Gerald Giam: Thoughts on National Day Rally 2014
[Article first appeared in http://geraldgiam.sg on 18/8/14] NCMP Gerald Giam I attended the National Day Rally on 17 August 2014 at ITE. After the speech, reporters from various media outlets asked for my views on the Prime Minister’s CPF announcements. These are some of my brief thoughts. My parliamentary colleague Yee Jenn...
Is the NDR speech of the nature of a charlatan?
PM Lee at NDR 2014 There had been so much hype about PM Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally that it was not a surprise if Singaporeans', especially the less-privileged class, has expected something spectacular to be announced by PM Lee to uplift their living and social conditions. So apart from those privileged hundreds who...
NDR: Are the CPF announcements good enough?
Lee Hsien Loong spoke at the National Day Rally, 17 August, about the CPF. In his speech, Lee Hsien Loong claimed that the CPF Minimum Sum is "not too much". However, as I have calculated, the median CPF payout inside Singaporeans' CPF is only about $55,000. This means that 50% of Singaporeans would have less than $55,000...
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