Category Archives: Singapore in 1960s

COL – CDC vouchers and rising cost of living – Govt special Assurance Package S$800 payment to each adult in Dec 2023 with fewer criterion; The Govt has listened; S$500 in Dec 2022, and S$200 Assurance Package; CDC voucher of S$300 per family on 3Jan2023; how to keep hawkers’ costs down? Inflation – Singapore paid S$8 billion more for LNG import in 2022; Rising COL – we have PWM, WIS, MW and LQS; Reduce COL or reduce income gap with MW? MW will drive COL up, not down; WIS and PWM are far superior than MW; Factors that caused COL to rise – cost of state land accounting; public housing; COE; cost of utilities; basic food and daily necessities; transport, medical costs, etc;

Posted on August 14, 2018 by tankoktim

============== . Assurance Package: 2 million Singaporeans to receive Seniors’ Bonus and MediSave cash payouts in February 2024 The payments are part of the suite of Assurance Package measures previously announced in Singapore’s Budget 2022. Timothy Kang ·Finance Producer Updated … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Economy; Perfect Economic Storm? When?, Education; What is Complete Whole Person Education?, Energy, Clean and Green Electricity, Food & Drinks; hawker centres; foodcourts;, Government, GST, GST Rebates, Hawker Food -Top Favourites, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Inflation and Rising cost of living, Labour, Medical & Health, Minimum Wage; PWM and WIS in Singapore's wage policies, National Day Rally - new policies and strategies, PG and CHAS, Politics, Productivity, Silver Support Scheme, Singapore in 1960s, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, The Govt listened and implemented my ideas and feedback, Workfare income supplement; Progressive Wage Model | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

GIC and Dr Goh Keng Swee

Posted on May 20, 2016 by tankoktim

An e-book, “Safeguarding The Future – The Story Of How Singapore Has Managed Its Reserves And The Founding Of GIC” written by GIC’s former economics & strategy department director Freddy Orchard, and launched last Friday, 14th May 2016. The e-book is … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International Politics, Super Power Politics; Trade and Tariffs Friction;, Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], National Reserves, Politics, Singapore in 1960s | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Conservation of Pre-war buildings; Photos of old Singapore in the 1960s and earlier;

Posted on October 19, 2015 by tankoktim

======== . Past, Present and Future… All three are inter-linked, interconnected. Not standalone. No past, there will be no present. No present, there will be no future. Let us remember our immediate past with gratitude, and offer apology prayers with … Continue reading →

Posted in HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Nation Building, Properties, Singapore in 1960s, Transport | Tagged | Leave a comment

Abandoned houses: PGs and MGs – ageing population; Make a Will? Make a Lasting power of attorney? Why? Lonely elderly man a dementia in nursing home, S$1m cash savings, no LPA; Fast ageing population and ageing problems of the elderly; Abandoned houses in Japan; In Singapore, some old folks died in loneliness, and their bodies were not found for months…; Ageism – negative attitudes towards the elderly;

Posted on August 26, 2015 by tankoktim

======== . Source: SBS News There are millions of empty homes in Japan, so one group is offering them to in need single mothers. . =============== . . In Singapore, will it be possible for Govt to allow VWOs [by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Fate, Destiny, Accidents & Coincidence, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Medical & Health, MediShield Life mandatory medical insurance, PG and CHAS, Population, Properties, Singapore in 1960s, Social issues, Socialistic Policies | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Higher ABSD wef 16th Dec 2021 and 26th April 2023, and more cooling measures; The ‘99-to-1’ loophole to avoid paying ABSD? 35% ABSD on Living Trust; foreigners have to compete in the top-end property market and not in HDB public housing; URA want feedback on next 10-year plans; Conservation of pre-war buildings; Paya Lebar Airbase for redevelopment; Have laws for developers of condo [like having bicycle parking bays, and car park lots] to provide lockers in public and carpark areas, hidden wiring and piping for installation of bidet; What is Govt’s role to avert chaos in property market? Have mortgage tax as another form of wealth tax on the rich;

Posted on November 25, 2014 by tankoktim

========== . It is all about money. It is one of the best form of wealth tax, an indirect tax and I hope the tax collected will be best used for the sake of the lower income groups and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Government, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Lee Kuan Yew's Legacy [His life 1923-2015], Media and freedom of the press; Movies, TV serials; Entertainment;, Nation Building, Properties, Singapore in 1960s, Socialistic Policies, Taxation, Transport | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Hawker food prices? Who pay for price increases? Rising HDB hawker stalls and shops’ rental affect all – Keep the COL and food cost down in hawker centres; How? CDC S$100 vouchers; Going cashless in hawker centres? Keep it clean and the birds out; UNESCO – S’pore’s hawker culture on Unesco heritage list; Are we paying hawker centres appropriately for the culinary skills? Do some owners rent out the stall for passive income?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by tankoktim

======= . We pay. All pay. Unable to pay, buy and throw away if unable to DIY repair. This is the Australian way. Buy and Throw Away way of life unless you can pay for expensive repair costs or DIY. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cost of Living & Retirement Adequacy, Food & Drinks; hawker centres; foodcourts;, Government, Govt's Budget, GST, Hawker Food -Top Favourites, HDB Public Housing; affordability; EIP policy; and resale prices;, Inflation and Rising cost of living, Labour, Minimum Wage; PWM and WIS in Singapore's wage policies, PG and CHAS, Productivity, Properties, Silver Support Scheme, Singapore in 1960s, Social issues, Socialistic Policies, State Land, Workfare income supplement; Progressive Wage Model | Tagged , , | 2 Comments