your wish list to them.
Wait they mass forward it all across to each other so that they can have a good laugh at you.
Glad if they really send the list to each other or best to the public as the wish list has many hidden implications about the shortcomings of government policies.
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Reduce the ns to 1 yr.
2 yr of ns, and govt need to fork out money to feed the soldiers.
If reduce to 1 yr, mindef expenses/costs will be reduce by half.
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I think my wishlist is that they will reduce gst.
we don't need to raise gst to help the poor.
all we need to do is to cut the salaries of our ministers and use it to help the poor
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Reduce the ns to 1 yr.
2 yr of ns, and govt need to fork out money to feed the soldiers.
If reduce to 1 yr, mindef expenses/costs will be reduce by half.
your plan is simplistic and unworkable...
everyone knows the NSFs are cheap labour... you want the bloody Regulars to do the sai kang the NSFs are doing?
besides, a shitload of money is spent keeping the high ranking regular occifers at their canteen breaks
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Reduce the ns to 1 yr.
2 yr of ns, and govt need to fork out money to feed the soldiers.
If reduce to 1 yr, mindef expenses/costs will be reduce by half.
1 yr is too short liao.
just bmt and ocs already is 1 year liao. than the officers once complete their course ord liao don't need to go to unit to serve liao
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My wish is for the Government to implement longer NS term with tougher and stricter training for all compulsory Singaporean males while giving them the salary befitting of a regular NS personnel.
Agreed?
I can forsee alot of cowards protesting soon.
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Originally posted by parn:
My wish is for the Government to implement longer NS term with tougher and stricter training for all compulsory Singaporean males while giving them the salary befitting of a regular NS personnel.
Agreed?
I can forsee alot of cowards protesting soon.
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Originally posted by parn:
My wish is for the Government to implement longer NS term with tougher and stricter training for all compulsory Singaporean males while giving them the salary befitting of a regular NS personnel.
Agreed?
I can forsee alot of cowards protesting soon.
parn....the minister of defence wants to have u arrested....think a warrant could be issued within 48hrs.reason being that u are wasting $$$$ salary that rightfully belongs to the selected sign on people.