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In his Budget, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said that the Government would raise taxes on the top 5% of income-earners. This was what the SDP proposed in 2010 when we published our economic manifesto It's About You in which we said: “Singapore should bring up its tax bracket for top earners closer to the 30-percent... 

In his 2015 Budget, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has shifted the Government towards a less extreme elitist position. Two initiatives bear this out: The raising of taxes on the top 5% income earners and the Silver Support Scheme where quarterly hand-outs are given to senior citizens who are unable to support themselves. It... 

徐顺全博士和夫人于年初三应邀参加一个华人新年的午餐宴。有将近400名来自“老左派”又名社阵 (BS)的人士出席。 社阵(BS)是由人民行动党所分离出來的派系,由已故的林清祥所領導。这个年初三的午餐宴正是林清祥为社阵人士所开启的一个社阵的传统联欢活动。 其存在的联欢仍然笼罩大。午餐宴當天也是社阵(BS)另一名被关押了19年的爱国者,林福寿医生的生日。林医生于2012年去世。 儘管眾多的社阵(BS)领导人早年曾为了与英国政府和人民行动党抗争而入狱，但他们这些爱国者向往一个民主的新加坡的热诚依然不减當年。新加坡民主党在此表达我们对他们深厚的钦佩和尊重。 Singapore...