The latest Budget, with $2.6 billion in goodies for Singaporeans, must go down as one of the most generous in recent memory. Its objective is honorable and respectable as it aims to make Singapore a more cohesive, more business-friendly, more competitive, more global and more creative business hub.
There are concerns for 1he old, poor, weak and unskilled, for the need to keep cutting business costs, and for research and creativity. The Budget also places top priority on defence and security, education, health and culture. All these measures will help to remake Singapore into a competitive business hub and a global city.
Tan Kok Leong
Principal.
TKL consulting
Monday, February 27, 2006