Chui Gong Lam Pah Hong ... Ah Neh living out of this world not on island ... GST caused inflation of price by 20-40% now everyday who pay us back?

[WangChuk]

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/live/sing...ck-at-negative-politics-remark-012756647.html

Shanmugam says majority of households will get more money from the Govt than they will pay in GST; WP’s Pritam Singh hits back at ‘negative politics’ remark: Singapore live news​

The wet weather didn't stop parties from holding rallies on Tuesday night​

Yahoo News Singapore
Updated Wed, 30 April 2025 at 5:19 pm SGT

Polling Day for GE2025 takes place on 3 May. (Photo: Getty)
Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam has pushed back on suggestions the Government could have avoided GST hikes in 2023 and 2024 by tapping on investment returns from Singapore’s reserves. Shanmugam, speaking at a People's Action Party (PAP) rally at Yishun Stadium on 29 April, also explained that the GST increases have been cushioned by handouts such as the GST Voucher scheme.

Pritam Singh has rejected Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's claims his Workers' Party has been engaging in 'negative politics' during the General Election. Singh, who responded to PM Wong's comments at a WP rally on 29 April, said the People's Action Party (PAP) "does not walk the talk when it speaks of a united Singapore."

 

[WangChuk]

The price of hawker food and drinks and every thing went up by 20~40% after rising of GST twice over the period ... the additional costs that we pay for survival Ah Neh give us from his million dollar salary or zhenghu pay us back all? the GST voucher and handouts is just chicken wing tip that PAP give back to the islanders after taking away our whole chicken .... U erected song song oredi?

 

[WangChuk]

https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/w...hee-hong-tat-says-govt-couldnt-avoid-gst-hike

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'We studied all the options': Chee Hong Tat says govt couldn't avoid GST hike​

Chee Hong Tat defended the Government's GST hike in a video posted to Facebook on April 26.
PHOTO: Screengrab/Facebook/Chee Hong Tat
PUBLISHED ON April 26, 2025 2:25 PMByDana Leong

The Government would not have raised the GST rate if it had been avoidable, said Second Minister for Finance Chee Hong Tat, in response to repeated calls from various opposition parties to lower the GST rate.

The rising cost of living has been a key area of debate this general election, with some opposition parties criticising the People's Action Party (PAP) for raising the GST rate amid global inflation.

In a Facebook video uploaded on Saturday (April 26), Chee defended the GST hike, saying that it was a "difficult choice" that was carefully considered.

"We studied all the options, and without it, we would not be able to fulfil our promise to take care of our seniors in an ageing society," said Chee.

Chee argued that the GST scheme is part of a progressive system in which "tourists, foreigners, and those who are better off who pay most of our GST revenue", echoing comments from National Development Minister Desmond Lee at a doorstop on Friday (April 25).

He said that lower-income households shoulder a "far lower effective GST rate" after receiving Government aid — such as the Assurance Package and enhanced permanent GST Vouchers — that effectively delay the impact of the GST hike for "more than 10 years".

Chee also reiterated PM Lawrence Wong's promise that there will be no further GST increases until 2030.

"We are now in a much better and stronger position to meet our structural challenges," added Chee, reiterating that the Government would not raise taxes unless absolutely necessary.

He concluded, saying: "We will continue to be a responsible Government that works with you and for you to improve your lives."

Chee is helming the four-member PAP team contesting in Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC against the Singapore People's Party at the upcoming general election on May 3.

GE2025: Opposition calls for GST rollback​

The GST rate was raised from seven to eight per cent on Jan 1, 2023, and subsequently raised to nine per cent the following year.

These GST hikes has been previously heavily debated in Parliament, with Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh raising concerns on Feb 28 that the increases may have led to "turbocharged inflation".


Opposition parties such as the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) and the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) have, in recent rallies, called for a GST rollback and GST exemptions on basic necessities to aid Singaporeans with the rising cost of living.

Speaking to media at Lakeside MRT station on Friday (April 25), PSP secretary-general Leong Mun Wai made a rebuttal to earlier claims from the PAP's Desmond Lee who rejected proposals for GST exemptions.

"In other countries where the market and economy are bigger, it is difficult to implement an exemption for these essential items, but in Singapore, we are a much smaller economy, and our whole system is more efficient," he said, against Lee's claims that a tax waiver wouldn't work in Singapore.

SDP's leader Chee Soon Juan also criticised the Government's practice of handing out cost-of-living voucher while simultaneously raising GST rates at a rally on Thursday (April 25), likening the situation to "an arsonist setting your house on fire and giving you a cup of water to put it out".

 

[bobby]

Donch forget…you also have to pay gst when using your gst vouchers.

 

[WangChuk]

Ah Neh say give all back ... then the Prostitute Siao come out say Zhenghu need the money bo bian must raise ... he slap Ah Neh Neh in the face so openly ah?? He promoting soon to Prostitute King?

 

[bobby]

They got pay gst for rental of the gahmen mansions in Ridout Rd?

 

[laksaboy]

Shanmugam says majority of households will get more money from the Govt than they will pay in GST

LOL, only the deluded low IQ Sinkies will believe this horseshit.

Spoiler alert: the PAP regime never gives more money than it gets. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a need for all these extra schemes, plans and procedures. They have perfected the science and the art of extracting wealth from Sinkies, and giving back just enough for their lapdog media to make a big fuss about it.

GST aside, don't forget the outright robbery from the 'water conservation tax' and the carbon tax.

 

[batman1]

Snake don't know what he is talking. 555

 

[congo9]

LOL, only the deluded low IQ Sinkies will believe this horseshit.

Spoiler alert: the PAP regime never gives more money than it gets. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a need for all these extra schemes, plans and procedures. They have perfected the science and the art of extracting wealth from Sinkies, and giving back just enough for their lapdog media to make a big fuss about it.

GST aside, don't forget the outright robbery from the 'water conservation tax' and the carbon tax.

Because Singkie are retard !