S$100-S$300 cash given to appease anger over GST
To appease Singaporeans’ rage about the lifetime 9% GST increase, the Singapore government will be giving an one-off cash voucher between S$100 to S$300 to each Singaporean. Finance Minister Heng Swee...
View ArticleMinister: New Carbon Tax has no benchmark, too troublesome to have one
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat shot down criticisms over the new Carbon Tax, saying that it is too troublesome to have a benchmark and that it is easier to make everyone pay a blanket tax: “The...
View ArticleMinister Indranee Rajah: GST cut on rice? White or brown?
Fending off criticisms over the regressive tax increase, Senior Minister of State for Finance and Law Indranee Rajah said at a state media radio interview that a GST exemption on essential food items...
View ArticleLee Hsien Loong: GST increase is fair and progressive
Writing on his Facebook page praising his own Budget, dictator Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wrote that GST is “fair and progressive” and that he will “help the poor”: “The Government plans to...
View ArticleBudget 2018 cheated Singaporeans: What surplus?
Budget 2018 is best described as a scam. This is not a sensationalising headline or a click bait, it is a fact, to people with at least half a brain functioning that is. There is a S$9.6 billion...
View ArticleMinister Heng Swee Keat: Singaporeans should see bigger picture
Calling the 2% GST increase a “difficult news” to Singaporeans, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said that Singaporeans should “should the bigger picture” and support the 9% GST. Minister Heng Swee...
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Convicted City Harvest Church leader tried to abscond Singapore by sampan
One of the six convicted City Harvest Church leader, Chew Eng Han, was arrested on a motorised sampan at Pulau Ubin yesterday (Feb 21) for trying to abscond from his impending imprisonment. Acting on...
View ArticleMinister Indranee Rajah: We return GST increase collected back to Singaporeans
Speaking at a government forum defending the GST increase, Senior Minister of State Indranee Rajah openly lied that the revenue collected from the GST tax increase would be returned to Singaporeans:...
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Top 10 shocking spendings of Budget: Halimah Yacob spent S$9.4 million
Budget 2018 is prudent and responsible? An outright lie, if one even bother to read into the balance sheet. I have a shock of my life reading how much the PAP government spent in a SINGLE year: 1)...
View ArticleMinister Heng Swee Keat: Money not enough for government
In a state media interview with Straits Times as a propaganda to alleviate public discontent at the GST increase yesterday (Feb 22), Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said that his favourite phrase is...
View ArticleLaw Minister K Shanmugam issues fake news on Canadian robber
When commenting on his decision to spare caning for Canadian robber David Roach, Law Minister K Shanmugam made a false statement claiming that the Canadian will “get away scot-free” if he is deported...
View ArticleState media CNA apologise for fake news on Bhutan’s 50% GST
In their zeal to propagandise Singapore’s new 9% GST, state media ChannelNewsAsia (CNA) published a fake news claiming Bhutan having a 50% GST. The state media had to post an apology and retract...
View ArticleSingaporeans to pay GST on Google and Apple app
Amidst the furore over the unjustifiable GST increase, a little known new tax has been imposed in the recent Budget. The “imported digital services tax” is a GST on all online purchases including the...
View ArticleMinister Josephine Teo: Automatic CPF and Insurance deductions for self-employed
Second Minister for Manpower Josephine Teo had accepted her government’s committee, Tripartite Workgroup (TWG), recommendations to force self-employed to pay CPF and insurance as soon as they received...
View ArticleMinister Khaw Boon Wan issues fake news: Singaporeans saved S$2 billion!
After spending S$3.2 billion on a centralised railway depot, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan openly lied that he helped Singaporeans to save S$2 billion by choosing to integrate the four depots into...
View ArticleEconomist: Healthcare expenditures rising because there are more poor
Speaking at a post-Budget forum held by the Economic Society of Singapore, economist Walter Theseira said that the only reason why healthcare expenditures are rising is because there are more poor...
View ArticleKPMG and PWC praise Singapore Budget
Corporation lobbyists KPMG and PWC Singapore poured praises for the latest 2018 Singapore Budget, no thanks to the lucrative 40% corporate tax cuts and business subsidies totalling S$2.27 billion. As...
View ArticleStraits Times editor: Propaganda critical to fighting fake news
Speaking at a forum held by the National Library, editor of state media Straits Times Warren Fernandez emphasised on the importance of government “communication” in fighting fake news and called for...
View ArticleMinister Chan Chun Sing threaten Singaporeans with “severe implications”
Dissatisfied with criticisms over the government’s arbitrary “50%-rule” on the use of investment returns, former army general Minister Chan Chun Sing threatened Singaporeans that there are “severe...
View ArticleSMRT finally raising wages after complaints
After years of complaints about low wages, SMRT employees are finally getting a significant pay raise. The state-owned transport operator announced yesterday (Feb 24) that it will start raising wages...
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