Category Archives: Budget 2024

Debate on Annual Budget Statement

Ms He Ting Ru (Sengkang): Mr Speaker, the title of this year’s Budget “Building our Shared Future Together” is one which all of us should strive for. In the Workers’ Party 2020 Manifesto “A Singapore For All” we outlined our vision for Singapore which has a place for each and every one of us. It is aContinue reading “Debate on Annual Budget Statement”

Debate on the Annual Budget Statement

Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong (Hougang): Mr Deputy Speaker, for my Budget Debate speech today, I would, first, like to speak on certain issues relating to the support for our seniors followed by the issue of support for adults with disabilities and, finally, like in my previous year’s Budget Debate speech, I will continue withContinue reading “Debate on the Annual Budget Statement”

Debate on Annual Budget Statement

Mr Pritam Singh (Aljunied): Mr Speaker, it is not mere coincidence that the slogan of Forward Singapore is “Building Our Shared Future”, while that of Budget 2024 is the substantially similar “Building Our Shared Future Together”. The Government intends for Budget 2024 to be a step towards Forward Singapore. The Forward Singapore exercise has three major goalsContinue reading “Debate on Annual Budget Statement”

Parliament: LO Budget 2024 Speech

Introduction Mr Speaker, it is not mere coincidence that the slogan of Forward Singapore is “Building Our Shared Future”, while that of Budget 2024 is the substantially similar “Building Our Shared Future Together”. The Government intends for Budget 2024 to be a step towards Forward Singapore. The Forward Singapore exercise has three major goals forContinue reading “Parliament: LO Budget 2024 Speech”

Debate on the Annual Budget Statement

Mr Gerald Giam Yean Song (Aljunied): Mr Speaker, Singaporean workers aspire towards making a good living and engaging in meaningful work that uplifts not only their own families, but also their communities, their nation and the world. One inescapable reality of work is competition. We have always had a very competitive culture in Singapore. This hasContinue reading “Debate on the Annual Budget Statement”

Debate on Annual Budget Statement

Mr Chua Kheng Wee Louis (Sengkang): Mr Speaker, as I have shared in my Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Bill speech on Budget Day itself, FY2023 did turn out to be another year of record tax collections, after significant increases in IRAS’ tax collections over the last two years, a jump of around 38% toContinue reading “Debate on Annual Budget Statement”

Debate on the Annual Budget Statement

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: In his Budget Statement, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong spoke about artificial intelligence, or AI, as a general purpose technology, like electricity in internal combustion engine, the computer or the Internet. As such technology, AI, indeed has the potential to touch every aspect of our lives. Like Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong,Continue reading “Debate on the Annual Budget Statement”

RECENT STUDIES ON TEMPERATURES IN HDB RENTAL FLATS VERSUS OTHER TYPES OF FLATS

Ms He Ting Ru asked the Minister for National Development in view of record-high temperatures in Singapore (a) whether recent studies have been conducted on the temperatures in HDB rental flats in comparison to other types of flats; (b) if so, what are the results; and (c) if not, whether the Ministry will commission such studiesContinue reading “RECENT STUDIES ON TEMPERATURES IN HDB RENTAL FLATS VERSUS OTHER TYPES OF FLATS”